John and Bill Fotiadis, the founders of franchise fast-food chain Souvlaki Hut, have taken a novel approach to franchising, but their franch…

Patrick Stafford is a freelance journalist and a former deputy editor of SmartCompany.
John and Bill Fotiadis, the founders of franchise fast-food chain Souvlaki Hut, have taken a novel approach to franchising, but their franch…
The United States House of Representatives has passed President Barack Obama’s $US825 billion stimulus package, designed to boost infrastr…
Julian Tertini, the managing director of furniture retailer Fantastic Holdings, says the government’s $10.4 billion stimulus package has h…
Nintendo has pushed its Brain Training puzzle game for the Nintendo DS console very hard in the last 12 months, even using actress Olivia Ne…
The software-as-a-service (Saas) industry will hit a high note during the economic downturn as businesses search for more cost-effective IT …
Get set for the rise of the Netbook. According to new research, shipments of the “mini-laptops” will rise by 400% over the next four yea…
The war on inflation appears to be over. New Australian Bureau of Statistics figures reveal inflation dropped by the largest amount in…
Australians will cut their spending on discretionary items by 21% over the first six months of the year, according to new figures from the A…
A Tax Office crackdown on trusts and partnerships has uncovered almost over 20,000 examples of incorrect disclosure and underreporting of in…
Almost three-quarters of the top 100 sites on the internet are hosts for either malicious code or redirect browsers to malicious websites, a…
Centrelink will begin using a biometric voice authentication system to help manage clients, after investigating the technology for several y…
Franchisors are offering discounts, waiving fees and even giving away franchises as part of an effort to lure prospective franchisees as eco…