SmartCompany Editor

Eloise Keating is the news editor of SmartCompany and Inc Australia. Prior to joining SmartCompany, Eloise was news editor at Books+Publishing, the trade press for the Australian book industry. Eloise has degrees in media and communications, marketing and business management, and political science. You can follow her on Twitter at @ellykeating.

States sign up to unfair contract provisions for SMEs: What it will mean for your business

Small Business Minister Bruce Billson is pushing ahead with election commitment to extend unfair contract provisions to SMEs, revealing yest…

Gelato Messina goes to town on complaining customer who called employee a “fat Asian bitch”: “Don’t come back. You’re not welcome anyway”

Gelato Messina has won praise from fellow business owners and hospitality workers for its response to an angry online reviewer who called on…

ATO releases hit list for targeting high net worth individuals who dodge tax

The Australian Tax Office is stepping up its efforts to recover tax liabilities from companies and individuals that attempts to skip out on …

Former IBM employee ordered to pay $150,000 after failing in maternity discrimination claim

A former IBM employee has been ordered to pay legal costs of $150,000 after failing to convince the Federal Circuit Court she was discrimina…

Richard Branson: How I founded Virgin Airlines and why you should always be open to new business opportunities

Sir Richard Branson and wife Joan Entrepreneurs must be ready to act on new business opportunities “no matter where you are or what you’…

Budget 2015: Small business tax cut to be funded by dumped paid parental leave scheme; Hockey doesn’t mind if the states revive old taxes

Tax relief for small businesses will be funded from the cash previously set aside for the federal government’s now-dumped paid parental le…

“It’s better to be late, than to arrive ugly”: Hoyts forced to pull slogan after social media backlash

The offending slogan photographed by Amelia Lush in the Hoyts toilets The Hoyts corporation has withdrawn an advertising slogan that appeare…

Chocolate with a conscience: How Ilse Keijzer brought Alter Eco fair trade food to the Australian masses

It was a conference on corporate social responsibility back in 1993 that first planted the entrepreneurial seed in Ilse Keijzer’s mind….

An insider’s account of the “spectacular implosion” of Pie Face

Sule Arnautovic, managing director of Jirsch Sutherland and one of the administrators responsible for keeping Pie Face alive, has admitted t…

Jacob’s Creek hits back at anti-halal critics as Barnaby Joyce warns about attacks on halal certification

Australian winemaker Jacob’s Creek has been forced to defend its products from social media attacks, after an anti-halal certification Fac…

Company connected to Noggi Frozen Yogurt franchise chain collapses into voluntary administration

A company that shares its director with the Noggi Frozen Yogurt chain has entered voluntary administration. Stewart Free and Bradd Morelli o…

Wicked Pickets protest group takes to the streets to call for an end to Wicked Campers’ offensive slogans

Wicked Campers is under renewed pressure to change its advertising, after a protest against the van hire company was staged in Brisbane on S…

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