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October Newsletter - Are you taking the right steps to protect against a cyber attack?
The recent cyber attack against Optus is a terrible reminder that companies of all sizes can be vulnerable.
If you or your business are an Optus customer, please monitor for activity on your accounts that is not you and be alert for unusual contact from scammers. Optus says its email and SMS notifications will not have hyperlinks and customers should not click on any links sent to them claiming to be from Optus.
September Newsletter - Don't get caught short with the new shortened .au domain name
There’s a big change coming to internet domain names and small and family businesses have just 20 days left to avoid their internet identity being sold to someone else.
A new system is being introduced allowing anyone with a connection to Australia to register the .au category of domain name. It’s a crisp, abridged domain name that tells people your business name and that you are based in Australia.
August Newsletter - Big business needs to pay up
It was really disappointing to see the latest data on payment times by big businesses to small businesses.
We all know cash flow is king and such a vital ingredient of small business survival, particularly at these challenging and uncertain times.
And the latest report card from the Payment Times Reporting Regulator revealed more than half of the nation’s big businesses are missing their own deadlines for paying their small business suppliers.