United in Business Sporting Luncheon to be a Cracker!
United in Business is hosting its annual luncheon this month and is loaded with exciting speakers in what proves to be a fantastic event. Run by NBL basketball team Melbourne United, UIB offers a unique platform to generate new business opportunities whilst networking with like-minded people. While there will be plenty of networking at the mid-year event, with over 500 guests attending. Likewise, there will also be plenty of inspiring interviews, with this years' theme focusing on Building Sustained Success. This years line-up features a handful of people who know more than a thing or two about success: Craig Bellamy [...]
Sleepless Festival Brightening up Footscray
Footscray is currently brightening up Melbourne’s inner west, with an array of art, music, performances and immersive installations at Sleepless Festival. This event runs between May 2 and 18 and showcases and celebrates the rich culture and talent of Footscray and the western suburbs. The whole focus of Sleepless is about activating disused spaces, and bringing life through arts and culture to the streets of the local community. Using up dead space in creative and entertaining ways has been the order of the day, and has proven very successful. Supported by Maribyrnong City Council, Sleepless is a testament to Footscray's transformation [...]
The Smart Way to Prepare Your HR Processes for Business Growth
Watching your business grow is exciting, but rapid expansion also creates new challenges -especially when managing people. Hiring, onboarding, and engaging employees with your workplace culture can quickly become time-consuming without the right HR processes in place. To scale successfully, it’s essential to rethink your HR strategies and put strong foundations in place before growth gets out of hand. The practical solution is to leverage HR on-demand services. Reconsidering HR Strategies Growth brings change, and your existing HR strategies may no longer be enough to support your expanding workforce. A strong HR framework ensures that hiring, training, and managing employees [...]
Clearance Auctions Decluttering the Lives of Victorians
Most Victorians have too much stuff. Living in a consumer-focused society, it is no surprise that we succumb to buying more than we need. We buy a brand new iPhone even though tour current one still works fine, simply because the latest one is newer. No longer are we happy with a 40 inch television and need the latest LED 60 inch smart TV. There are a number of reasons why we buy more stuff than we need: we think it will bring happiness we think it will impress others we are continually bombarded by advertising we envy people who [...]
Legit Window Tinting Avoids Complete Darkness
Window tinting is a very popular practice for cars in Melbourne and throughout Australia. It provides added privacy as well as reducing the glare from the sun. Unfortunately a proportion of car owners have got a tint that is darker than legally allowed, making their vehicle unroadworthy. In Victoria, the legal tint level is 35 per cent light transmittance or higher. However according to Vic Roads, it is advisable that the light transmittance of windows to the side and in front of the driver is not reduced below 70 per cent. Tinted windows that go beyond the safe level can [...]
Melbourne Magic Festival Celebrates Milestone
No it’s not an illusion. This month, the Melbourne Magic Festival turns 10 years old! It still may not be old enough to vote but it’s definitely old enough to put on a great magic show or two! From humble beginnings a decade ago, the annual event has grown in size every year, and now features in excess of 60 Australian magicians, as well as several from overseas (yes a lot of them come for the restaurants!) The performers will begin to display their talents from July 3 at Northcote Town Hall and cease their artistry promptly on July 15. [...]
Wildlife Park in Melbourne to get $50m makeover
The historic Gumbuya Park in Melbourne's south east will be receiving a major makeover in the near future to re-energise the area and improve the tourism potential in regional Victoria. The park is aiming to be known as the "Disneyland of Victoria" and includes plans for a 500-bed hotel, state of the art waterpark, a winery and microbrewery and even a meerkat enclosure. Located in Tynong about 70km from the Melbourne CBD and a 40 minute drive from popular Phillip Island, the investors are hoping to cash in on the already established tourist market out that way. "The penguins get [...]
Fulfil Your Corporate Christmas Needs
That time of the year is fast approaching again, with Christmas now less than 1 month away! The shops are already filled with red and green advertising and the lights are starting to go up at homes all around Melbourne. It's also the time that work christmas parties start swinging in to action, as businesses wind down for the year with a celebration and appreciation of the staff. If you've been given the responsibility of planning this year's work party, I hope you've already locked something in. But if not, here are some last minute ideas to bail you out, [...]
Local Girl Brings Us Organic Baby Clothes
Despite advances in technology, science and general awareness, the word is getting unhealthier. We exercise less, eat more processed foods, and are exposed to a range of potentially harmful chemicals in a wide range of places. One of those places are in baby clothes, which (if not organic) can cause many health issues. Conventional cotton in most baby clothes: can use genetically modified seeds experiences defoliation induced by chemicals can use synthetic fertilisers And during processing, this cotton experiences: chlorine bleaching which produces toxic bi-products synthetic treatment with additional chemicals heavy metal pigments which can leach into the skin All [...]