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Shop Talk

It’s Time to Think About Year-end Tax Planning

With the end of the tax year approaching, it’s time to take action to minimise the tax liability for your retail business. Here are my top tips...

Shop Talk

Managing Stress: Be The Egg, Not the Potato

Stress and challenges are part and parcel of life. While we can’t control the challenges themselves, we can learn how to manage stress better. Five years ago...

Shop Talk

Unfair Dismissal – Multiple Issues Count

The Fair Work Commission has upheld the unfair dismissal of a warehouse worker who repeatedly breached his employer’s policies on smoking, eating and drinking in the workplace....

Recipe

Raw Blueberry, Lavender & Coconut Cream Flan

What’s better than a dessert that doesn’t require any cooking? The result looks like haute cuisine, but it’s so simple to make and lovely to eat, without...

Recipe

Panzerotti Fried Cheese and Tomato Pastries

A panzerotto (panzerotti is plural) is essentially a small, deep-fried calzone: pizza dough harbouring a filling of mozzarella and tomato sauce in its most classic form. They...

Supplier

SG Emmett & Son: Tin Bakeware

Flying to Tasmania to collect a boat and staying to run an old-fashioned bakeware business is the definition of a twist in the tale. Manufacturing and selling...

Spotlight On

Design: A Visual Feast For Bakery

Exemplary baked products have always been the cornerstone of the Australian baking industry, however, some businesses are taking this one step further and making their business space...

Masterclass

La Myrtille: Valentin Mille Is The Perfect

As we come to the end of the blueberry season, Brisbane-based patisserie Chouquette has found the perfect way to celebrate the humble little berry. The La Myrtille...

Places

Barmera Bakery: The Family Tradition

Four generations of the Boase family have stood behind the counter at Barmera Bakery, helping to craft its traditional range of breads and pastries. “You need to...

Industry

Retailers Partner with Victorian Government

Retailers Partner with Victorian Government The National Retail Association (NRA) has announced it will retailers partner with the Victorian Government ahead of the state’s ban on lightweight...