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16 July 2019
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A friend is not just a friend these days. Your business can have friends, followers, fans and other supporters in your local area and far beyond with so many social media apps available. There’s no doubt social media can be the perfect advertisement for your business, build your search engine optimisation (SEO) and help to attract new customers. It...
Is it time to raise your prices?
9 June 2026
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It’s no secret the costs of running a business are rising. If you’ve been absorbing inflation from your suppliers and higher fuel costs without considering what you’re charging for your own products and services, it could be time to consider a price rise. We asked one of our experienced business advisers, Steve McLaren, about the right and wrong...
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In the heart of Perth’s skyline, you will often find the skilled crew of High Access Window Cleaning (or HAWC as it is best known) suspended from the city’s tallest buildings. Founded in 2016 by Alex Butchart, HAWC is a 100 per cent Aboriginal owned and managed small business, delivering safe and reliable high access window cleaning and building...

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