Staff Cuts Make Small Business Smaller | BTalk Australia
By Phil Dobbie | October 29, 2008
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Brian Haverty is editorial director for CBS Interactive Australia and is responsible for the company's BNET and ZDNet Australia sites.
Robert Gerrish is a coach, author and professional speaker and the founder of Flying Solo, an Australian online community for solo business owners.
Melissa Lourenco is the HR manager for CBS Interactive in Australia.
Chris Golis is the author of The Humm Handbook: Lifting Your Level of Emotional Intelligence. He runs seminars and workshops on EQ.
Suzi Dafnis is Community Director of the Australian Businesswomen's Network.
Yvonne Adele helps organisations build a culture of ideas by teaching people at all levels to access their untapped creative thinking skills.
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In a recent straw poll by smartcompany.com.au 40% of businesses said they were planning staff cuts to cope with an impending recession, whilst many others had already reduced employee numbers.
The government’s small business summit last Friday offered little in the way of good news. So what could be offered to help this important sector of the economy? In today’s BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks to James Thomson about the poll and what Kevin Rudd really needs to do to help small business cope.
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