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Latest news and industry updates from the business coach team at Tenfold

Creating a Brand on a Budget: Essential Guide for Small Business Success
When it comes to branding, the common misconception among small business owners is that impactful branding requires a $$$$$ ...
Understanding Profit Margins: A Guide For Small Business Owners
As business coach, I’ll often find myself at a barbecue or a school sports day with people asking me ...
Economic conditions you need to prepare for in 2024
Welcome to the first briefing of 2024, I hope you had relaxing break and are re-energised for the year ahead. ...
Tradie Business 101: A guide to finance
Remember the days of trade school? Still half asleep as you shuffled in to 7-Eleven to grab a coffee ...
LeavePlus (CoINVEST) & Incolink: What Trades Businesses Need to Know [UPDATE April 2025]
Please note: This information article is written by a business coach exclusively for business owners to understand their obligations. If ...
How to Grow a Plumbing Business: Do This, Not That
Running a plumbing business in Australia is a challenging feat. With over 30,000 registered plumbers in the country, competition ...
Software for Electrical Contractors
Job Management Software for Electrical Contractor: A business coach’s guide I’m often asked which software systems I recommend for an ...
Economic Insights for Australian Small Business Owners: 2 Indicators to Watch in the Next 3-5 years
Not everyone loves reading about geopolitical pressures or government spending. As business coaches, we take on the responsibility for ...
Recruitment Outlook for Specialist Trades in Australia
In this briefing for small-medium business owners in Australia, I want to explain why we’re expecting recruitment for specialised trades ...
Understanding recent insolvency events in Australia
It seems like the last couple of weeks have been full of headlines of builders going bust. First there was ...
Australian property prices: Which way are they going? And why it matters to your business
There has been much talk about the Australian economy and how it is tracking. We've written extensively about the economy ...
3 ways to use ChatGPT in your business to save you time
ChatGPT is the latest innovation, and some of you have probably jumped on to try out the artificial intelligence program ...
Australian economy: outlook for 4 key sectors in 2023
Many Australian businesses we coach are planning important business decisions for 2023. Whether it is signing a new lease, agreeing ...
Long term risks Australian businesses should be thinking about now
In my last briefing I noted that there was a lot of media hype catastrophising high interest rates, property market ...
Insights into interest rates, inflation and property prices in Australia
As a business coach, I'm aware that there’s a lot of doom and gloom in the media from the rise ...
Outlook for Australian Business Markets
24 May 2022 I haven't shared a briefing in a while and with the change in the federal government over ...
Work From Home: Implementing WFH in your business
Work from home has changed the landscape of how leaders manage their workforce. As a business coach to owners ...
Best Practice for Retaining your Team in 2022
Following on from our series on managing the labour market 2022-2024, this advice for Tenfold clients and small business owners ...

