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BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS WEEK
Create connections, boost professional development hours and gain business/industry insights at the Business Professionals Week event in Townsville. Business professionals often lack time to keep up with the ever-changing trends and insights in their industry. This is why the Business Professionals Week (BPW), sponsored by Hays Recruitment Australia, is a key event for both current and […]
SAFETYCULTURE – TOWNSVILLE’S MOST SUCCESSFUL APP
In five years Luke Anear’s business, SafetyCulture, took their iAuditor app from an idea on a drawing board to a key workplace essential valued last October at over $160million, with a whopping thirty million users, three global offices and over 140 employees. Reading those stats, you’d be forgiven for thinking he had a smooth road […]
TEI TOWNSVILLE WORK ON AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST TELESCOPE
Townsville company, TEi Services, have won a significant contract at the Australian Astronomical Observatory in NSW working on the country’s largest telescope. The best part is that they have completely busted open the myth that these high-risk and large scale jobs are reserved for big or national companies. The project they’re working on will look […]
DON’T EVER GET CAUGHT OUT BY A POWER OUTAGE AGAIN
If you sat down and wrote a list of things you could depend on, it’d go something along the lines of: Getting jocks and socks off your parents for Christmas Game of Thrones killing five (at a minimum) of your favourite characters Townsville never getting more rain than Tully ‘Friends’ always being the best hangover […]
CATCH’N’RELEASE – THE SMART ANCHOR RETRIEVAL SYSTEM SAVING OUR REEF
The Catch’N’Release Anchor Retrieval System could spell the end of stuck anchors forever. Sound too good to be true? It’s not. Cairns Duo, Margaret and Peter Powell, came up with the idea when they ran into trouble on the reef. A stuck anchor broke the bow sprit and almost sent Margaret overboard. Knowing that anchors were […]
TOWNSVILLE ENTREPRENEUR CREATES INSPIRING DOCUMENTARY
If you haven’t heard of The New Hustle documentary, you soon will. The feature-length doco promises to tell ‘the untold story’ behind three of Australias most successful start-ups – one of which launched from a humble garage right here in Townsville. Townsville local, Luke Anear, turned his small idea into a global success when he […]
TOWNSVILLE SINGAPORE RELATIONSHIP: WHAT IT MEANS FOR US
We look at what Townsville has to offer our thriving Asian neighbour Economic growth. Stability. Increased tourism. These are just some of the positives that could come out of a Townsville to Singapore relationship if we continue to grow a partnership with the trading nation. A partnership may seem daunting to some but Townsville already […]
THE FREE APP SAVING YOUR BOND MONEY
Fighting for your rental bond has become so common that it could almost be classified as a calorie-burning hobby – but it doesn’t have to be that way anymore thanks to an all new app called Guard My Lease. Guard My Lease saves everyone time, effort and money by taking the stress out of those […]
CORAL INSPIRED SUNSCREEN RANGE
The Great Barrier Reef has been multi-tasking lately. It’s been getting cosy with economists, taking selfies with Pirates of the Caribbean crew and even helping out with a world first skincare range. The new range, created and named after Larissa Bright, has been designed to mimic coral’s natural molecular makeup and potentially save lives. Larissa said […]
