Business

OCTOBER BUSINESS MONTH – METTE STIMSON INTERVIEW

How did the idea for your business come about? Through depression and anxiety I hit rock bottom some time ago and baking became my therapy. My father is a retired baker in Germany and creativity has always been my passion. My husband started putting on weight from all my baked goods and he suggested selling it. And that’s how it all...

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OCTOBER BUSINESS MONTH – MARK ENGLUND INTERVIEW

Fiber Sense is delivering a completely new digital platform for digitising movement and events in cities over wide area grids in real time with no gaps. How did the idea for your business come about? On a flight from Seattle to San Francisco on a clear night looking down at the mass of lights in the cities below and putting two views...

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OCTOBER BUSINESS MONTH – NATALIE BELL INTERVIEW

What is your favourite aspect of being a business owner? I love looking ahead, planning for growth and being proactive and strategic about where our next opportunities will come from and what the next steps are for our business and the team, across both our events and communications divisions. We are planning for our growth 3-5 years from now...

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OCTOBER BUSINESS MONTH 2021 – TERRITORY SUCCESS STORIES

BEL COOK Digitally Buzzed Bel is a Digital pioneer and has been working in the Digital industry for 13 years creating software and technology, even before smartphones. She has delivered over 400 projects and worked with clients such as Google, Apple, Woolworths and many more. Bel’s mission to introduce new technologies to the...

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OCTOBER BUSINESS MONTH 2021 – PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT SERIES The October Business Month International Engagement Series is designed to give Territory businesses and industry key insights into the opportunities to grow international trade, relationships and connectivity. The series includes the following in-person and webinar events: Starting your Export...

Business

OCTOBER BUSINESS MONTH 2021

October Business Month (OBM) returns in 2021 with a tailored regional program designed to meet the current and future needs of small business. Throughout October there will be over 90 workshops and networking events to help businesses navigate through current economic challenges and further support small businesses across the Territory....

CITY OF DARWIN Business

LORD MAYOR’S DARWIN VISION

“I don’t have executive power,” he says. “I can’t order people what to do. But I think it’s recognised that I have some leadership qualities, so I bring others along with me.” The Lord Mayor helped reinvigorate the Council after he won on preferences in 2017 and now heads a refreshed Council with six of the 12 Aldermen newly...

AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY Business

DANGER OF NEW DRINK DRIVING

It has become so much of a problem that some are calling it the “new drink driving”. While distracted driving is an issue right around the globe, in Australia distraction is the main factor in approximately 16 percent of serious casualty road crashes. So, what exactly is distracted driving? In short, distracted driving is when a driver...

SANTOS Business

FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR BAROSSA

The Barossa Gas Project, which is approximately 300 kilometres off the Northern Territory coast, locks in Darwin LNG’s future for the next 20 years. It is one of the lowest cost new LNG projects in the world. “Barossa will give Santos and Darwin LNG a competitive advantage in a tightening LNG market,” Santos Managing Director and...

DARWIN PORT Business

DARWIN PORT WEATHERS THE COVID STORM

“It’s encouraging to see cruise and trade begin to make a recovery following the initial impacts of the pandemic,” he says.  “We look forward to seeing these industries recover and remain focused on safe operations and facilitating trade to ensure the viability of the supply chain and overall economy.” FRESH NEW...

Sunbuild Business

SUNBUILD TO CARRY ON SHINING

But they aren’t leaving just yet. The couple, who have dedicated nearly half of their working lives to building one of the Northern Territory’s most respected businesses, will retire in five years. In the meantime, they are setting up a management board to run the company. Neil will be chairman. His sons, Chris and Lindsay, will...

Mindil Beach Casino Resort Business

CASINO RESORT: PART OF THE COMMUNITY

The business sponsors a string of good causes. Gary Brown, managing director of Delaware North, which owns the casino resort, says: “Delaware North is active in the communities we serve, making our operations more than places we work; they are places we invest in because we believe in them.” And casino resort general manager Avril...