Business confidence highest since 2010

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Business confidence highest since 2010

NSW is the most confident state.

Small and medium business (SMB) confidence is sitting at its highest level since March 2010, according to the latest Sensis Business Index survey.

Sensis chief executive officer, John Allan said "Businesses closed out 2016 on a high, with confidence up seven points for the year and expectations that 2017 will be even stronger. While business owners again felt optimistic about their own specific business strengths, it was the improvement in the perceptions of the economy which really drove confidence higher this quarter,""...

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Business confidence highest since 2010

How Restaurants Are Hooking Millennials And Gen Z Through Visual Engagement

It has often been said we "eat with our eyes,""

Increasingly, though, and especially for younger restaurant consumers, diners are buying with their eyes.

From the pull of social media to digital menu boards and exhibition-style kitchens, restaurant operators are playing to our visual senses. And those tactics are guiding our purchasing decisions.

Millennials and Gen Zers practically emerged from the womb with a bias toward receiving visual information. They’ve had access to 24-hour cable TV and the youngest generation has never known life without portable technology that bombards them with pictures and videos virtually every waking moment...

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Chicken Salt: Australia’s Favorite Fry Topper

Some people like ketchup on their fries. Others prefer mayo or vinegar and salt. There are those who favor gravy and cheese curds. (Oh, Canada.) In Australia, people take their fries with chicken salt.

Chicken salt? There’s often no actual chicken in it. (Though — take note, vegetarians — sometimes it does.) It’s a seasoning originally made for rotisserie chicken — by an Adelaide-based spice company, Mitani, in the 1970s, according to Mashable — that became a hit on fries as well as potato chips in the land down under...

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New data reveals Australia’s beverage trends, from beer and spirits to zero alcohol

New data from Clipp has revealed that beer remains the top drinks choice for Australians.

Beverage purchase data from pubs and bars across major Australian cities has revealed beer is Australia’s favourite beverage and is mainly consumed at lunchtime and in the afternoons.

Spirits are our second favourite – and is the number one category among women, surpassing wine purchases – mostly consumed late at night. ...

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Inside the Bar that Feels Like a Pinball Machine

Despite not having a pinball machine anywhere in sight, Washington, D.C.'s Tilt takes guests on a nostalgic ride they won't soon forget.

Tilt's distinction as a pinball bar has plenty of nuance. This isn’t a venue where guests play the nostalgic game with a pint or cocktail fogging up the glass, but rather one where you feel like a steel ball rocketed from one neon attraction to the next. It’s a bar inside a pinball machine, not the other way around...

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Using Your Website To Grow Your Business

Use your website to drive your digital marketing strategy.

Your website is the hub of your advertising activities. It is the centerpiece of your restaurant’s marketing strategy.

It is vital to your success, and it can be what convinces diners to visit you.

As a restaurant owner, you can be sure your customers are looking for you through Google search, and then they are directed to your website...

Using Your Website To Grow Your Business

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