How the 2017 federal budget will hit hospitality

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How the 2017 federal budget will hit hospitality

Restaurant & Catering Australia has responded to positively to the federal government’s budget, despite widespread concern among operators about the abolition of the 457 visa category. The 2017-18 budget, announced on 9 May, included tax deductions for small business and the reduction of red tape, which R&CA said will benefit businesses in the hospitality sector...

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2017 budget - What does it mean for Peer Wealth clients?

Here's there quick summary:

• Company tax rates continuing to decrease...
• $20k instant asset write-off for small business entities extended by 12 months to 30 June 2018...
• Medicare Levy is increasing by 0.5% to 2.5%...
• 2% budget deficit levy ends 30/06/2017...
• First home super saver scheme – salary sacrificing available to help save a home deposit...
• Ability to contribute $300k into super from proceeds of downsizing a home...
• HELP repayment threshold decreasing to $42k, repayment rates increasing...
• Taxable payments reporting extended to courier and cleaning businesses...
• Restriction on depreciation deductions for residential real estate investors...
• Travel expenses for residential rental properties disallowed from 1/7/2017...
• Purchases to pay GST on new residential premises...
• $32M provided to the Tax Office to fund black economy audits;...

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Tips For Making Even Bigger Tips

Here in the states, the debate for and against the tipping system in the foodservice industry will always be a point of contention.

But I'm not here to talk about that.

Instead, let's talk about how to make the best of the system now like how to make bigger tips...

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Tips For Making Even Bigger Tips

How Brands Can Build A Disruptive Campaign

Rarely do you hear someone who can confirm the important truths that you've spent a career learning. It takes someone who has been to the mountaintop to validate what you’ve believed to be true all along. For all of us at The Un-Conference: Brand Leadership in an Age of Disruption that someone was Rob Siltanen, the creative director and copywriter behind one of the most iconic ad campaigns in history. Siltanen’s presentation was entitled "Building a Disruptive Campaign" and was based on his work from nearly 20 years ago for the then struggling Apple computer brand and the campaign he directed called "Think Different,"" ...

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How Brands Can Build A Disruptive Campaign

How To Decorate Your Dinner Table With Fresh Flowers

Your next dinner party deserves a low-key stunning floral arrangement.

Yes, flower boot camp. It’s where you go to learn how to grow, arrange, and photograph blooms, whether you’re a hobbyist (Benzakein prefers "dreamer") or a hardcore grower.

Benzakein started offering the three-day workshops in 2013, seven years after she began growing flowers on a small farm outside Seattle. She sells her flowers wholesale, but she’s mainly focused on researching which seeds and bulbs produce the best colors and fragrances. She’s also building a "farmer-florist collective," a database of (mainly women) farmers and florists committed to local, seasonal, and sustainably grown flowers...

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8 Restaurant Online Marketing Strategies You'll Want to Steal

Everyone eats out. In fact, more and more consumers are going to their local restaurant for a bite to eat or a drink after work. Consumers spent $55 billion every month in 2016 eating out, that's up from $51 billion in 2015.

To capitalize on this growing trend, owners need effective restaurant marketing strategies. In today's digital age, the focus has become restaurant email marketing and restaurant social media marketing. To make sure you're attracting and maintain customers through these channels, here are eight examples of social media and email marketing that you can borrow from:

Social media ideas to complement your restaurant marketing strategies...

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The New President of France Got Food-Shamed at a Highway Rest Stop

Apparently Macron's favorite food is only fit for children.

A version of this article originally appeared on MUNCHIES France.

Forget the theory that he's somehow affiliated to the illuminati: Emmanuel Macron is a man just like any other. The proof, you ask? He really likes cordon bleu.

On Monday, May 8, TF1 released Les coulisses d'une victoire (Behind the Scenes of a Victory), a new documentary from Yann L'Henoret that covers Macron's presidential campaign. For eight months, the director followed the En Marche! candidate, sitting in on his rallies, travels, and meetings. It was an adventure punctuated by moments of glory and, occasionally, small disappointments...

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