Family toothpaste business goes global

Cara Waters 12:14 PM   Justin and Rachel Bernhaut took a small family business and turned it into a worldwide toothpaste company selling in 35 countries and turning over $8 million.

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Features

The pursuit of happiness (at work)

James Adonis   A happy workforce makes for a more pleasant environment but there are also business benefits to having happy employees.

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Labor open to truckies' pay compromise

AAP   Bill Shorten has bowed to pressure from independent truckies who say their livelihood is at risk if minimum payments are implemented.

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Making dough from doughnuts

Cara Waters   Small businesses are jumping on board the craze for doughnuts but are they just the "cupcakes of 2016"?

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Sacked for taking drugs

Cara Waters   Family business sacks the owner's brother after he failed drug tests and survives an unfair dismissal claim before the Fair Work Commission.

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Outsourcing odd jobs

Cara Waters   From testing happy hour beer pricing to arranging translators in other countries, small businesses are jumping into the sharing economy to get the job done.

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Koko Black looks to Asian expansion

Catie Low   Easter will see reincarnated chain Koko Black shift 10 tonnes of chocolate.

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Small Talk

From refugee family to $25m Rolld

Cara Waters   Bao Hoang's family came as refugees by boat to Australia and now he runs a $25 million business using his mum's traditional recipes.

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What Bruce Billson did next

Cara Waters   Former Small Business Minister Bruce Billson will lead the Franchise Council of Australia.

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Queues out the door

It's a problem many business owners would love to have, but at Lune Croissanterie in Fitzroy and Jack's Burgers in Newtown the wait time is both a lure and a deterrent.

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Small business horror stories

Nina Hendy   Meet the small business owners who didn't let the worst day of their business lives spell the end.

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Conversation

Are double degrees worth it?

Tony Featherstone   Too much education upfront and not enough during one's career is a risk to young employees and industry.

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Truckies driven to despair

Kate Carnell   The Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal's minimum pay rates will put the livelihood of mum and dad owner-drivers at risk while doing nothing to improve safety.

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Freelancers are people too

Alexandra Cain   Why do people think they can skip basic courtesies when dealing with contractors?

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The natural order of starting a business

Max Newnham   If you are starting a business there are steps you should take to ensure costs count towards tax deductions.