Name: Katie Smith Position: Self-employed Bricklayer Company: The Female Factory (Crime to Construction Academy) and The Work Wear Genius Location: Leicestershire, United Kingdom What do you enjoy the most, working in the field of construction & development? I absolutely love my job, I wake up every day and no two days are the same.…
Most people who set out on the entrepreneurial path realize that they will face challenges as they start and grow a new business. Surmounting difficulties in life encourages us to build character and resilience, understand our weaknesses, grow our strengths, and become more self-reliant and adaptable. Here, five successful entrepreneurs share how their businesses grew…
It takes a special kind of person to start and run a successful business. Not everyone is suited for the life of an entrepreneur. So, what are the characteristics that set them apart? It all starts with the determination to succeed. It requires steadfast belief in yourself, your new service or product/offering, and your core…
Infrastructure Australia has released the Australian Infrastructure Audit 2019, which, for the first time, has expanded to cover the challenges and opportunities in providing Australia’s social infrastructure. As part of this new development, the Audit includes a necessary focus on social housing as an important part of social infrastructure. AHURI welcomes the inclusion of social housing…
The current job market tilts heavily in the job seeker’s favour, with a historically low unemployment rate, more open jobs than professionals to fill them, and more people quitting their jobs than any time in the last 17 years. However, most of the good news for job seekers is in urban and suburban areas. Rural employment has unfortunately failed to recover as quickly…
A new AHURI report released today investigates the growing numbers of older Australians who are carrying high levels of mortgage debt into retirement, and considers the consequences for their wellbeing and for the retirement incomes system. The research, ‘Mortgage stress and precarious home ownership: implications for older Australians’, found that between 1987 and 2015, average real…