Sunday November 27th saw Bartercard members as far as Sydney flock to the Gold Coast’s Parklands Showground for the annual Gold Coast Region Christmas Trade Show where just over $1.5 million in transactions took place during the five hour event. This was boasted as the biggest trade show on the Gold Coast in over six [...]
Today it was announced that Bartercard South Gold Coast has reached a six star rating for the September 2011 quarter, the only brokerage to do so in the 20 year history of Bartercard. In a time where many businesses have been struggling and closing their doors Bartercard South Gold Coast has once again beaten all [...]
June 2011 turned out to be one for the history books; the team at Bartercard South Gold Coast not only smashed their individual personal records but as a whole came together to be announced Bartercard Australia’s Franchise of the Month. In addition, Bartercard South Gold Coast dominated Bartercard’s international charts and were named the number [...]
Gold Coast restaurants have been hit very hard in the past few months, we’ve seen many local favourites close their doors; some blame the Global Financial Crisis while others believe that the popularity of Masterchef has inspired people to cook at home more often. Whatever the reason, it seems for the many restaurants doing [...]
Bartercard South is holding a jewelry auction Tuesday, March 29th from 5pm until the jewelry is gone. If you are in the area, stop by and check it out.
I found a Bartercard video that I liked this morning. I give it a B+ rating. The video is done with a green screen and some intersperced clips, but the actor reading the script is good, credible, and the background information is relevant and fairly interesting. Check it out.
Local 19-year-old WA bright star Anusuya Krishnan has been volunteering ripples of hope to the increasing number of HIV-positive infected children in Nepal on a two-month program timing it perfectly before she commences her studies at Gold Coast’s Bond University on her Bartercard Scholarship which she was officially awarded last week. Anusuya has been volunteering [...]
Four out of the six Australian students receiving the nationwide Bartercard Australia Scholarship at an Official Awards Ceremony held last week were from the Gold Coast, securing them a place at Gold Coast’s Bond University from January 2011. Worth a combined total of $300,000 in tuition fees, the Bartercard Scholarship rewards the children of Bartercard [...]
A new study of 6,800 Australian franchisees has found that conflict arising between franchisees and their franchisors is inevitable and confirms that communication at all levels remains a crucial pathway for franchise business success. The study was conducted by a team of psychologists at the Franchise Relationships Institute (FRI) and gathers data from more than [...]
This year one of Bartercard’s six Scholarship winners Laura Bingham, originally from Firle, has balanced her first year of intensive study at Gold Coast’s Bond University with extra-curricular activities and part-time work, an opportunity made possible by her mother’s 15-year membership with Bartercard. In January Laura Bingham started her three-year double degree in Journalism and [...]
