With declining commodity prices, slower than expected growth in Asia and mounting pressure from the bigger players worldwide, Queensland’s Chapter of the FACCI brought together a panel of experts to discuss how to increase productivity for Queensland’s mining industry last week. The purpose of this event was to review best practice and explore ways… Read more »

Two weeks ago, Jan Rieche, Polyglot Group’s Global Head of Energy, Storage and Infrastructure, was interviewed by SBS Radio to speak about new trends in Renewable Energy and Energy Storage. What Jan finds most interesting about this topic is that Renewable Energy cannot entirely be used up at the moment when it is being… Read more »

What does the increase in the high income threshold mean for you? There are two main changes which will be explained below: High Income Guarantee The High Income Threshold will increase from the 1st of July 2015 from $133,000 to $136,700. Any employers who sidesteps Award Conditions by using High Income Guarantees will need to… Read more »

Key Feature: The Fair Work Commission’s Minimum Wage panel increased all Modern Award minimum wage rates and the Federal Minimum wage by 2.5%, taking the new national minimum wage to $656.90 per week or $17.29 per hour (respectively $821.13 and $21.61 for employees working on a casual basis). What this means for you: Modern Awards… Read more »

Polyglot Group has come a long way in 20 years, experiencing exponential growth over its lifetime as well as expanding for new horizons overseas. Over the years and as we continue to grow as an entity, we have always believed in helping others in their ventures and supporting projects we believe in. One in particular… Read more »

This week I was invited to a conference organised by La Camara – the Spanish Chamber of Business and Commerce in Australia. Representatives from numerous large Spanish Renewable Energy developers and EPCM contractors gathered, as well as infrastructure companies. Spanish companies have had much success in the past 5 years implementing their services and product… Read more »

Polyglot Group is proud to be published and featured alongside other successful businesses in the French Australian Chamber of Commerce’s publication on Smart Cities, which can be found amongst the pages of today’s Financial Review. The publication, which is dedicated to featuring the competitive edge driving Australia’s Smart Cities, is intended to give a detailed… Read more »

“When I heard the stats, 1 in 3 people go to bed hungry, I found it really humbling. I wanted to help.” And it was with this sentiment that 299 teams of four set off for from Darlington and Childlow ready to conquer 100km or 50km for Oxfam Trailwalker Perth 2015. The generosity and determination of… Read more »

Polyglot Group was proud to attend the Premier’s NSW Export Awards as a Finalist in the Business Services Category. The Premier’s NSW Export Awards is an annual program which aims to recognise excellence in the export of goods and services by NSW business. The Awards acknowledge the important contribution of businesses to the economy through… Read more »

On November the 17th, Jan Rieche, Polyglot Group’s General Manager in Renewable Energy & Engineering, was invited to be a guest speaker at The Western Australia Solar + Energy Storage Creative Drive Conference in Perth. Chosen to be the moderator for the panel discussion of the day, Jan’s extensive knowledge and love of Renewable Energy in… Read more »

