by Maja Garaca Djurdjevic | Jan 2, 2019 | News
Businesses in Australia experience a wide range of barriers to innovation, suggesting that policy to support innovation needs to be flexible and broad-based, the Institute of Public Accountants said in its recently released Small Business White Paper.Talent, not...
by Maja Garaca Djurdjevic | Dec 31, 2018 | News
Business starters tend not to have many personal assets and find that sourcing funds is a major challenge, which often pushes them to shelve their business ideas prematurely. “Those seeking venture capital tend to find that the investment comes with some onerous...
by Maja Garaca Djurdjevic | Dec 28, 2018 | News
The Business Growth Fund is expected to follow similar international precedents and is planned to be funded by investors from the private sector. Earlier this month, a round table on the topic was held in Canberra, following which the small business ombudsman said...
by Maja Garaca Djurdjevic | Dec 27, 2018 | News
SMEs increasingly depend on IT systems and are thus vulnerable to existing cybersecurity risks and newly-emerging cyberattacks, the Institute of Public Accountants said in its recently released Small Business White Paper. Research has shown that small business is the...
by Maja Garaca Djurdjevic | Dec 27, 2018 | News
The 2019-20 projected surplus will be the first surplus since the final budget of the Howard government in 2007-08, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said.“Over the next four years, the cumulative estimated surplus will be nearly double the estimate in this year’s budget,...
