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Why banks are now chasing your SME clients
Australia’s big banks and non-bank lenders have a new focus: small business. This pivot is driving competition and improving access to finance for SMEs.
Further support for locked down Victorian businesses, urges ombudsman
Last Friday, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced a statewide lockdown until at least the end of Wednesday, 17 February, as it aims to...
Over 500k businesses graduated off JobKeeper since September
The ATO figures reveal that all industries have experienced significant falls in the number of employees covered by the JobKeeper program, with...
$50m of JobKeeper payments due to honest errors, says ATO
Speaking to the Senate committee on COVID-19, ATO second commissioner Jeremy Hirschhorn revealed that it identified about 0.4 of a percentage...
More businesses uneasy about loss of JobKeeper, survey shows
The January Sensis Business Index showed that over the past three months, the number of those owners saying the loss of JobKeeper will have a...
SMEs in tech sector in need of skills and funding post-COVID
According to Macquarie’s Banking and Financial Services Group’s inaugural Technology Pulse Check, the top challenges being faced by technology...
Almost half of Aussies considering starting a business, survey finds
A GoDaddy survey found that only half of Australians surveyed said they are happy with their current job and 45 per cent would consider quitting...
Concerning SME payment times in one industry putting recovery at risk
According to the latest Business Risk Review from credit reporting agency CreditorWatch, payment times in construction rose by 47 per cent...
Protection of SME sector a priority with new cyber security scheme
Under the Cyber Security Skills Partnership Innovation Fund, grants of between $250,000 and $3 million will be provided to improve the quality...
Government pulled up on small business full expensing discrepancy
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, CPA Australia, the Institute of Public Accountants, Law Council of Australia, Tax & Super...
Economist says business stimulus needed as JobKeeper end looms
Earlier in the week, RBA governor Philip Lowe said he backed the government’s intention to end JobKeeper at the end of March. “Given the recovery...
