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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.
SMEs urged to consider finance ahead of Chinese New Year
SME lender Scottish Pacific has urged small businesses trading with counterparts in China to prepare for closures over Chinese New Year. Read...
ATO increases support for Indigenous businesses
The pilot program started in July 2018 in Townsville and Brisbane and will be expanded into NSW, South Australia and Victoria in 2020 as a result...
Target accused of poaching koala plate design off small business
Sharon Hunter, owner of Queensland-based Emondo Kids, was surprised to see a product "very similar" to her best-selling Karri Koala plate on sale...
Government announces fire aid as ATO pledges tax assistance
Approximately 3.5 million businesses, individuals and self-managed superannuation funds in impacted local government areas will now have until 28...
Startup expands war on landlines with $6.7m raise
Spoke Phone co-founder Jason Kerr said the company was born from the realisation that, while managing a range of businesses across his career, he...
STP reporting broadened to include child support information
The government announced in the 2019-20 budget that it would expand the data collected through single touch payroll (STP) by the ATO, to reduce...
Business owner’s world record attempt for bushfire relief
Ethan Fleming, the founder and CEO of Get Going Personal Training which began trading mid-2014, has set himself a gruelling physical challenge to...
Aussie start-up connecting bushfire affected businesses with travellers
Zoë Manderson, co-founder of travel start-up Alpaca Travel, decided to employ her knowledge in the latest mapping technology to contribute to the...
Tallangatta businesses band together to get through bushfire crisis, tough economic times
The shopfront in the small town of Tallangatta has been stripped of the usual fabric and sewing machines to make way for donated goods which are...
‘Sick of business owners called wage thieves’
That is the belief of Employsure managing director Ed Mallett, who argued that the term wage theft is “unfair and it’s wrong”. Read more at...
