Half of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Australia and New Zealand have been unable to secure sufficient, or any, funding on at least one or more occasions over the last five years, according to a new report from cloud banking platform Mambu. Alarmingly, more than
Businesses in Sydney and Melbourne CBD have seen a boost in spending as pandemic restrictions ease and more workers return to offices in the two major cities. Businesses in Sydney and Melbourne’s CBDs welcomed more customers back through their doors last week, with sales up
Nearly two years into remote working, Australia’s businesses are still facing barriers when it comes to meeting the needs of the workforce, with 40% of workers seeing no change in their productivity since working from home, and 14% seeing a decline in their productivity all
Business owners are being urged to practice vigilance with an increase in scams and phishing emails expected to rise amid floods impacting Australia’s east coast. As the flooding crisis continues across NSW and Queensland, residents and business owners are set to become increased targets of
Residents across Queensland are encouraged to apply for any Commonwealth financial support they are eligible for through Services Australia. The National Retail Association has collated a list of available support grants for flood affected Queenslanders below. For more information on support available, visit Services Australia website.
Events on online security, social media skills, hiring staff and more We hope you have been enjoying all the fantastic activities on offer so far. Here are some of the events happening this week (14-18 March) for NSW Small Business Month. There are many more
Victorians who work in casual or other insecure jobs will no longer be forced to choose between a day’s pay and looking after their health, thanks to the Andrews Labor Government’s Victorian Sick Pay Guarantee. “When people have nothing to fall back on, they make a
Australia’s small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are 12% more resilient as a direct result of the challenges they have faced in the pandemic, according to MYOB’s new SME Success Report. The SME Success Report, which comprises four years of anonymised data insights from business
As federal budget night approaches, the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) has released an abridged version of its submission to the Treasurer. COSBOA CEO Alexi Boyd said “We’re at a historic moment in time where we risk losing small businesses from our communities.
Business has become one of the most trusted institutions in Australia and is being seen as the major force in driving societal change, according to the latest Edelman Trust Barometer. After a year in which trust has rapidly declined in both media and government institutions,
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