Image: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun • Asia-Pacific are beginning to introduce easing of lockdowns due to COVID-19. • Even countries with low case rates face economic hardships. • Phased reopenings are being implemented in many places. Countries all over the world are announcing their plans to emerge from
Cloudfloat is one of a number of companies looking to bring buy now pay later to businesses. When Afterpay was founded in 2015, few could have predicted the impact that it and other buy now pay later providers would have on the consumer payment sector. From 400,000
The NSW government is encouraging all small businesses struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic to register with the state government’s small business advisor program. The program includes Business Connect, which will receive a boost of more than $14 million from the state government. Business Connect
Recently passed legislation provides temporary cash flow to small-to-medium businesses to curb losses created by COVID-19. Eligible businesses can receive $20,000 to $100,000 in cash flow boost amounts but must lodge their activity statements until September 2020. According to the ATO, the cash flow boosts
The highly anticipated Jobkeeper payment scheme is now open for enrollment. The ATO urges people wishing to claim Jobkeeper payments for April to enrol in the program by the end of the month. The 130$ billion Jobkeeper payment is part of the government’s economic response
Last Friday the NWS government announced it will put $750 million into a ‘Small Business Support Fund’. The fund was created to provide small businesses across the state struggling due to COVID-19 with $10,000 grants for “fast relief”, according to a press release. This is
As part of the economic response to the coronavirus, the Australian government has announced a 130$ billion Jobkeeper payment plan. Like its name suggests, the Jobkeeper payment scheme was created to keep businesses in operation and employees paid during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The Treasury
Why are two of Australia’s most iconic brands, Swisse and Medibank, investing substantial money into the health and wellness of their employees? For former CEO of Swisse, Radek Sali, happy and successful employees equated to a happy and successful business. “People are not just one
A new blockchain infrastructure designed for Australia’s creative industries could help overcome problems from missed royalty payments to art fraud and administrative overheads, says a new report. The report argues that a blockchain-based infrastructure could bring much needed transparency to the creative marketplace, while relieving the
New research from Australian marketing services provider Salmat has found that when it comes to discounting products, over a quarter (28 per cent) of SMEs think they discount too much, with 56 per cent of SMEs discounting weekly or monthly. Whilst discounting can be one tactic
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