The latest Employment Hero SME Index, which uses an accumulative dataset of over 150,000 small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and 1.5 million employees, reveals wages in Australia’s SME sector have declined month-on-month (MoM) for the first time in six months, signaling further rate rises in the near
The Australian small business landscape is a dynamic arena, and navigating its shifting currents for continued growth can be a demanding task. While familiar headwinds like economic fluctuations and competitive pressures remain, 2024 offers promising pockets of opportunity for those venturing off the beaten path.
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The team at TradingPedia decided to take a look at the biggest companies in leading markets, including the United States, China, Germany, and the United Kingdom. We identified the largest brands in a total of 45 countries, in terms of value, and created a map visualising the
The Federal Court has ordered Airbnb Ireland UC (Airbnb) to pay $15 million in penalties, and Airbnb will offer up to $15 million in compensation to eligible consumers, after Airbnb admitted it misled consumers about the currency of the prices on its accommodation platform. Airbnb
Australia has long thought of itself as the lucky country. Whenever its economy has started to falter, a commodity boom has usually come along to restore prosperity… until in the 1980s, when the rest of the world failed to rescue us, and we embarked on
Australia Post and its subsidiary StarTrack have admitted they likely engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct when they failed to accept compensation requests and incorrectly advised some business customers that no compensation was payable to them for lost or damaged articles for four years until
This month saw a steep drop in businesses that are looking to hire additional staff, decreasing from 52 per cent in October to 35 per cent in November. Expectations around profitability and revenue have also declined with only 9 per cent of businesses expecting profitability
The latest Employment Hero SME Index, which uses an accumulative dataset of over 150,000 small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and 1.5 million employees, reveals wages in Australia’s SME sector have declined month-on-month (MoM) for the first time in six months, signaling further rate rises in the near
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