SmartCompany Editor

Eloise Keating is the news editor of SmartCompany and Inc Australia. Prior to joining SmartCompany, Eloise was news editor at Books+Publishing, the trade press for the Australian book industry. Eloise has degrees in media and communications, marketing and business management, and political science. You can follow her on Twitter at @ellykeating.

Anchorage Capital sizes up family-owned retail chain Shoes & Sox for $20 million acquisition

Family-owned children’s shoes retailer Shoes & Sox could be given a new lease of life after private equity outfit and turnaround speci…

Freelancer makes its 14th acquisition, scooping up online marketplace DoNanza

Freelancer has acquired the assets of freelance job marketplace and aggregator DoNanza for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition, funded fr…

Australian IPOs raised $26 billion in 2014: Healthcare and tech floats to lead the way in 2015

Last year was a “banner year” for Australian initial public offerings, with $26 billion equity listed through 74 floats, according to a …

Swim teacher charged with fraud over adding extra hours to her daughter’s payslips

A former swimming school coordinator has pleaded not guilty to two fraud charges in a trial currently before the ACT Supreme Court. Fairfax …

Freelancer makes its 14th acquisition, scooping up online marketplace DoNanza

Freelancer has acquired the assets of freelance job marketplace and aggregator DoNanza for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition, funded from …

Red Rooster accused of misleading consumers over its “nothing artificial” claims; Fonterra blackmail threat halts shares: Midday Roundup

Fast food chain Red Rooster has been accused of misleading consumers into believing its food is free of artificial ingredients and its chick…

What happens when you don’t co-operate with the Fair Work Ombudsman

Two New South Wales small businesses have learnt the lesson of not co-operating with the Fair Work Ombudsman the hard way. The former operat…

Townsville Crocodiles collapses into voluntary administration

The Townsville Crocodiles has become the second National Basketball League club to collapse into voluntary administration within the space o…

Scaling up: Why Verne Harnish dedicated his career to helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses

Verne Harnish is known as “the growth guy”. The US native who now lives in Barcelona, Spain, founded Entrepreneurs’ Organisation (EO) …

Man pleads guilty in relation to alleged $110 million Myra Financial Services fraud; Rate cut fails to boost confidence: Midday Roundup

A Melbourne man has pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiring to defraud financial institutions in relation to an alleged $110 million home…

Ashley Madison forced to pull “immoral” ad after flood of complaints to advertising watchdog

Online dating business Ashley Madison will pull a television advertisement featuring men “looking for someone other than my wife” after …

Paul Keating takes Joe Hockey to task for “trying to pull the plug out of the bath of the universal super pool”

Allowing first home buyers to access their superannuation to buy property before the preservation age would “destroy universal retirement …

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