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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.

Bed Threads

Beyond bedding: Bed Threads eyes off further ‘home’ categories

Bed Threads co-founder Genevieve Rosen-Biller has hinted that her brand is looking to expand into even more categories, beyond bedding.

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“A very personal experience”: How Bed Threads grew its email database to over 300,000 in four years

Email databases are powerful owned business assets that take time to build, and require constant optimisation. Here's how Bed Threads perfected the balance.

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Victorian lockdown shows why governments need ‘always-on’ support for SMEs

If there is always the possibility that a state will need to be locked down, there must also be a business support program that can be turned on immediately.

COSBOA budget

Bookkeeping expert Matthew Addison to replace Mark McKenzie as COSBOA chair

Australia's peak small business body will soon have a new chair, with board director Matthew Addison to replace Mark McKenzie as chair of the Council of Small Business Organisations (COSBOA) at the end of June.

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New R&D Tax Incentive portal to be one-stop-shop for businesses

A new portal for the federal government’s R&D Tax Incentive will provide a one-stop-shop for managing companies’ registrations and applications online.

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Half of Australians think budget support for SMEs adequate

Almost half of Australians believe this month’s federal budget provided adequate support for the nation’s small and medium businesses.

Victorian budget_payroll tax

Victorian government’s payroll tax hit a bitter pill for growing businesses

The Victorian government's new payroll tax levy for large and medium businesses is counterintuitive to previous efforts to reduce payroll tax in the state.

category of one agave

The ecosystem of small businesses helping bring Top Shelf’s global agave plans to life

Spirits maker Top Shelf International is quietly building a formidable ecosystem of small businesses to help it realise its bold vision to create an Australian agave spirit.

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Meet the company creating a first-of-its-kind Australian agave spirit from the heart of the Whitsundays

ASX-listed spirits maker Top Shelf International has ambitious plans to create an Australian-first agave spirit from its hundreds of thousands of plants located on a farm in the Whitsundays.

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Agave venture among ‘land-based experiences’ to deliver boost to Whitsundays small businesses

Airlie Beach in Queensland’s Whitsundays region is experiencing the dual-effects of Australia’s closed international borders.

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Asset write-off explained: How your business can take advantage of the 12-month extension

SMEs will now have another 12 months to take advantage of the massive asset write-off scheme. So how does it work exactly?

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Budget 2021: $8 million for campaign to promote small and family-owned businesses

Australians will again be urged to continue supporting local businesses, with the government setting aside another $8 million to fund a nationwide ‘shop local’ campaign.

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