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Queensland small business owner Claire Batchelor came up with the idea for The Latte Jar after hunting for her own unique glass for her iced coffees every morning and realising the market lacked special glassware for home.

Melbourne entrepreneur Nadia Stamp has created an at-home nail dipping system that has earned $3 million in just three years. 

SmartCompany has put together a helpful state-by-state guide to the Christmas and New Year trading hours and restrictions for Australian businesses this year.

Urban Forager, which sells stock, broth, jams and chutneys, was one of three winners in the Small Business categories of the Xero awards.

Funday Natural Sweets was founded by Daniel Kitay in 2021 and originated from his trip to the USA in 2019, where inspiration and frustration ignited his vision for a healthier lolly alternative.

Melbourne-based digital B2B marketplace Platform Zero, which allows supermarkets to sell surplus or rejected produce, diverting tonnes of daily food waste from landfills, has won $30,000 in equity-free funding as the winner of the 2023 Kickstarter Challenge.

The Kimchi Company was founded in 2019 by Australian-Korean couple, Edward Um and Sooji Lim, who started the business with a clear problem to solve: where do you buy kimchi and which one do you recommend?

The number of millennial and gen Z small business owners is on the rise according to research released by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Minister for Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek has unveiled an industry-led initiative called FutureProof, which is aimed at transforming the way Australians receive and manage receipts.

Yasmin Brisbane of QCamel, a passionate advocate for camels in Australian agriculture, is also one of the nominees for TikTok Business of the Year in the 2023 TikTok Awards.

The Adelaide-based business was founded by sisters Kelly Jamieson and Abbey Baker and currently delivers to every major Australian capital city and Auckland in New Zealand.

Sweet, creamy, just a little bit nutty, and goes really well with coffee. That’s how Madame Tiger’s founder describes the brand’s plant-based tiger nut milk.