Business confidence is in the pits, and yesterday, we found out why. According to the latest Dun & Bradstreet data, businesses are no…

Myriam Robin is a reporter for SmartCompany and its sister site LeadingCompany. She has degrees in economics, international studies and journalism. She likes writing about businesses taking risks and doing new things.
Business confidence is in the pits, and yesterday, we found out why. According to the latest Dun & Bradstreet data, businesses are no…
Today, specialist insurance broker Trade Risk is doing well for founder Shane Moore. Only three years old, it’s turning over $100,000 a mo…
Just when many thought the fall in China’s economic growth showed no signs of abating, its government has ramped up a stimulus program wor…
The Australian Taxation Office has launched a campaign against tax avoidance schemes run by trust funds and debt-laden companies. The tax of…
Regional and suburban Australia has trumped the nation’s largest central business districts and population centres in the second annual Go…
It’s tempting to think we’re too busy to pursue a hobby; too caught up with work, family and the daily demands of our busy lives. But having…
That bookmaker Tom Waterhouse has sold his eponymous company to British bookmaking powerhouse William Hill is no surprise. Waterhouse’s r…
Over the past few days, the two grandest families of American media have redefined the status of the storied big-city newspaper. By selling&…
For just one day, 10 years ago, in one London bookstore, the original Mr & Mrs Smith: Hotel Collection UK/Ireland outsold JK R…
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims says he doesn’t think competition regulator should be winning 100% of cas…
The Australian Taxation Office plans to clamp down on self-managed super fund trustees who move their assets around before selling them to a…
On Monday, I wrote about the government cutback that no one noticed. Unlike the deferral of the cap on self-education tax deductions for wor…