Franchisee representative groups have responded with disappointment to Labor’s franchising policy released last week. George Parkis, spoke…
Franchisee representative groups have responded with disappointment to Labor’s franchising policy released last week. George Parkis, spoke…
Prime Minister John Howard has announced that, if elected, his Government will create a $75 million scheme to support the development of ren…
Business owners should forget about being relaxed and comfortable. Treasurer Peter Costello has just warned Australians that a “huge tsuna…
The Coalition parties may be the natural allies of the small businesses that make up the franchising industry, but Labor’s small business …
Microsoft will pay $US240 million for a 1.6% stake in social networking site Facebook, valuing the company at $US15 billion. The extraordina…
The Business Council of Australia has moved to put education back at the centre of the election campaign, arguing that Australia’s educati…
All new or renewed WorkCover premiums for NSW businesses will be cut by 5% from the end of 2007, Premier Morris Iemma announced today. Iemma…
On Saturday morning at the Mercure Hotel at Sydney Airport, about 45 Midas car care franchisees will meet to discuss the future of the troub…
As the Coalition and Labor try to out-do each other with tax cuts and aspirational tax plans, economists are warning that the long-term targ…
Opposition small business spokesman Craig Emerson is a “union sycophant and a union lackey”, claims the Minister for Small Business Fran…
Labor will cut tax for everyone but high income earners. Opposition leader Kevin Rudd has announced that his government would make the tax c…
As ALP leader Kevin Rudd continues to resist the pressure to release his tax policy, the latest Herald/Nielsen poll shows Labor’s two-part…