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Food fraud can occur in any type of food and beverage but is more common in high-value or premium products.

Harvest B is on a mission to replace animal protein with a novel plant-based approach, while adding value for Aussie grain growers.

South Australian wedding dress couturier Nikki Atkinson has tapped into the fine, soft qualities of Merino wool to launch a bespoke wedding dress brand capturing the hearts of country couples.

Makayla Donovan, founder of the Brisbane-based bridal jewellery company, The Moissanite Company, turned a $10,000 investment into $7.25 million in just three years.

Moving cash around by companies like Armaguard was already expensive. But the dramatic fall in cash usage has further increased the unit cost of this process.

A $367 billion infrastructure pipeline is at risk due to government practices that are "killing" small to medium businesses, civil contractors representing 40,000 workers say.

Marquee Retail Group said its unplanned downturn in sales from October 2023 to March 2024 was a result of rising inflation and interest rates.

The minimum wage should not rise any more than 3% as small businesses slog through a “cost of doing business crisis”, says the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia.

Melbourne-founded skincare brand Grown Alchemist will return to private ownership in a deal worth $46 million, two years after it was acquired by global beauty giant L'Occitane Group.

Retailers and banks are preparing contingency measures in case Armaguard collapses after the money transporter rejected a $26 million bailout from the nation's biggest cash users.

Taxi Apps, the company behind the app GoCatch, is suing Uber in the Supreme Court of Victoria. The company has also accused Uber of serious misconduct including corporate espionage and hacking competitor systems.

Wage costs, energy costs and insurance premiums were cited as the three biggest constraints on business success by retailers.