Opinion

The key lies in levelling with your employees, working with and supporting them, so you reduce the risk of a mass exodus when you come out the other side.

Consider this a friendly nudge — a call to action for every SME across every single industry — if the new 'super consumer' is not currently on your radar, you are leaving billions of dollars on the table.

There was a time in the author's life when he was prepared to give absolutely everything to a company. But not anymore. Here's why.

The author says, "we all have a relationship with money that plays a powerful role in the stories we tell ourselves, how we show up, and who we are when it’s on the table".

Let’s be clear: there is nothing like a story involving a global brand, a scandal and questions about why a firm went like PwC used confidential information.

Small businesses need a sustainable tax system that will encourage investment and generate economic growth.

According to the author, despite a government contract till 2025, the Entrepreneurship Facilitators program was scrapped in budget 2023.

The RBA’s latest forecasts now assume no further rate rises will be needed for inflation to fall back to the central bank’s 2-3% target range by mid-2025.

What are the three big yet common mistakes that businesses make? And more importantly, how do you avoid them?

COSBOA chair Matthew Addison gives his assessment of the 2023 federal budget, and what else the government needs to do to support small businesses.

SmartCompany editor-in-chief Simon Crerar analyses what's in the 2023 federal budget for small businesses and startups.

Ahead of the federal budget unveiling today, vulnerable women small business owners across Australia are hoping for relief from the relentless cost of living pressures currently plaguing the entire country.