Customers furious as travel agent claims it collapsed but is still registered to trade
A travel agent which says it has appointed administrators but is still registered to trade has become the centre of customer anger in recent weeks.
“Recession proof”: Booktopia beats the retail blues, looking for $300 million in five years
Despite years of searching Booktopia boss Tony Nash is still in the market for investors, although he intends to push on with his growth plans regardless.
Fair Work raids uncover 725 wage-theft victims and hundreds of “unaware” businesses
Fair Work Ombudsman finds wage theft is widespread in regional areas, identifying almost half of employers were breaking the law.
Afterpay asks investors for $300 million to chase 400% increase in underlying sales by 2022
Afterpay is going cap in hand to investors for support in realising ambitious growth targets by expanding overseas and "scaling" its SME business.
A legal loophole: How Afterpay and other buy-now-pay-later providers skirt consumer laws
In light of the rise of buy-now-pay-later offerings, should the law be changed to make a distinction between credit and debt?
Four years’ jail for business owner convicted of almost $600,000 in tax fraud
A Brisbane-based business owner has been convicted of defrauding taxpayers by nearly $600,000.
“Unacceptable”: Fair Work Ombudsman recovers $580,000 in regional blitz
The Fair Work Ombudsman discovered more than one in five businesses were underpaying workers in a recent audit of regional firms.
Craft brewer SAMPLE Brewing collapses into administration, urgently seeks buyer
Sample Brewing has brought in administrators and is urgently seeking a buyer through an EOI campaign to continue operating its business.
“Alarmed”: Fair Work Ombudsman uncovers 99 underpaid workers in joint ASIC probe
The fair work ombudsman says she was "alarmed to discover" the level of ignorance about workplace laws in a targeted audit of first-time SME owners.
Queensland liquidator jailed for seven years after pleading guilty to stealing $800,000 from collapsed company
A former business liquidator has been sentenced to seven year's jail time after he was found to have committed three counts of fraud.
ASIC blitz: Financial advisors banned as regulator steps up clean-up efforts
ASIC has banned three financial advisers over the last week as it continues efforts to clean up Australia's financial services sector.
ASIC to recover more than $400,000 from abandoned companies, prompting investigations
ASIC is sparking investigations into a new spate of abandoned companies in a bid to recover unpaid employee entitlements.
