café Archives

Watch: Zeller short film celebrates the very best of Melbourne small business culture

David Adams

21 September 2023

'Rathdowne Village' focuses on the small businesses populating Rathdowne Street in Melbourne's inner north, a shopping strip emblematic of the city at large.

Square outage: Australian businesses unable to accept card payments

Technology

David Adams

8 September 2023

Payment tech and point of sale platform Square appeared to suffer a major and widespread outage on Friday morning, leaving many small businesses unable to process transactions through the peak hour rush.

Frankly Speaking name commercial lease hospitality coffee council permits small business branding hiring cafe

Frankly Speaking: After 473 days, we are ready to open our cafe

Business Advice

Chryssie Swarbrick

11 July 2023

Chryssie Swarbrick, owner of Two Franks, shares the events of the day before the opening of the cafe.

Perth sushi cafe operators slugged $193,000 for falsifying wage documents and presenting them to Fair Work inspectors

Business Advice

David Adams

6 December 2022

Federal Circuit and Family Court found the former operators of a Perth cafe falsified pay slips, provided Fair Work with doctored wage documents and warned staff against speaking up.

Frankly Speaking: Five things I’d do differently if I was starting my small business now, with what I’ve learnt

Business Advice

Chryssie Swarbrick

23 November 2022

Don’t make the same mistakes we have — get your business off to a flying start, says Chryssie Swarbrick.

Victoria relaunches dining cashback scheme, offering $25 million in incentives to hungry visitors statewide

Hospitality

David Adams

20 September 2022

Diners and tourists across Victoria can now claim 25% cash back every time they eat out or visit one of the state's leading entertainment attractions.

Open for business: Unpacking the Jobs Victoria wage subsidy

Webinars

Jobs Victoria

10 December 2021

In this SmartCompany webinar, editor Eloise Keating gathers with Jobs Victoria CEO Lisa Buckingham and business owner Chris Choong to discuss how employers can hire in today’s job market, and how they can access the Jobs Victoria fund.

From on-counter beans to clean isles: Three strategies for improving in-store merchandising

Hospitality

Chris Mackey

2 October 2020

Here are some in-store merchandising tactics for smaller retail stores which will make a massive difference and cost very little.

Shining a spotlight: How Shop Small is helping SMEs get back on their feet

Articles

American Express

29 July 2020

Sample Coffee’s third and newest venue, Old Gold café, had been open for six short weeks when the COVID-19 restrictions knocked out most …

Joke’s over: Burger Urge deletes posts mocking Sizzler after federal court filing

Intellectual property

Matthew Elmas

22 June 2020

It seems Burger Urge bit off more than it could chew when it tried to mock food chain giant Sizzler over the naming of a burger. Here's what happened.

“Someone has to pay”: Restaurateurs warn of price hikes as wages and UberEats crush margins

Hospitality

Priscilla Pho

19 November 2019

Restaurant-goers will foot the bill of increasing operational costs as owners under “significant pressure” raise menu prices.

Popular Melbourne cafes under “close scrutiny” after underpaying workers $25,000

Legal

Dominic Powell

17 June 2019

Two cafes located in Melbourne brunch hotspots have admitted to underpaying over two-dozen workers and will be subject to "close scrutiny".

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Watch: Zeller short film celebrates the very best of Melbourne small business culture

Square outage: Australian businesses unable to accept card payments

Frankly Speaking: After 473 days, we are ready to open our cafe

Perth sushi cafe operators slugged $193,000 for falsifying wage documents and presenting them to Fair Work inspectors

Frankly Speaking: Five things I’d do differently if I was starting my small business now, with what I’ve learnt

Victoria relaunches dining cashback scheme, offering $25 million in incentives to hungry visitors statewide

Open for business: Unpacking the Jobs Victoria wage subsidy

From on-counter beans to clean isles: Three strategies for improving in-store merchandising

Shining a spotlight: How Shop Small is helping SMEs get back on their feet

Joke’s over: Burger Urge deletes posts mocking Sizzler after federal court filing

“Someone has to pay”: Restaurateurs warn of price hikes as wages and UberEats crush margins

Popular Melbourne cafes under “close scrutiny” after underpaying workers $25,000