Help with wages, business loans and support for agriculture: Here’s what SME owners want from the government’s stimulus package
On Friday, SmartCompany asked its readers what the government’s stimulus package should look like. Here's what they had to say.
Sales for Australian toilet paper brand Who Gives A Crap take off in the UK, following massive demand at home
Australian ethical toilet paper brand Who Gives a Crap is seeing its sales take off in the UK, following a massive influx of demand in Australia.
The government is reportedly considering wage subsidies, as well as cash injections and tax breaks, for its multi-billion-dollar coronavirus stimulus package. But is this what, or all, business needs?
The government is reportedly considering wage subsidies, cash injections and tax breaks for its multi-billion-dollar coronavirus stimulus package.
Coronavirus: Start talking to your staff and customers right away
Australia’s small and medium businesses must immediately factor coronavirus into their communications strategy.
“Demanding from us as much as we can supply”: Coronavirus fears drive export boom for Adelaide hand sanitiser manufacturer
Hand sanitiser orders are exploding for a South Australian manufacturer as the threat of coronavirus empties supermarket shelves of the product globally.
One word repeated nine times explains the Reserve Bank’s latest cash rate cut
The RBA has cut the cash rate to an all-time low of 0.50% “to support the economy as it responds to the global coronavirus outbreak”.
From the lobster industry, to novelty shirt stores, who is profiting from the coronavirus?
Coronavirus is sinking the global economy, fostering fear and causing panic, but there are a few unlikely groups benefitting.
Gerry Harvey predicts more Australian retailers are set to collapse
Australia should expect to see more retail brands collapse this year, according to high-profile retailer Gerry Harvey.
Hiding behind contagion: The companies and sectors blaming coronavirus for bad business
The virus is definitely having an effect on business, but it's also something that can be conveniently pointed to in a press release.
“On standstill”: Businesses face coronavirus uncertainty amid warnings the economic fallout has just begun
The economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak is spreading across Australia and business owners face unprecedented supply chain uncertainty.
Coronavirus has delivered a brutal blow to Torres Strait lobster farmers
Typically, a Torres Strait Island fisher can sell a live lobster for $65-95 a kilogram. Now, prices for live lobsters are down 50–80%.
From smartphones to rail wagons, here’s how the coronavirus shutdowns will cause high-tech shortages in Australia
China is at the heart of global manufacturing, and as supply chains suffer because of the spread of coronavirus, panic is beginning to set in.
