Posts tagged "COVID-19"

History gives us innumerable examples of businesses and startups using recessions to grow market share by increasing marketing spend.

Sole traders have started recieving their JobKeeper payments, with those SmartCompany spoked to offering varying assessments of the enrollment process.

Is COVID-19 driving innovation in fintech? Or are cautious consumers sticking to traditional providers? And is the government holding the sector back?

Subcontractors are pushing for the federal government to urgently bolster pay protections for sole traders amid an expected increase in insolvencies.

Limepay has raised $6 million for tech giving e-commerce retailers control over their own payments, and disrupting the old guard of buy-now-pay-later.

Melbourne distiller Brunswick Aces was facing "a horrible March" after COVID-19 hit, but thanks to some quick thinking and new supply deals, things are looking up.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has outlined a set of grisly figures in an address to Parliament, predicting Australia's quarterly GDP will fall at least 10% in June.

Much of the focus on the educational effect of the coronavirus is falling on schools and universities, but the vocational education and trai…

Google’s new ‘Rising Retail Category’ tool is helping to show retailers how consumer demand is changing as a result of COVID-19 restrictions.

Small business owners are responding with confusion and frustration after reports emerged the federal government is considering winding back the JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme.

In a time of crisis when most industries are slowing, the plant-based food industry is experiencing record growth and milestone launches. Here's the state-of-play in Australia's plant-based food industry.

There are costs and benefits of keeping bars and restaurants closed across Australia, but Jonathan Karnon and Ben Mol argue it's time to lift COVID-19 restrictions on the sector.