Why Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest is taking Facebook to court
Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest is suing the social media giant over his name and likeness being used in clickbait ads.
Five business books SmartCompany Plus editor Sophie Venz will be reading this summer
Looking for some summer reading inspiration? Look no further. Here are the five picks to put at the top of your list.
My Adventurous Life: Dick Smith on business and being a daredevil
In this book extract, Smith recounts the deal to sell Dick Smith Group to Woolworths — a deal that was delayed when Smith announced he was attempting to jump a double-decker bus over 15 motorbikes.
Dick Smith on his modest ambitions, building three successful businesses and his ‘one notable failure’
Senior business reporter John Durie interviewed Dick Smith to discuss his key ingredients to business success and the ways in which he always found new ideas.
Tight belts and terrible leadership: The biggest retail collapses of the decade
After a disruptive decade for Australia's retail industry, SmartCompany has compiled a timeline of the most prominent retail collapses between 2010 and 2020.
New GST rules ‘level the playing field’ for independent hotels, ATO says
The tax office says new rules bringing some multinational online travel agents under the GST blanket will 'level the playing field' for SME operators.
The $500,000 cheque Dick Smith says he doesn’t deserve
Dick Smith called the tax office to complain after it sent him $500,000 for franking credit refunds, calling it "outrageous".
Australian hotels deserve a better deal, writes Labor’s Ed Husic and Andrew Leigh
When anti-competitive behaviour creeps in — that forces the hand of hotels and their potential guests — there is reason for the government to step in.
‘They’re gouging hotel owners’: Labor to outlaw pay parity clauses to challenge Expedia, Booking.com duopoly
Labor will outlaw pay parity contracts for motel and hotel owners if it wins the next election, but the marketing dominance of OTAs remains unaddressed.
Five ways small businesses got screwed over in 2018
From confiscated websites to "telecommunications hell", here are five ways small businesses were hard done by in the year that has been 2018.
Will Kaufland “destroy” small business? Retailers voice concern about “special treatment” in planning process
Concerned small businesses have criticised a state government decision to take planning approval over Kaufland sites out of the hands of local government.
“They’ll make a fortune”: Dick Smith warns on Kaufland as the giant injects another $60 million into expansion
Dick Smith thinks Kaufland will be extremely successful in Australia, but some small businesses are coming together to fight its expansion.