Posts tagged "small business challenges"

It has never been a harder slog in retail than what we are experiencing right now, writes Green House Interiors founder Julia Green.

Two friends founded Wander + Wild at the end of 2020 and recently opened up about the challenges facing many Australian small businesses right now. 

The multi-billion dollar flow of taxpayer funds to small business contractors will come under investigation by the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO), as the federal government attempts to lock in its new small business procurement target.

Australia's smallest businesses are saddled with card transaction fees triple that applied to major corporations and the take-up of cheaper options remains "disappointingly low", according to the Reserve Bank of Australia.

The behavioural economics team known as BETA has crafted materials in association with Safe Work Australia to adapt return-to-work materials for use for small-to-medium enterprises.

The Delta variant is creating far-reaching challenges for companies now and into the future. Here's what small businesses should do.

Payment times in excess of 30 days should be outlawed, Kate Carnell says, noting a deluge of big businesses using COVID-19 as an excuse.

Running a business is hard. But Jason Soultan felt people just weren’t talking about it enough — and set out to turn that around with a new event, NO/BS.

Late payment times has been revealed to be a $7 billion problem and one which is significantly slowing the growth of local SMEs.

It doesn’t matter if you’re new to the game or have years of experience under your belt. Running a business is hard work.

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The government is seeking views on how it should formulate its late payment times reporting policy, with everything from enforcement to scope covered.

Pauline Hanson wants to address small business payment times by forcing big businesses to cough up the cash in a timely manner.