Return of Aussie wine to China fires up exports in sluggish market
Australian winemakers are sitting on a glut of mainly red but the reopening of the post-tariff Chinese market has helped ease the pressure by lifting exports 34 per cent in 2024.
Small Business
NAB has rails run in HSBC’s great Aussie bank sale
With everyone else too big or distracted, HSBC is NAB’s for the taking if the global giant decides to walk away from the local retail banking market.
Over a quarter of small business owners not paying themselves
Business owners struggling in an uncertain economy have been resorting to withholding their own salary or using personal savings to help prop up their ventures, a survey shows.
Housing crisis scares mid-tier businesses
Mid-tier businesses fear that in years to come, the national housing crisis will worsen their ability to find and employ workers living close enough, the results of a survey shows.
The changes needed to bring relief for small businesses
Small businesses are struggling and ACCI’s July small business survey demonstrated this beyond doubt whereby 45 per cent of respondents said they considered closing in the past 12 months.
AI, inflation, cyber threats keep CEOs awake at night
Artificial intelligence, cyber security risks and high inflation are the red flag issues keeping Australian business leaders awake at night, according to KPMG.
Scandals, takeovers, Swiftenomics: 2024 was a year to remember
The good, the bad and the ugly – 2024 was an eventful year for investors. We look back on the stories which made headlines and broke hearts.
Why business will drive the economic recovery
It’s time governments abandon the well-trodden path of company bashing for political point scoring and talk up the role of business in our economy.
Nation’s banks must do much more for small businesses
Running a small business in Australia is tough, fraught with risk and close to half of them fail within the first three years. So what can be done to help them?
Losing one client can send us to the wall, say SMEs
A twice yearly survey of Australian small businesses has painted a disturbing picture in which almost 30 per cent say they are at risk of insolvency.
Bosses to cut rights on unfair dismissal
Unions slam employer push to change small business legal definition from 15 to 50 employees.
Rate cuts to fire starter’s gun on 2025 retail rebound
Deloitte says recent strong retail trade and improving sconsumer sentiment should unleash a substantial rise in household spending in the new year.
Blanket surcharging bans are not the answer
At Zeller we want to see immediate action against excessive surcharging on payments. But blanket bans risk doing more harm than good.
Why women find small business funding not much fun
Almost three quarters of female small business owners believe there are gender biases when trying to get a loan. Here’s why.
Migrants to millionaires: why it’s good for the country
Migration has become a controversial topic in recent years, but new Australians who start businesses add innovation to the nation.
Rising costs, belt tightening drives surge in cafe failures
Business failures in the hospitality sector have almost doubled over the past year and are tipped to climb further as costs mount, tax debts grow and consumers tighten their belts.
The little solar maker who wants to take on the world
To call Tindo Solar a small player would be an overstatement but the Adelaide firm is Australia’s only locally made solar panel maker and chief Richard Petterson has grand plans.
Forests fury threatens to upend PM’s Tassie poll plans
A carbon credit scheme quietly backed by the federal government could succeed where decades of greenie campaigns have failed – and end native forest logging. But not without a fight.
Couple scale new heights with ladder safety device
A revolutionary ladder safety device developed in a Brisbane backyard has been exported overseas and is in-line for a swag of awards.
One in six hospitality businesses doomed to fail
Almost one in six food and beverage businesses are rated at a high risk of failure due to problems created by the high cost of living, new CreditWatch data shows.
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