Entries for the 2024 Australian Small Business Champion Awards have officially opened.
2024 marks the 26th consecutive year of the Awards, which highlight the best of Australia’s small businesses in the retail, services...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has welcomed a suite of government announcements aimed at building retailer resilience.
Yesterday (20 November), the federal government announced a $7.2 million voluntary cyber health check program, allowing...
People across NSW can receive free, personalised business support next week.
On 26 and 27 October, more than 50 Service NSW Centres will host pop-up booths as part of Small Business Month.
The specialised...
The Queensland government is expanding its appliance cashback scheme to small and medium sized businesses under a new program.
The $16 million Queensland Business Energy Saving and Transformation (QBEST) program will target the...
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Bruce Billson, supports the call to overhaul the Payment Times Reporting Act and welcomes recommendations to make the data more useful for small business.
“Finance...
Australia’s small business owners are “rapidly” getting older as the proportion of younger entrepreneurs shrinks, according to research from the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman.
Ombudsman Bruce Billson says the most...
Many small businesses say they feel excluded from the chance to tender for Australian Government procurement contracts because they are not part of the ‘in-crowd’ or find the process too hard to...
Franchising is the key support mechanism which has allowed more than 94K franchise outlets across Australia employing almost 600,000 Australians to survive the multiple challenges of recent times.
That’s one of the key...
