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  1. SME lender lists on ASX

    Pacific’s most significant acquisition to date was perhaps that of rival SME lender Bibby Financial Services in December last year, with the combined business now employing almost 300 staff, handling approximately $10 billion of annual sales and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Reporter
    • Category: Business
  2. SME insolvencies tipped to rise in 2020

    SME insolvencies are forecast to increase in 2020, reversing a positive trend witnessed over the last couple of years, new research has shown. According to new data released on Friday by digital credit agency CreditorWatch, while 14 per cent fewer SMEs...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Reporter
    • Category: Business
  3. SME insolvencies on track to double historical average, data reveals

    revealed that from January to April this year, SME overall credit demand was down 7.3 per cent compared to the same period last year and SME trade credit demand had taken the biggest hit, down 13.8 per cent in the year to April. In April of this year,...

  4. SME employee growth rate on ‘downwards slope’, recent data reveals

    The year-on-year employee growth rate for small business has halved since April last year, according to the latest Employment Hero SME Index. Employment Hero’s April SME Index Update indicates that the employee growth rate for SMEs has fallen from 11...

  5. SME digital platform disputes up 86%: ASBFEO

    Disputes between small businesses and big tech platform providers have increased by 86 per cent since the same time last year, the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) revealed. The small business advocate said digital...

  6. SME confidence on the rise

    cent of business owners anticipate growth in the next 12 months while 46 per cent of owners reported revenue growth in the last 12 months, and just 20 per cent reported a decline. Andrew Graham, national head of business solutions at RSM Bird Cameron...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Business
  7. SME cash flow confidence for 2025 is on the rise, Zoho reveals

    were struggling as 80 per cent had been forced to increase prices based on operational costs and interest rates over the last year. Aside from continued challenges, almost half of Australian small businesses have forecasted their cash flow levels to...

  8. SME business conditions reach record high pre-lockdown

    economic rebound have been shown to trickle down to smaller firms. NAB released the results of its Q2 SME business survey last week which show that the SME sector recorded a business conditions increase of 31 index points through the quarter, the...

  9. SMC warns against handing low-income Aussies CSLR bill

    The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort levy for FY2027 has been estimated at a whopping $137.5 million, urging the Super Members Council to call for protection of low- and middle-income Australians. Following the reveal of the Compensation Scheme of...

  10. SMC pushes back on inclusion of APRA-regulated super funds in CSLR

    (SMC) has urged the government to rethink its plan to include APRA-regulated super funds in the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) levy, arguing it would place undue burdens on members who had “nothing to do” with financial misconduct. The CSLR...

  11. SMC calls for ‘swift’ legislation of parental leave scheme

    take time out of their paid workforce to raise children. For most age ranges, the gender super gap has narrowed over the last 10 years; however, it has gone “backwards” for women in their 30s. Parental leave is one of the only types of paid leave that...

  12. SMBs will need extra $124k to meet Payday Super rules, says Employment Hero

    will require an additional $124,000 in working capital, on average, to meet the government’s new Payday Super rules. Last week, Employment Hero released modelling – calculated on the average employer size and the average employee salary, according to...

  13. Small-business job growth tumbles to 10-month low

    in August, it was yet another tough month for small businesses as jobs growth slowed to its lowest result since October last year,” Mr Lyons said. “The Xero Small Business Insights data does provide some green shoots of hope, with an increase in sales...

  14. Small-business gardener denied JobKeeper over taxable supply issues

    him is the financial year ended 30 June 2020. That is not a tax period that ended before 12 March 2020,” the AAT said. “The last annual tax period that ended before 12 March 2020 was the financial year ending 30 June 2019. However, the Applicant did not...

  15. Small practices that sell a vision can beat Goliaths to staff

    to put effort into staff retention, with one-third of staff reportedly moving between professional services firms over the last two years. Exit interviews at accountancy firms showed 41 per cent blamed the culture for leaving, 48 per cent said the work...

  16. Small firm accountants face major barriers to auditor registration

    or support from ASIC. Davis said this was compounded by the ambiguity in the interpretation of requirements. “Over the last two years I have been given bad advice from ASIC, and many of my questions have been ignored by ASIC,” he said. Despite providing...

  17. Small cap IPO market outpacing large listings

    of 2016. Mr Ohm said that it is striking that there has been an absence so far this year in very large listings. “This time last year, we had seen two companies list with a market capitalisation of around $1 billion and 11 companies list with a market...

  18. Small businesses winded by lockdown restrictions

    Australia’s road to economic recovery hit a major bump in July, as small businesses recorded their worst performance since last December in the face of ongoing lockdown restrictions affecting more than half of the Australian population. Xero on Thursday...

  19. Small businesses turn to alternative financing in droves amid pandemic pressure

    as leaders turn to alternative financing and personal lines of credit. The results of ScotPac’s SME Growth Index released last week show that businesses have increasingly turned to alternative financing methods as they emerge from the pandemic, with...

  20. Small businesses show sign of omicron rebound

    territory. Small businesses are taking tentative steps to rebuilding after COVID and are primed to make use of incentives in last week’s budget, according to February data on the sector. The Xero Small Business Index rose three points during the month...