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  1. 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...

  2. 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
  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. Small towns, big challenges: COSBOA report reveals regional business struggles

    of pressure, while 77 per cent of business owners reported facing anxiety or stress related to their business over the last 12 months. As per the report, cutting down on superfluous regulatory complexity would enable small businesses to focus more on...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Matthew Taylor
    • Category: Business
  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. 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...

  16. 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...

  17. 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...

  18. Small businesses secure $41m in energy grants

    have been given $41 million in grants to save on energy bills and reduce their carbon footprint, the government announced last week. The federal funding comes from the second round of the Energy Efficiency Grants for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises...

  19. Small businesses remain optimistic despite high stress, report reveals

    small businesses,” he said. According to COSBOA and CBA data, 64 per cent of small businesses reported lower profits than last year (compared to 40 per cent in 2024), six in 10 (60 per cent) reported at least occasionally not being able to pay...

  20. Small businesses pushed to pay for alternative super services

    Clearing House (SBSCH) will be switched off for all users, removing their ability to make payments and view records. Last quarterly payments due on 28 July cannot be submitted through the SBSCH, nor can tax deductions for the 2025–26 financial year....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Carlos Tse and Naomi Neilson
    • Category: Business