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Niche competitive advantage for small business and start-ups

A niche competitive advantage lets you focus on the target that you wish to reach with specific and effective strategies...
painting

FWO sees red over alleged underpayments at painting business

An operator of a painting business in Brisbane allegedly underpaid two employees, with one employee not being paid at al...
payment code, faster payments

ASBFEO welcomes NSW Govt scheme to pay small business subbies sooner

The NSW faster payments program for SME suppliers could be used as a benchmark to be followed by all State and Territory...
business plan, big picture

Three questions to ask before building a business plan blueprint for 2021

Creating a business plan blueprint can seem daunting but is crucial for the future and mitigating any challenges that ma...

How this Sydney business lit up the high street

An SME's cashflow ebbs and flows, especially when running a business heavily reliant on contracts, and at the mercy of t...
insurance

Small businesses forced to close due to insurance crisis

The unlimited nature of injury claims is preventing many small businesses from being able to afford the public liability...
restaurants

Restaurant owners optimistic about the year ahead

Smaller restaurants are more cautious than the rest of the sector, with only 33 per cent confident that their business w...

Online sales of Aussie wine booming

Online sales has helped the Australian wine industry to achieve record growth in a year that saw many businesses struggl...

Five financial resolutions for small-business owners in 2021

The challenges your business faced in 2020 should help you reflect on what financial resolutions you need to set for suc...
rejected funding, credit licenses

Funding frustrations stymieing small-business growth

"Loan conditions have always been the main source of annoyance for SMEs, and during the pandemic it has been no differen...