Awkward: When business names go bad
Meet the businesses who have found themselves in a world of trouble - without even trying.
Post-election limbo takes toll on small businesses
Doing business in post-election limbo-land is proving difficult for the nation's small to medium enterprises.
ACCC releases collective bargaining guide
Australia's competition watchdog is encouraging small businesses – particularly farmers – to use people power.
Disability doesn't mean inability
New research shows the potential of self-employment for those with disabilities.
From floor sweeper to luxury hair empire
"Our industry is fun, joyful but it's a crazy industry."
NAB to compete with ultra-fast lenders
Online lenders have amped up the pressure on the big banks to move quickly on loans.
Features
Seven ways to quit your job
You'd be only human if, on the odd occasion, you'd spent time contemplating the elaborate ways you could quit your job.
Just 21, and taking $35k a month
Fuelled by a shaky job market, millennials are taking their chances on their own small businesses.
Melbourne start-up wages war on food waste
"I used to be horrified at the chef literally scraping masses of product into the bin."
How to qualify for CGT concessions
I am 56 and own a real estate agent business. I'd like to retire - but will I be eligible for the small business CGT concessions?
How this small business owner cut costs by $30,000 a year
Linda Taneja shudders when she thinks about the money she forked out on warehouse rent for years on end.
Bright spot in the economy?
Small business owners want creative solutions to the challenges they face.
Small Talk
Telstra, NAB to build marketplace
Tech start-up ProQuo will capture small businesses need for community and bartering with a 10 per cent fee.
Shoe store to close after 135 years
The last handmade dance shoe shop in Australia is closing its doors.
Art sales go online
Art fairs are shutting down and galleries closing but online art sales are skyrocketing in Australia.
Customise your life
Technology is enabling businesses to offer consumers customised products on a mass scale.
The big price freeze
Is your business's price list stuck in a time warp?
Family toothpaste business goes global
Justin and Rachel Bernhaut took a small family business and turned it into a worldwide toothpaste company selling in 35 countries and turning over $8 million.
From refugee family to $25m Rolld
Bao Hoang's family came as refugees by boat to Australia and now he runs a $25 million business using his mum's traditional recipes.
Conversation
Disability doesn't mean entrepreneurial inability
New research shows the potential of self-employment for those with disabilities.
Finding a good accountant can be hard
Help. My sister and I are in the due diligence phase of a start-up e-commerce business.
Don't call me baby
Here's how to prepare for a media interview – and make sure you get things off on the right foot.