Small business
'Won't make it better': Small businesses say commission report ignores them
Small businesses told the banking royal commission they felt powerless and ignored by big institutions, but Friday's interim report said not much could be done.
- by Emma Koehn
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Small business
Perth company's success from a product that sucks
WA-based Kreepy Krauly has seen off lots of challenges to remain king of the pool cleaner market.
- by Hamish Hastie
Canberra
Canberra cybersecurity firm named Telstra business of the year
A Canberra cybersecurity firm and a consultancy firm were among the winners at the 2018 Telstra Business Awards
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Small business
Tough times for business as failures increase and startups flounder
Many small businesses and startups are struggling, with failures of Australian businesses increasing 12.7 per cent in the previous financial year.
- by Cara Waters
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City life
Why we're still paying boom-era prices: A Perth restaurateur explains
Perth hospitality insider says "everything is stacked against the entrepreneur" here, with mining boom profits long gone, but costs remaining sky-high.
- by Emma Young
Food & drink
Workers owed $160k after Yarraville's Cobb Lane bakery-cafe bites dust
Staff left high and dry by the sudden closure of the popular Melbourne cafe may need to be bailed out by the federal government.
- by Benjamin Millar
Small business
Clock runs down on future of WA Cobbler Plus, Watch Works stores
Around 20 Cobbler Plus stores and four Watch Work Australia stores will be scrutinised as administrators try to combat declining store revenue.
- by staff writers
Income tax
Thousands of employers face a $20 billion tax hike under 'captain's call' by Bill Shorten
The Turnbull government is aiming to mobilise business against the new Labor policy.
- by David Crowe & Eryk Bagshaw
Small business
'Companies want people with a specific skill set': The future is specialisation
These small businesses have discovered that targeting a niche is the way to go.
- by Louis White
Small business
If Ben's Burgers owner Ben Chiu was Queensland Treasurer for a day ...
Ben Chiu runs Ben's Burgers in Fortitude Valley. With only 18 staff, they typify 97 per cent of the state's 437,000 businesses. What is in the state budget for small businesses, Ben?
- by Tony Moore
Innovation
Why Fishbowl, one of Sydney’s fastest-growing food chains, is going cashless
Starting with one store in Bondi in 2016, Fish Bowl has since grown to seven locations across Sydney, with a forecasted turnover of $15 million for 2018.
- by Tim Biggs