Small business
More than guts: Four checkboxes for small business to make it in WA
A banker who sees numbers for 775,000 enterprises nationally “wouldn’t have the guts” to do it – but for the determined, she recommends ticking these four boxes.
- by Peter Milne
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Fuel and power costs stopping businesses from profit-boosting changes
The retail sector has been struggling for almost two years, as high inflation and interest rates hit the spending plans of consumers.
- by Shane Wright
Small businesses get cost relief amid renewables push
The budget includes tax incentives for critical minerals and green hydrogen, and cost relief for small businesses, including an energy rebate and an extension of the instant asset write-off scheme.
- by Millie Muroi
How the budget affects you – from students to retirees
Young or old, single or married: this is how the 2024 budget will impact your life.
- by Rachel Clun and Olivia Ireland
What small businesses really want from the budget
Australians are spending less, and the government has ruled out cash injections in Tuesday’s federal budget. Small business is caught in the middle.
- by Jessica Yun
‘There is trepidation’: Why business owners like Jared are worried about their future
Spiralling costs, high interest rates and lower spending are driving more businesses into insolvency.
- by Andrew Taylor
Ditching car parks for bike lanes could help struggling high street shops
Replacing on-street parking with bike lanes could make Brisbane more liveable without hurting small businesses, research at a popular shopping strip has found.
- by Felicity Caldwell
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Opinion
Work is a way to make money. Please, stop calling it your ‘baby’
For as long as I can recall, I’ve squirmed when women call their careers or businesses “my baby”. As a business owner about to become a parent, I now know why.
- by Michelle Battersby
Big companies dodge spending crunch as small businesses face rising failure risk
Large corporations, including supermarkets, have become more resilient, but smaller retailers are facing greater risk of failure as the consumer spending crunch drags on.
- by Millie Muroi
A plea for help after the heartbreak of Bondi Junction
There’s one thing missing from Westfield Bondi Junction that is making it difficult for tenants to move on.
- by Jessica McSweeney
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Perth
WA contractor, jobs saved as creditors back lifeline bid
One of WA’s biggest Aboriginal-owned and run contracting services companies has been handed a lifeline after creditors backed an eleventh-hour bid to pull it out of administration.
- by Jesinta Burton