Jessica Stanic

The number of Australian borrowers unable to repay their debts is set to rise in the coming months according to Reserve Bank assistant governor Malcolm Edey.

For the first time in the 17-year history of the Telstra Business Awards, three micro-businesses (with less than five staff) are in contention for this year’s National Telstra Business Award.

Despite rising business and consumer sentiment, the worst is still not over and we have a long way to recovery, says a leading business group.

The theme for the 2009 International Small Business Congress (ISBC) will be ‘Rebuilding the World’s Economy’, capturing the idea that global economic recovery will come from the efforts of a number of small businesses engaging with each other at a local and international level.

Pension fund members finally have something to cheer about, after seeing positive returns for their superannuation over the final four months of the 2008/09 financial year, following two years of watching their retirement savings diminish.

Brisbane-based firm The Mardent Group are set to hold a business buyers workshop to help potential buyers with little business experience buy with confidence.

US publishing group Reader’s Digest has announced it will file for bankruptcy as the company sinks under piles of debt.

Loyalty is the key to winning online customers, according to the executive director of Salmat Digital, Paul Marshall.

Swine flu is failing to dampen people’s travel plans according to an NRMA Travel consumer sentiment survey.

The great Aussie ‘sickie’ is becoming more risky, following a recent Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) ruling which confirmed an employer does not have to treat a medical certificate as binding upon them.