Joe Kelly

Clive Palmer has caused a headache for the government on carbon, but his positioning on the mining tax repeal has heightened uncertainty over a key small business tax break.

The Abbott government has suffered a humiliating defeat in the Senate at the hands of the Palmer United Party which sided with Labor and the Greens to block the repeal of the carbon tax.

The status of the NSW Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe is shrouded in mystery amid speculation he is the key political casualty following the electrocution of a 28-year-old woman by a faulty USB charger.

Businesses will need to think more strategically about which government grants to apply for following the recent belt-tightening of the budget. The budget repair task has meant the pool of available money is smaller, the grants are more modest and business owners will need to adapt accordingly. Chief executive of consultancy outfit Insight Business, Martin […]

“It’s getting exciting,” says Douglas Barton. The youthful looking Mr Barton has good reason to be excited. His business, Elevate Education, has just won the 2014 NSW Telstra Business of the year. The business also took out the NSW small business category. Elevate Education operates across four countries and holds study skills seminars attended by […]

Supermarket giant Coles has fanned further suspicion over whether it threatened suppliers into funding a new supply chain program through additional costs and ongoing rebates.

Small businesses in NSW are paying the highest electricity bills in Australia when compared with other states, despite operators spending more time searching for the best possible deal.

Operators who sell unapproved electrical products are being targeted by Fair Trading investigators following the fatal electrocution of a young mother on the central coast.

A gathering of key figures engaged in the SME sector was held in Canberra last week to help thrash out the basics of a proposed industry led Small Business White Paper.

One of the keys to shake-up your business in the new financial year is to keep your records up to date. Doing this increases your business’ value, provides easier access to finance and allows a better insight into how you are performing. Business policy advisor at CPA Australia, Gavan Ord, told Dynamic Business that too […]