Lorna Brett

Happy Friday, small business owners! Here’s our weekly wrap-up of the most important business headlines of the week gone by.

Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features Mark Koronczyk, the founder of vegetarian fast-food chain Lord of the Fries and the small fry with McDonald’s in his sights.

Dynamic Business has learned that NSW Trade & Investment has today confirmed it is cutting all of its small business event programs. These include Small Business September, MicroBiz Week, the Young Entrepreneurs program and, ironically on International Women’s Day, the Women in Business mentoring program.

After weeks of speculation Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled the new iPad in San Francisco overnight, which features a higher resolution display, a powerful A5X chip for improved graphics performance and super-fast 4G connectivity.

Businesses with a website could earn up to $100 commission for referring new customers, under Ninefold’s newly launched affiliate program.

Looking to replace your old and tired office printer? This is the competition for you then, because we’ve got a Fuji Xerox 4-in-1 multifunction printer to give away!

Qantas has kicked off its in-flight A380 connectivity trial, which will see travellers between Australia and the US given access to Wi-Fi during flights.

Poor consumer spending remains a concern for many small and medium businesses, but a new Sensis report has found fewer SMB owners plan to sell or close their business now compared with six months ago.

Nokia’s first Windows 7.5 smartphone, the Lumia 800, will be available on the Telstra network from 13 March.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has left interest rates unchanged at its monthly meeting today, with Governor Glenn Stevens saying it doesn’t appear the world economy is headed for another deep downturn.