Lorna Brett

SME business confidence slid again in the September quarter, with many reporting feeling less optimistic about future activity thanks to volatility in global financial markets and the high Australian dollar.

Telstra has launched a device that turns its mobile broadband service into a portable Wi-Fi and Ethernet hotspot for use by multiple devices and users, ideal for businesses looking to connect and transact from mobile work sites.

Qantas will resume domestic and international flights from this afternoon, after CEO Alan Joyce announced on Saturday all planes would be grounded as a result of ongoing industrial action.

Have you met the new mobile, social customer? In this guest post for Dynamic Business, RightNow Technologies Brett Waters looks at the evolving social and mobile desires of Australian consumers.

To help those of you who’ve had a busy week, we’ve wrapped up the most important business headlines of the last five days. Catch up with all the news in our Friday SMB wrap-up.

Google+ is here and it’s a new tool that’s changing everything. Learn how to get the most from it at an upcoming must-attend Australian Businesswomen’s Network (ABN) webinar, featuring leading social media speaker and business advisor Chris Brogan.

Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features Colette Hayman, the retail queen behind Diva and Colette Accessories.

Rises in credit and debit card interchange fees will create income of $1.23 billion for banks this financial year and doesn’t reflect the level of service the providers deliver, leading independent EFTPOS provider Tyro to urge businesses to consider alternative options.

Electricity bills are a major pain point for many local SMEs, so Dynamic Business has partnered with Make It Cheaper to survey how you manage your bills.

Business defaults hit their second highest rate in September for eight years, leading experts to warn SMEs to be on top of their accounts receivable as Christmas approaches and cashflow worsens.