Running on empty: how fuel costs are grinding small businesses down
When fuel costs rise, everything else follows. COSBOA’s Skye Cappuccio says small businesses are resilient, but they cannot absorb sustained cost increases indefinitely.

When fuel costs rise, everything else follows. COSBOA’s Skye Cappuccio says small businesses are resilient, but they cannot absorb sustained cost increases indefinitely.
Yajush Gupta
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March 26, 2026
March 26, 2026
Generic emails are getting ignored faster than ever. Here is what personalised outreach actually looks like in 2026, and how any SME owner can do it.
Yajush Gupta
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March 26, 2026
March 26, 2026
Meta has 250 million small businesses on its platforms. Now Zuckerberg is making them a company-wide priority.
Yajush Gupta
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March 26, 2026
March 26, 2026
Australian fintech Prospa has partnered with Qantas Business Rewards, letting eligible SMEs earn up to 500,000 points per loan.
Yajush Gupta
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March 25, 2026
March 25, 2026
A new RMIT and Deloitte report puts a dollar figure on low AI literacy in Australia. We unpack the numbers that should have every SME operator paying attention.
Yajush Gupta
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March 25, 2026
March 25, 2026
If you’ve been running your business for years without AI, you’re not alone. But study finds the data behind that choice is harder to ignore than most operators think.
Yajush Gupta
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March 25, 2026
March 25, 2026
Time leaks are everywhere in small business. This week in Let’s Talk, our experts pinpoint where owners lose the most hours and what actually fixes it.
Yajush Gupta
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March 25, 2026
March 25, 2026
Small businesses lost an average of $15,257 last financial year due to late payments, according to Xero. Now Payday Super is coming and late payments could force them to miss the deadline.
Yajush Gupta
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March 24, 2026
March 24, 2026
For the first time, Australian organisations can capture standardised neurodiversity data about their workforce.
Yajush Gupta
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March 24, 2026
March 24, 2026
Company registrations surged 16.1% yoy in February while GST registrations stayed flat. Lawpath co-founder Tom Willis says founders are thinking about structure earlier than ever before.
Yajush Gupta
Author
March 24, 2026
March 24, 2026