When Spotted Cow Cookies started, baking cookies was a part-time job for founder Tahnee Walters, but as the calf grew into a cow it needed more money to become a viable business. Here’s the story of how a growing business milked its own sales for cash.
OzForex has launched a new prepaid travel card allowing business travellers to manage nine currencies wholly online, removing the need to visit a bank branch.
The Australian Taxation Office has more government funding than ever before, intended to help it ensure all taxpayers pay what they’re obliged to. To avoid unwanted attention, an expert is urging all businesses to check the ATO’s benchmarking records, to ensure their percentages are in the acceptable range for their industry.
The latest industry statistics show high wage costs, a strong dollar and interest rate pressures are causing Australian businesses to turn to debtor finance to ease cashflow problems.
Business credit cards have their benefits, but it’s good to know their downsides as well.
2012 has kicked off the same as most New Years’ do – with plenty of talk about setting goals and getting various aspects of your business in order. The trouble most people face is knowing where to start, so Brad Callaughan has put together six easy ways to get the 2012 year off on the right financial foot.
Generation Y has excellent saving skills but more debt than ever before, according to new research by REST Industry Super.
Australian small business owners are the least likely to expect business growth in the next 12 months with only 57 percent indicating a positive outlook, a CPA Australia survey showed.
Frequent flyers have singled out the American Express Velocity Platinum Card as the most rewarding co-brand card for high-spending flyers.
Cashflow is currently the biggest challenge facing small business, recent research has shown, with delinquent accounts – where payments were over 90 days late – increasing by 20 percent in the March quarter.
