Tag: Rental

Small business owners, who strive to provide fair wages for their employees, are facing a difficult challenge as the cost of housing, particularly rent, continues to rise. 

MadeComfy, a Sydney-based startup helping property owners tap into the shared accommodation market, has attracted $1.1 million in funding from a quintet of investors including LinkedIn (ANZ & SEA) MD Cliff Rosenberg. The other four investors are Amaysim co-founders Rolf Hansen and Peter O’Connell, Investec Australia MD Hein Vogel and Airtasker investor/advisor Manfred Hasseler, with […]

Australia’s ‘AirBnB of storage’, Spacer, has signaled its intention to become the global leader in space sharing with the acquisition of US start-up Roost. Like Spacer, Roost is a peer-to-peer marketplace for shared storage, commercial and parking space.  The acquisition will see Spacer take control of Roost’s database, tech platform and customers. Spacer will also […]

If you find yourself negotiating a commercial or retail lease for the first time, being familiar with these key lease issues will help you strike a better deal.

Until the arrival of large and mid-range international retailers such as Zara, Topshop and more recently, Sephora, there was an affordability gulf protecting Australia’s own mid-market brands.

Quickflix, an Australian online DVD rental and movie subscription business, has announced a surge in subscribers and revenues for 2010, with the company hitting almost 80,000 subscribers (both trial and paid) and a record $10 million in revenue for the 2010 calender year.

Blockbuster Australia, operated independently of Blockbuster Inc in the US, will seek to distance itself from it’s beleaguered cousin with a multi-million dollar branding campaign.