Tag: SMEs

Fuel costs, housing shortages and hiring struggles are converging on regional Australia, according to a new COSBOA and CommBank-backed report.

Lawpath CMO Tom Willis says Australians are still backing themselves, but with more structure and planning than before.

One in four workers at businesses with under 20 employees say their pay is not keeping up with living costs, more than double the rate at larger companies

ABRT Chair Eddie Griffith has a message for small business owners under pressure: if someone is offering you a single product as the fix to your financial stress, that is not advice, it is a sales pitch. 

Word of mouth is still the most powerful marketing tool a small business has. New CommBank data shows it beats social media, local markets and every other channel for discovery.

Australian small business sales rose 7.2% year-on-year in Q1 2026, despite back-to-back rate hikes and a fuel crisis, Xero data shows.

Small businesses face a critical window in 2026 to adopt AI tools before competitors pull ahead, according to Lightspeed’s managing director Nicole Buisson for APAC.

Leadership coach Brad Giles reveals the mindset trap pushing Australian businesses to the brink.

High Court just raised the bar on redundancies. Employers must now actively consider restructuring business operations before letting staff go.

Tax complexity costs SMEs 11+ hours annually in lost productivity, with paper documents and regulatory navigation as primary obstacles.