Small business sales increased by 2.5% year-on-year in March, according to ANZ’s latest Small Business Sales Trends report, but other research shows e... Read More

Businesses appeared slightly more confident in March than in February, according to the latest NAB survey, but a degree of caution appears to be inhib... Read More

Australia’s major banks are pushing for the definition of ordinary working hours to be extended to include Saturday afternoons and all of Sundays. Read More

Australia’s major banks are pushing for the definition of ordinary working hours to be extended to include Saturday afternoons and all of Sundays, in ... Read More

Accountancy software company Xero has raised $15 million to fund global growth and has made its first acquisition for the year, snapping up Max Soluti... Read More

Pollenizer-backed start-up Pygg has raised $600,000 in six months from a host of investors, including Yahoo!7 chief Rohan Lund and Tim Howard of Seven... Read More

Newly-appointed Small Business Minister Mark Arbib has downplayed the level of concern among small businesses over the carbon tax, identifying rents a... Read More

Retailers have welcomed the Reserve Bank’s decision to cut interest rates ahead of Christmas, but the banks remain uncertain about the likelihood of a... Read More

Small business sales increased by 5.2% year-on-year in September, according to the latest ANZ Small Business Trends report, but economists still antic... Read More

The Australian sharemarket dipped below the 4,000 point mark and Wall Street slumped by 6% amid fears of an economic downturn,with some of Australia&#... Read More

Mobile payments technology may take longer than expected to reach Australia, with ANZ and credit giant Visa both announcing they will not commit to ... Read More

Job advertisements fell for the second straight month in May, making it the first time the economy has seen two consecutive months of negative job ads... Read More

A new report reveals restaurants are the best performing small businesses in the country, while small businesses in regional areas are performing bett... Read More

The official interest rate has remained at 4.75% for the fifth consecutive month, but economists say the Reserve Bank may soon send rates higher in a ... Read More

Australian companies with operations in northern Japan appear to have escaped relatively unharmed from Friday’s earthquake and tsunami, but the widesp... Read More

Consumer sentiment fell by 5.7% in January to 104.6 points as the Queensland floods start to take their toll on the economy. Read More

Australian employment grew by more than 400,000 in the year to November 2010, according to new labour force data. Read More

Australia’s tightening labour market means start-ups who stumble on a great potential recruit should consider hiring them immediately, a recruitment e... Read More

Australia’s average measure of gross domestic product rose just 0.2% in the third quarter of 2010, falling below economists’ predictions of 0.4%. Read More

Ten out of 15 industries experienced a drop in profits in the third quarter and 12 out of 15 industries suffered a decline in sales, according to a ne... Read More