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Budget re-write: Govt amends papers over NICTA ‘phasing out’
5:00AM | Friday, 17 May 2013 | Oliver Milman
The federal government has been forced into a hasty rewrite of its own budget papers after initially stating that it will “phase out” National ICT Australia, following a recent article in StartupSmart.
Financing a business | Cashflow | Exit Strategy | Business Grants | Government and RegulationWhat start-ups can expect from Abbott’s budget response
5:49PM | Thursday, 16 May 2013 | Rose Powell
Tony Abbott will tonight deliver the Coalition’s response to the budget released earlier this week, with the Coalition leader expected to focus on the paperwork burden faced by small businesses.
| Financing a business | Business Grants | Government and RegulationA $19.4 billion business lesson: Don’t budget like Wayne Swan
5:14PM | Thursday, 16 May 2013 | TaskmasterFrom Wayne Swan underestimating company tax receipts to Stephen Conroy overestimating bids at the recent TV spectrum auction, the federal government has come up short. Make sure your business doesn't do the same.
| Financing a business | CashflowNZ start-up Vend snags $6.6 million from Aussie and foreign investors
5:16AM | Thursday, 16 May 2013 | Michelle Hammond
New Zealand start-up Vend has raised $6.6 million in its third round of funding, with a third of the funds coming from new Australian investors including the founders of MYOB and Seek.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | Financing a business | Venture CapitalTourism joy over lower dollar, but industry laments no new money in budget
5:51PM | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | Yolanda Redrup
The Australian tourism industry is rebounding as more international visitors are making the voyage overseas and those figures are set to improve with the dollar now heading below parity.
| Marketing | Sales and marketing | Sales | Financing a businessFive top tips to getting start-up funding from family and friends
5:41PM | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | Marc Peskett
The difficulty of obtaining capital from banks and other lenders means many entrepreneurs resort to borrowing from friends and family. However there are some pros and con that need to be considered – here are five key tips to keep you out of trouble.
| Financing a business | Cashflow | Mentor | Marc PeskettFederal budget 2013: The start-up winners and losers
5:24AM | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | Oliver Milman
In a budget where there was very little to excite businesses of any size, let alone start-ups, it’s hard to see how any entrepreneur will be in tears of either joy or despair this morning.
| Financing a business | Tax | Business Grants | Government and RegulationFederal budget 2013: Small business relieved to escape the Treasurer’s axe
5:53AM | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | Cara Waters
Small and medium-sized businesses are relieved to have escaped the worst of the cuts in last night’s budget.
| TaxStart-ups issued warning over Australian Business Number crackdown
5:44AM | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | Michelle Hammond
Start-ups could face fines in excess of $10,000 if they make false or misleading statements when applying for an Australian Business Number, after the tax office received special funding in the 2013 federal budget for a crackdown.
| Legal matters | Financing a business | Tax | LeadershipFederal budget 2013: A sector-by-sector guide
5:36AM | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | Patrick Stafford
How did your sector do in the 2013 federal budget? It’s time to take a look.
| Financing a business | Tax | Business Grants | Government and RegulationFederal budget 2013: Little to celebrate for start-ups in Swan’s farewell budget
5:53AM | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | Brad Callaughan
Last night Labor handed down its latest (and quite possibly last) federal budget. Here’s a look at some of the highlights and lowlights it contains for start-ups.
| Financing a business | Tax | Mentor | Brad Callaughan | Business Grants | Government and RegulationFederal budget 2013: Skills centres get the chop but rural start-ups to get apprentices boost
5:49PM | Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | Oliver Milman
The government will effectively scrap its Australian Skills Centres of Excellence program before it even launches, while ploughing more cash into helping regional businesses find apprentices.
| Financing a business | Tax | Government and RegulationFederal budget 2013: Start-ups hit by business naming fee hike
5:54PM | Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | Oliver Milman
Start-ups are to be hit by an increase in the cost of registering a business name, with the corporate regulator hiking fees to $32 for one year and $74 for three years.
| Financing a business | Tax | Government and RegulationFederal budget 2013: Renewable energy agency spared funding axe
5:54PM | Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | Oliver Milman
The federal government will extend the funding for its flagship clean tech initiative, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, confounding fears from green start-ups that the program was to be slashed to the bone.
| Financing a business | Tax | Government and RegulationFederal budget 2013: Tech hub NICTA scrapped as new cash flows to NBN projects
5:54PM | Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | Oliver Milman
The government has pledged $12.9 million in new funding to help small businesses take advantage of the National Broadband Network, although the ICT Centre of Excellence will be scrapped.
| Financing a business | Tax | Business Grants | Government and RegulationFederal budget 2013: A round-up of the key measures in the 2013 budget
5:54PM | Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | Oliver Milman
The government has pledged $12.9 million in new funding to help small businesses take advantage of the National Broadband Network but the ICT Centre of Excellence will be scrapped.
| Financing a business | Tax | Government and RegulationFederal budget 2013: $350 million pledged for fresh Innovation Investment Fund
5:54PM | Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | Oliver Milman
Innovation funding has been largely spared from the government’s $43 billion drive for fiscal cut-backs, with a new $350 million round for the Innovation Investment Fund and fresh cash to publicise Australian start-up success stories.
| Financing a business | Tax | Government and RegulationFederal budget 2013: Some pain and little gain for start-ups
5:54PM | Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | Oliver Milman
Treasurer Wayne Swan has delivered a federal budget which has slashed several support programs for start-ups in an attempt to plug Australia’s $18 billion deficit in the upcoming financial year.
| Financing a business | Tax | Government and RegulationFederal budget 2013: Key budget savings and spending
5:54PM | Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | Bernard Keane
Except as in previous budgets, a huge chunk of Wayne Swan’s savings are actually tax rises or the closure of tax loopholes. He’s also targeted some relatively painless areas – big companies, public servants – for squeezing.
| Financing a business | Tax | Government and RegulationFederal budget 2013: Wayne Swan leaves us guessing with confused budget
5:54PM | Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | Richard Denniss
Confusion lies at the heart of Treasurer Wayne Swan’s sixth budget. Does he want to be a big spender or a low taxer? Is he a Keynesian who is relaxed about the budget deficit, or is he a fiscal conservative determined to reign in public spending?
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