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2:53PM | Tuesday, 25 February 2014 | Australian small businesses are feeling positive about their current and future performance, according to the first Westpac-Melbourne Institute Small Business Index.
10:21PM | Friday, 11 October 2013 | St George Bank has announced a series of initiatives to target start-up founders including free, full-service office space, an additional 50 bankers and $2 billion in lending earmarked for small businesses.
4:00AM | Thursday, 11 April 2013 | While ANZ recently committed to lending $1 billion to new businesses, are its competitors doing or planning anything similar? We spoke to the other big four banks to find out.
1:01PM | Thursday, 10 January 2013 | New retail sales figures show sales slid by 0.1% in November, but the December figures could see a significant turnaround.
8:45PM | Tuesday, 28 August 2012 | A lack of workplace flexibility could prompt more men to start their own business, after a report revealed 18% of men have considered leaving their job because of inflexible arrangements.
8:04PM | Thursday, 9 August 2012 | Australia’s unemployment rate eased to 5.2% in July, according to new figures, although a Westpac economic note warns it would be “inappropriate” to interpret the fall as the start of a tumble in the jobless level.
8:52PM | Monday, 6 August 2012 | Start-ups are being urged to monitor comments left on their Facebook pages, after the parent company of Smirnoff failed to monitor distasteful comments made by its Facebook “fans”.
7:57PM | Wednesday, 11 July 2012 | The Westpac–Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment increased by 3.7% in July, suggesting the spate of interest rate cuts is finally having an impact on household spending.
6:09PM | Wednesday, 13 June 2012 | The Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment increased by 0.3% in June, but Westpac chief economist Bill Evans has dismissed the increase as another “disappointing” result.
6:15PM | Thursday, 7 June 2012 | The unemployment rate increased by 0.2% in May, new statistics show, with the data potentially dampening the probability of an interest rate cut in August.
