Small business
Ditching car parks for bike lanes could help struggling high street shops
Replacing on-street parking with bike lanes could make Brisbane more liveable without hurting small businesses, research at a popular shopping strip has found.
- by Felicity Caldwell
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Work is a way to make money. Please, stop calling it your ‘baby’
For as long as I can recall, I’ve squirmed when women call their careers or businesses “my baby”. As a business owner about to become a parent, I now know why.
- by Michelle Battersby
Big companies dodge spending crunch as small businesses face rising failure risk
Large corporations, including supermarkets, have become more resilient, but smaller retailers are facing greater risk of failure as the consumer spending crunch drags on.
- by Millie Muroi
A plea for help after the heartbreak of Bondi Junction
There’s one thing missing from Westfield Bondi Junction that is making it difficult for tenants to move on.
- by Jessica McSweeney
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WA contractor, jobs saved as creditors back lifeline bid
One of WA’s biggest Aboriginal-owned and run contracting services companies has been handed a lifeline after creditors backed an eleventh-hour bid to pull it out of administration.
- by Jesinta Burton
Just six seats a night: What’s driving the teeny-weeny restaurant trend?
As many restaurants consolidate or die, a charming trend is emerging: eateries that serve only four, six, eight people at a time.
- by Dani Valent
PM signals budget help for families, small business
Anthony Albanese will use a speech on Thursday to say more help to deal with high power prices is on the way in the May budget.
- by James Massola
Best boss, worst conditions: Why so many people working for themselves want to quit
Beauty therapist Elice McPhie said 2023 was a tough year. “I went through a whole period of just being depressed because I was deflated by it all.”
- by Rachel Clun
Dutton whacks ‘supine’ CEOs in pitch to working class
The Coalition leader’s speech comes at an important moment for an opposition that faces questions about its economic agenda and remains behind in the polls.
- by Paul Sakkal
‘Fair thing to do’: ATO commissioner urged to wipe interest on ‘robotax’ debt
The ATO has been pushed to wipe accumulated interest on old debts that people weren’t even aware of, after it issued unexpected letters that distressed many Australians.
- by Jessica Yun
