Tough going for helping-hand enterprises in COVID crisis

Tough going for helping-hand enterprises in COVID crisis

Victoria’s social enterprise sector had been growing before the pandemic but many not-for-profits are now struggling. Kinfolk cafe has closed,Charcoal Lane will shut and others say they are finding it tough to stay afloat.

  • byNoel Towell

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New businesses ‘falling through the cracks’ in lockdown assistance

New businesses ‘falling through the cracks’ in lockdown assistance

New businesses are ineligible to receive targeted lockdown assistance if they don’t have any revenue history,leaving business owners in the lurch if they have paid set-up costs but not started trading.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
They were promised financial aid,but six weeks later many are still waiting

They were promised financial aid,but six weeks later many are still waiting

More than 125,000 businesses across Greater Sydney are waiting on financial assistance to deal with lockdown.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Every worker covered’ but regions grow restless

‘Every worker covered’ but regions grow restless

Business lobby welcomes the state-federal rescue package but restlessness is growing in the regions.

  • byNoel Towell
Tough as leather:City survivor McCloud fears many business casualties

Tough as leather:City survivor McCloud fears many business casualties

McCloud Shoes owner Peter Parkinson says his business will survive,but others will not be so lucky.

  • byNoel Towell
Australia needs to learn to live with virus outbreaks:Business NSW boss

Australia needs to learn to live with virus outbreaks:Business NSW boss

Daniel Hunter,a former CFO for NSW Health and now the head of Business NSW,warns that vaccination complacency will hurt the economy.

  • byAnna Patty
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‘A kick in the guts’:Gym and nightclub owners fume over extended closure

‘A kick in the guts’:Gym and nightclub owners fume over extended closure

Gym and nightclub owners have responded angrily to the government’s announcement that they will have to remain closed

  • byHenrietta Cook
‘A pretty dark place’:fitness titan Michelle Bridges on the hardest time of her life

‘A pretty dark place’:fitness titan Michelle Bridges on the hardest time of her life

The celebrity trainer made millions spruiking “body transformation” before her life was rocked by a devastating break-up and a drink-driving charge. Now 50 and a single mother,she’s embracing a different kind of overhaul.

  • byJordan Baker
‘We’re like the pollinator and the pollinated’:the blooming friendship of a florist and a cellist

‘We’re like the pollinator and the pollinated’:the blooming friendship of a florist and a cellist

Saskia Havekes is the owner of Sydney’s Grandiflora florist. James Beck is a cellist and founder of musical ensemble Sydney Art Quartet. Their friendship blossomed over a shared appreciation of beauty.

  • byNicole Abadee
‘A wake-up call’:Disgruntled couples waiting years to get wedding photos
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‘A wake-up call’:Disgruntled couples waiting years to get wedding photos

Dozens of couples are fighting to get their wedding prints from one of Australia’s top wedding photographers,with a string of disgruntled customers and business associates across three states.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Dye another day:the young buck and the old pro making beautiful hair together

Dye another day:the young buck and the old pro making beautiful hair together

Peter Dunn bought Mary Yessayan’s salon on the condition she kept working there. It’s been on for young and old ever since.

  • byTim Elliott