Yes,minimum wage rises can hurt jobs,but not this one

Yes,minimum wage rises can hurt jobs,but not this one

The only path to sustainable real wages growth is a sustained improvement in the productivity of our workforce.

  • byJessica Irvine

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‘Achilles heel’:Meet the banker who’s bearish on house prices

Judo Bank’s Joseph Healy isn’t your typical start-up founder,and nor does he say what we’re accustomed to hearing about the housing market.

  • byClancy Yeates
SMEs learning to adapt to COVID:NAB

SMEs learning to adapt to COVID:NAB

The country’s biggest lender to small business says the impact of the Omicron outbreak on its business customers has been less severe than previous waves of the pandemic.

  • byClancy Yeates
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean fires broadside at PM and Frydenberg over funding

NSW Treasurer Matt Kean fires broadside at PM and Frydenberg over funding

Mr Kean said Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg should step up not step aside when it comes to backing small business during the pandemic.

  • byMichael Evans andRob Harris
Westpac warns Omicron outbreak reveals ‘multi-speed’ economy

Westpac warns Omicron outbreak reveals ‘multi-speed’ economy

As many consumers avoid physical stores,the bank said industries struggling the most included hospitality,entertainment and gyms.

  • byClancy Yeates
Beforepay shares sink 44 per cent on debut

Beforepay shares sink 44 per cent on debut

The pay-on-demand fintech company is the ASX’s latest newcomer - but did not receive a warm welcome.

  • byJessica Yun
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How the house price boom could threaten business start-ups
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How the house price boom could threaten business start-ups

Could rising property prices stop some from being entrepreneurs?

  • byJennifer Duke
Xero invests in apps,AI and acquisitions as global push continues

Xero invests in apps,AI and acquisitions as global push continues

Cloud accounting platform Xero is leaning into machine learning and the app economy to drive growth and value among its small business customers.

  • byTim Biggs
NAB taps into Islamic finance market with sharia-compliant loans

NAB taps into Islamic finance market with sharia-compliant loans

Australia - with a Muslim population of about 1.2 million - is beginning to open up to the Islamic finance market,estimated to be worth $248 billion.

  • byJewel Topsfield
Record number of companies launched as COVID drives contractors,entrepreneurs

Record number of companies launched as COVID drives contractors,entrepreneurs

June had the most new business registrations than at any other point in two decades of available ASIC records.

  • byJennifer Duke
Zeller sharpens business appeal with fresh cash injection

Zeller sharpens business appeal with fresh cash injection

Fintech Zeller,now valued at $400 million,has raised another $50 million in funding led by US VC fund Spark just six months after launching its products in Australia.

  • byCara Waters