Small Business

Small to medium businesses looking to get involved in supplying the resources sector are being hampered by a lack of access to finance, new research shows.

Only one out of every two private businesses in Australia intends to hire staff over the next six months, according to a survey by financial advisory firm PwC.

In 2009 Sam Keats was a typical 26-year-old roped in to help a family member undertake a backyard renovation when he stumbled on the idea which formed his now rapidly growing business.

Western Australia’s business leaders are concerned about productivity but less anxious about growth than their eastern-states counterparts, a directors survey has revealed.

Australian businesses are mildly confident about the future, despite concerns about possible weakness in the mining sector and political uncertainty in Canberra.

Better technology allows almost three out of five small businesses to have employees working away from the office, a survey says.

A PERTH woman’s expertise in a popular web development platform is attracting interest and business opportunities from across the globe.

Small to medium business operators (SMEs) in Western Australia are the most satisfied in the country according to the 2013 MYOB business monitor which tracks SME sentiment towards governments in Au

Australian small businesses face tough conditions and finished 2012 on a pessimistic note despite a series of interest rate cuts.

Australian businesses have slashed their profit expectations, amid declining sales and intense price discounting.

Western Australia’s peak business group has challenged both sides of politics to permanently increase the payroll tax threshold, hand over control of energy prices to an independent regulator and c

Australian business confidence rebounded in December following an interest rate cut and positive developments in the US and China.

Optimism among mid-sized Australian businesses has hit record highs in the lead-up to Christmas, a quarterly survey has found.

A local council in the Pilbara wants to import foreign workers for smaller businesses in the retail, hospitality and other sectors that are struggling to keep local employees.

Small business confidence may have reached a turning point after some difficult times in the past couple of years.

Many companies are improving productivity by making greater demands on workers without providing additional resources, a survey has found.

Small businesses are calling out for another interest rate cut when the central bank holds its final board meeting of the year in December, faced with continuing difficult trading conditions.

WA small business advisory groups received a boost today with the federal government announcing it will allocate $2.5 million in funding to organisations across the state.

 A coalition government would aim to double the rate of small business growth in Australia, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says.

A University of Western Australia research team has been awarded this year’s WA Innovator of the Year award, for its development of a gene technology that greatly improves the quality of life of pe

Australian small businesses that sell their goods and services online were 33 per cent more likely to have increased their profits in 2011/12, according to a report from American Express.

Business conditions remained positive in September but softer than six months earlier, a survey of mid-sized firms has found.

Australian businesses are spending tens of thousands of dollars on red-tape a year and hours a week complying with regulations.

An increase in the number of businesses running their own websites in the past three months has not been matched by online activity, a new survey has found.

The ownership of a Perth-founded coffee chain has moved east after Queensland company Zarraffa’s Franchising acquired One for the Road.

The Barnett governmet is more popular with small business than either the federal government or its peers in other states.

Small business sales increased in May, but retail continued to suffer the weakest growth of all sectors, new research shows.

Western Australia’s resources boom may be driving the state’s economy, but it’s also restricting the franchising industry’s potential for ongoing growth.

The federal government is going to great lengths to explain to households its compensation package for the upcoming carbon tax, but a new survey suggests it should be giving small business a guidin

The domestic economy might be still chugging along but small business is missing out on investment opportunities as they worry about the wider global outlook.

Cash is the lifeblood of small to medium enterprises but nearly a quarter report that in the past year cash-flow shortages have threatened their survival.

Christine King was 18 when she decided to steer away from a nursing career and forge a path in the rag trade, a move that set her up for a 45-year long retail career.