Lois Maskiell

Small businesses in Sydney say the atmosphere in their stores is vibrant, with customers thrilled to return to in-store shopping since Monday.

The Gold Coast and Western Sydney have topped the rankings for Australian regions where small businesses have the highest chance of default.

The new support package includes payments for businesses that lose revenue due to wasted perishables or reduced capacity limits if the government enforces local lockdowns over the summer.

Victoria’s new vaccine mandate kicks in this week, requiring up to 1.25 million authorised workers to have at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose by Friday.

Small businesses are pressing ahead with a legal appeal in a bid to compel insurers to pay out pandemic-related losses, after the Federal Court ruled in favour of six insurance companies on Friday.

AI-powered security measures are protecting businesses from card fraud, with data from Visa showing machine learning algorithms prevented $354 million in fraudulent transactions in the past year.

Queensland tourism businesses are anxiously waiting for borders to reopen as Delta outbreaks in multiple cities and an ongoing international travel ban threaten to keep visitors away for another summer.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is considering a new business support package one day after taking on the top job in the country’s most populous state.

The federal government has released plans to improve transparency in the $180 billion franchising sector that's often plagued with disputes between franchisees and franchisors.

Travel agents welcome the government’s announcement that international borders will reopen from late November, but the lack of detail is deterring eager travellers from making bookings.

Small businesses reliant on Facebook and Instagram have been dealt a hard lesson this morning, after a global outage shut down business pages for six hours.

NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has been named the state's next Premier, after outgoing Gladys Berejiklian announced her shock resignation last week.