Business Advice

Victoria has issued an updated list of permitted businesses overnight as stage four lockdown restrictions set in across Melbourne.

Childcare centres in Melbourne will be open to permitted workers only under tough new measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Victoria.

A planned cut to JobKeeper payments at the end of September should be pushed back in light of stage four restrictions in Melbourne, Kate Carnell argues.

Sole traders in Melbourne are livid after the Andrews state government stipulated those without employees would not be eligible for $10,000 COVID-19 grants.

The federal government's pandemic leave disaster payments are a good step... but it will need to do more to help Victoria through the pandemic.

JobKeeper will be tweaked to ensure businesses in Melbourne aren't shut out of the program, amid calls for payments to be extended.

Victoria's stage four lockdown won't be policed in a heavy handed fashion, Premier Daniel Andrews says, amid business owner concern about information gaps.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has called on the government to extend JobKeeper at the $1,500 rate, as Victorian businesses anticipate further restructions.

Scott Morrison has indicated paid pandemic leave could be extended to all workers, but small business advocates say the government should pay.

Governments need to increase their spending with small business suppliers and should consider SMEs first when undertaking tender, Kate Carnell says.

All Victorians will be required to wear face masks from midnight Sunday, with the state reporting a record 723 cases in 24 hours.

Power bill relief measures taken to safeguard small businesses from the COVID-19 pandemic have been extended until the end of October.