This is not the GFC: How businesses and the government can beat the coronavirus downturn
As the economic shock from coronavirus starts to hit home, Scott Morrison is imploring businesses to keep workers in jobs and suppliers paid.
Hairdressers and beauty salons at risk from coronavirus, and local councils must help, says industry chief
Sandy Chong, chief executive of the Australian Hairdressing Association, says local councils must immediately escalate health and safety awareness campaigns for small hair and beauty businesses in the wake of the coronavirus.
Coronavirus update for business: Kogan’s top-selling toilet, waiting for stimulus, and is the US in recession?
Small businesses wait on the government’s coronavirus stimulus, the US economy may already be in recession, and Kogan’s surprising top-selling toilet seat.
Help with wages, business loans and support for agriculture: Here’s what SME owners want from the government’s stimulus package
On Friday, SmartCompany asked its readers what the government’s stimulus package should look like. Here's what they had to say.
Sales for Australian toilet paper brand Who Gives A Crap take off in the UK, following massive demand at home
Australian ethical toilet paper brand Who Gives a Crap is seeing its sales take off in the UK, following a massive influx of demand in Australia.
The government is reportedly considering wage subsidies, as well as cash injections and tax breaks, for its multi-billion-dollar coronavirus stimulus package. But is this what, or all, business needs?
The government is reportedly considering wage subsidies, cash injections and tax breaks for its multi-billion-dollar coronavirus stimulus package.
Coronavirus: Start talking to your staff and customers right away
Australia’s small and medium businesses must immediately factor coronavirus into their communications strategy.
Empty supermarket shelves and the power of scarcity: How to harness it in your business to compel action
In light of empty supermarket shelves across the country, there’s no better time to talk about the power of fear and what it means for your business.
Coronavirus update for business: Trouble in tourism, an uptick in X-ray sales, and why we’re stockpiling toilet paper
There's concern in the tourism sector, event cancellations could have knock-on economic effects, and Aussie are stocking up on toilet paper, but why?
Coronavirus update for business: COSBOA’s government-support wishlist, Corona beer’s future and a panic-buying spike
COSBOA members have issued a wish-list for government support, panic-buying reaches new highs (or lows) and will Corona beer sales go up or down?
Aussie toilet paper panic leads to 1000% sales boost for Who Gives a Crap, but founder Simon Griffiths says sharing is caring
The toilet paper stockpiling phenomenon has led to a huge influx of sales for online brand Who Gives a Crap, which has now declared itself out of stock.
“Demanding from us as much as we can supply”: Coronavirus fears drive export boom for Adelaide hand sanitiser manufacturer
Hand sanitiser orders are exploding for a South Australian manufacturer as the threat of coronavirus empties supermarket shelves of the product globally.
