Opinion

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken an immense toll on accountants and bookkeepers, with many fighting for the survival of their own business as well as their clients.

JobKeeper kept many small businesses alive, kept millions of people in jobs and saved the economy, but it's now time for a new conversation.

This week, for businesses that have been clinging on to JobKeeper and hoping for a miracle, reality will strike. All is not lost, but this is a critical time to try and save your business.

Senator Jacqui Lambie says a government contract could keep a small business going, and missing out on that contract might be the difference between staying open or closing their doors.

In the face of debt, chaos, hardship and uncertainty, Australian small business owners are still standing.

Actual values show up in how people treat each other, in what they choose to do or not do. It's true for every organisation and the people in them.

Afterpay earns its revenue by taking a clip of every dollar transacted through its platform, but does it consider the financial impact to the underlying retail partners?

The federal government had an opportunity to develop a post-JobKeeper support package that would genuinely help SMEs, but this week's announcement wasn't that.

The new Flybuys ad unearths a universally human experience, then wraps itself inside a unique, culture-specific, heavily-branded, witty and crazily memorable musical expression.

Facebook's decision to block content from SMEs as part of its news ban has shown how little it cares about the small business community.

The wellness economy might be worth 5% of world GDP, but much of that is spent on woo-based, unscientific products and services.

As 2020 came to a close, Mod&Co founder Megan O'Donnell found herself asking: is this a time where business can be noble again?