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Wage subsidy needed for new entrants: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... financial advice practices to appoint professional year candidates". "The majority of financial advice practices are small businesses who are currently under tremendous financial strain, however with the right incentive, they could grow their businesses ...

Count Financial targets growth with new hire

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... knowledge will be key as it targets advice firms to join Count Financial. "With experience working closely with small businesses, Stephen will help our member firms consider new ways to grow revenue and navigate the unique challenges being felt across ...

COVID-19 to remain dominant in 2021

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... environment." It said fiscal stimulus measures, which have so far been focused on distressed sectors like travel and small businesses, may need to be pulled back in 2021. T.Rowe Price said it will then be on business and consumer spending to accelerate ...

Aware Super backs electricity transition

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... across regional NSW. The average household should be able to save around $130 per year on electricity bills, while small businesses will save about $430 per year between 2023 and 2040. Earlier this year, Aware outlined a number of targets to transition ...

Financial services complaints rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... crises Australia has ever experienced," Locke said. "It has had a significant impact on Australian consumers, small businesses, and the Australian financial services industry."

Former Socceroo joins Crescent Foundation board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... Issue to help homelessness, assists Thrive Refugee Enterprise refugees and asylum seekers to start their own small businesses and supports The Islamic Museum of Australia which preserves significant Islamic manuscripts dating to the 13th century.

Keep spending and investing: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... consequences of this have caused people in lower income jobs to be hit the hardest. In addition, those who run small businesses have suffered the negative effects of this recession more so than those in large business. The central bank found that as ...

NAB recruits 500 in hiring spree

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... the pandemic. NAB group executive for business and private bank Andrew Irvine said the bank wanted to support small businesses as they shift to drive Australia's economic recovery. "Creating new jobs and bolstering our team to support small business ...

Responsible lending laws to be revoked

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... to credit will reduce red tape for consumers seeking credit, improve competition and provide easier access for small businesses to obtain credit. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the responsible lending framework is "overly prescriptive, complex and unnecessarily ...

Interim insolvency protections extended

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Small businesses suffering financial hardship as a result of COVID-19 will have temporary insolvency and bankruptcy protections in place until the end of the year. The federal government has extended temporary insolvency and bankruptcy protections until ...