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Impact only fund makes first investments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... delivery service. Giant Leap's second investment is YourGrocer, a business offering same-day delivery from local small businesses including butchers, green grocers, bakers and delicatessens. YourGrocer helps to promoted competition and diversity in the ...

Cbus launches employer contribution app

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... features including adding new employees, generating receipts and managing account administration. It's designed for small businesses, which comprise 97% of the super fund's employer-base. Cbus executive manager, employer experience explained: "Cbus is ...

Adviser Ratings secures referral partnership

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... Ratings has partnered with Small Business First for an exclusive referral scheme designed to connect Australian small businesses with professional financial advisers. The partnership will leverage Small Business First's reach of 500,000 businesses and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... personal services (down 10) Retail (up 12) and transport (up 9) improved in October. US NFIB small business optimism Small businesses in America seemed unfazed by the uncertainty of the US presidential elections and the rising prospect for a Fed rate ...

Succession planning placed on the backburner

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... market at present. But the undeniable reality is that there is a Baby Boomer bubble of owners trying to sell their small businesses to the next generation but there are not enough Gen Y buyers interested." "However, businesses that have been structured ...

IFM Investors' timely ISGM partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... formation, the group has grown to an annual turnover of more than $500 million, partnering with more than 4000 small businesses to deliver technical services in the telecommunications, media and utilities sectors. The terms of this transaction remain ...

ATO extends SuperStream deadline

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has announced it will provide "compliance flexibility" to small businesses who have not implemented SuperStream ahead of the 30 June deadline. Small businesses will now have until 28 October 2016 to ensure they are ...

Synchron lands payroll tax win

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... licensees broke," Trapnell said. "In effect, the SRO was trying to apply payroll tax in relation to the smallest of small businesses - advisers who have just started out, or those who choose not to employ anyone." Synchron argued that its legal obligation ...

Shorten attacks government's retro super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... would see $71 billion of "additional budget improvements over the decade." Labor still proposes a 25% tax cut for small businesses with a turnover of less than $2 million a year, and delivering 50% renewable energy by 2030. It also backs its plans to ...

Labor supports tax cuts

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... government's move to address income tax bracket creep. The Labor front bencher said his party would support tax cut for small businesses from 28.5% down to 27.5% for businesses with turnover of less than $2 million per year but did not support the government's ...