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Cuscal partners with Payment Adviser

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... administration systems. "Our easy to implement solution will cut red tape and inefficient practices, enabling Australian small businesses to pay superannuation contributions with the touch of a button," said Adrian Lovney, general manager of business ...

Westpac lends aid to financial counsellors and SMEs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... bank's Assist program, which currently helps customers going through financial hardship, will now be available to small businesses that are equally going through cashflow problems. The move follows news over the weekend of an agreement between the Federal ...

Sherry attacks Hockey on super policy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... anyone, when what we need is decisive action that make an impact right now." The proposal also threatens jobs as small businesses could decide not to add staff in order to gain the government payment. "I'm sure many businesses would decide not to add ...

Small businesses to get two-year SG relief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
The Opposition is calling on the government to help small businesses by paying a portion of the Superannuation Guarantee obligations on behalf of small employers for the next two years, under a proposal announced yesterday. Businesses with 20 or fewer ...

Groundhog Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... their fireplaces. Whole economies, heritage financial institutions, mega-multinationals investment companies, small businesses and ordinary workers have not escaped the deep freeze. I will spare you last night's news out of North America, Europe and ...

Complaints on the rise: FOS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... global financial turmoil has had a significant impact on the number of disputes being brought by consumers and small businesses to the Ombudsman. "There has been a considerable increase of 152 per cent in disputes about managed investments and a 55 per ...

Passport to profit

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... linked to asset fees, have been... dramatically impacted by the market as it appears today. "And in these times, small businesses can make decisions that are not necessarily in the best interests of their businesses in the longer term," he said. The ...

Trustees should adopt system-wide policies: Sherry

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... plans to introduce an optional superannuation clearing house system - effectively one single admin system where small businesses with less than 20 staff can offer their staff choice-of-fund without the related time and cost issues. The scheme stands ...

No to double SG demerits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... late, but [the payment] gets into the employee's account faster." Denham said the proposed change would benefit small businesses because it was already a "heavy administration burden". "[Previously] a lot of employers realised they were late and pay ...

PI a priority at Paragem

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... the risk and compliance playing field as the firm launches its debut professional indemnity support service for small businesses. Paragem announced the launch of its new service following the introduction of new government legislation requiring dealers ...