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All is fair in love and bankruptcy

... could cause monumental damage throughout the small business community," he said. Statistics show that 9 out of 10 small businesses go bankrupt in the first three years of their operation. "Like the bankruptcy law changes known as the 'Skase Amendments' ...

Tasplan plays super doctor

... announced it will start providing free superannuation diagnostics. Tasplan's general manager, Neil Cassidy, said many small businesses have expressed their concerns over super law changes. They worry that they may be in breach of some super laws since ...

Paragem links with Miles Corporate to help planner group M&As

... Paragem's partnership program enables us to bring together expertise that specialises in the sale and acquisition of small businesses with a firm that provides compliance and due diligence to the same segment." The joint venture was created because Paragem ...

Super choice for everyone

... has criticized the new regulations for their compliance burden on businesses and called for an exemption for small businesses. "Costly, complex and unsafe is Labor's description of the final regulations, including the standard choice form," Senator Sherry ...

Relaxed super compliance will disadvantage workers; ASFA

... Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said the government's plan to ease the superannuation compliance burden on small businesses will disadvantage many of Australia's most vulnerable employees. ASFA director of policy and research Dr Michaela Anderson ...

Super changes bad for workers, ACTU

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2004
... would only increase uncertainty for workers, the ACTU said on Wednesday. Under new measures to cut red tape, small businesses will no longer report quarterly to employees on how much superannuation they are being paid. ACTU president Sharan Burrow said ...

Small business confidence remains strong: ACCI

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2004
... conditions also remained strong, delivering sustained improvements in sales, profits and investment. More than 1,200 small businesses were included in the sample.

Liquidator sees big rise in failing small business

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2004
A veteran liquidator said he had seen a huge rise in the number of small businesses folding because they were unable to come to grips with the tax system. Dean McVeigh of Melbourne's Foremans Business Advisers said he has been dealing with more distressed ...

Major banks begin increasing home loan rates

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2003
... repayments and home loan arrears were at a new record low in October." The bank added that its lending rates for small businesses and credit card rates were under review.

Greater competition in small business banking market: report

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2003
... showed a 25 per cent increase in the number of business transaction account providers in the past two years. Small businesses are paying less in fees for debt finance than at any time in the past six years, it shows. The decline in fees more than offset ...