<big>Along with the frightening health concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals and businesses are also facing severe financial hardship.</big> This time we don’t have the assistance of JobKeeper or the JobSeeker Corona Supplement. But is there any other financial assistance to help keep our businesses and personal lives afloat? Fortunately, yes there are! It… Read more »
The Commonwealth and Victorian Governments have announced a joint support package to give Victorian small and medium businesses the assistance they need to recover from the most recent lockdown. New cash payments will underpin businesses most affected by the lockdown introduced to eradicate the deadly Delta strain of coronavirus that has re-emerged in Victoria. $400… Read more »
It’s gut-wrenching to see so many small and family businesses doing it tough in Sydney, with the COVID lockdown now extended until at least the end of August, writes Australian Small and Family Business Ombudsman Bruce Billson. As a Victorian, I have seen first-hand how COVID is disproportionately impacting on too many smaller businesses, even as economic… Read more »
The Federal and Victorian governments will fund a joint support package to give Victorian small and medium businesses the extra help they need to recover from the recent lockdown. The new Victorian Business Support Package will deliver an additional $400 million in support to thousands of businesses, with funding to be split 50/50 between the… Read more »
The federal and state governments has upped the ante on support packages for NSW small businesses following the announcement of the extension of the current lockdown. Lockdown in Greater Sydney will now continue until at least 28 August 2021, The extended lockdown has moved both state and federal governments to deliver an expanded COVID-19 Business… Read more »
Westpac has announced it will reduce interest rates on some of its loans offered to small business owners last year as part of the federal government’s SME Guarantee Scheme. Westpac Chief Executive Guil Lima said the reductions in small business lending rates will further support Australian small businesses as they look to rebuild and capitalise… Read more »
With so many small businesses doing it tough during the pandemic, the government has put in place a range of measures and a mandatory code of conduct for commercial tenancies to support small and medium-sized businesses affected by coronavirus. What is the code of conduct? The mandatory code of conduct imposes a set of “good… Read more »
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