Despite the ending of some tax assistance for small to medium businesses on June 30, car sales jumped up in August.
Small and medium business
How to sack people and stay sane
They may be seen as the baddies, but small business owners are often traumatised by the need to sack staff in a downturn. Fortune provides 5 tips, complete with wacky stock business photos.
Senator Boswell: does Rudd hate small business?
Australia is run on the steam of small and medium business, says Nationals Senator Ron Boswell. So where are their concessions under the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme?
Note to Turnbull: make your own luck
Turnbull is actually conducting serious consultations with communities, rather than the gimmicks beloved by Rudd, but they are almost entirely beneath the media radar, writes Bernard Keane.
Business owners will hire less under Labor: Morgan Poll
Business owners say that Labor’s IR policy will stifle growth. They see sacking off the agenda, but also say that hiring staff would be too difficult under a Rudd regime.
