Australia’s biggest chemist is merging with a giant wholesaler. Could we soon be paying more?

Australia’s biggest chemist is merging with a giant wholesaler. Could we soon be paying more?

Corporate Australia loves a big merger. And amid a growing flurry of them across the business scene, a new blockbuster has emerged. All eyes are on two titans of the pharm...

Medicinal cannabis group Althea shaves $1.5m from its cost base through staff cutbacks

Medicinal cannabis group Althea shaves $1.5m from its cost base through staff cutbacks

Australian-founded medicinal cannabis company Althea Group (ASX: AG...

Charter Hall snares 15pc stake in Hotel Property Investments for $97m from 360 Capital

Charter Hall snares 15pc stake in Hotel Property Investments for $97m from 360 Capital

Listed funds manager 360 Capital Group (ASX: TGP) has offloaded its...

Lendlease gains approval for $1.7b transformation of Queen Victoria Market precinct

Lendlease gains approval for $1.7b transformation of Queen Victoria Market precinct

Australian development giant Lendlease Group (ASX: LLC) has been gr...

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DP World dispute resolved as deal reached with Maritime Union

DP World dispute resolved as deal reached with Maritime Union

An industrial dispute that has caused major delays in some of Austr...

Liquidators appointed to Halo Food Co

Liquidators appointed to Halo Food Co

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Atlassian cuts loss in half as AI roll-out lifts quarterly revenue above US$1 billion

Atlassian cuts loss in half as AI roll-out lifts quarterly revenue above US$1 billion

Sydney-headquartered productivity software provider Atlassian (NASD...

Fast-growing Brisbane software firm ChangeGPS acquired by UK’s Access Group

Fast-growing Brisbane software firm ChangeGPS acquired by UK’s Access Group

After nearly four years of rapid growth under the leadership of CEO...

Boost Juice founder Janine Allis launches The Business Academy with branding expert Matt Purcell

Boost Juice founder Janine Allis launches The Business Academy with branding expert Matt Purcell

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Australian CBD office vacancy rates rise to 13.5pc, but Perth bucks the trend

Australian CBD office vacancy rates rise to 13.5pc, but Perth bucks the trend

Fresh data released by the Property Council of Australia shows the ...

Serene Capital acquires Perth's Adina Barrack Plaza

Serene Capital acquires Perth's Adina Barrack Plaza

Boutique Sydney fund manager Serene Capital has added an 11th ...

Online retailer The Whisky List barrels into festivals with The Whisky Show acquisition

Online retailer The Whisky List barrels into festivals with The Whisky Show acquisition

Australia's largest whisky tasting festival has been acquired b...

Auto-parts veteran Dumbrell returning to Bapcor as CEO Meehan in shock exit

Auto-parts veteran Dumbrell returning to Bapcor as CEO Meehan in shock exit

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Renewable energy retailer Amber raises $29m as it targets global utilities with smart tech

Renewable energy retailer Amber raises $29m as it targets global utilities with smart tech

After doubling the number of customers in the past six months to 30...

The 7 new graphs that show inflation falling back to earth

The 7 new graphs that show inflation falling back to earth

Inflation has fallen for the fourth successive quarter. Australia&...

Australian wine exports slump but Hong Kong market shows promise with surge in value

Australian wine exports slump but Hong Kong market shows promise with surge in value

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Entrepreneurship

EV startup Genevo Marine set to build Australia’s first electric performance boat

EV startup Genevo Marine set to build Australia’s first electric performance boat

Renewable energy and solar industry entrepreneurs Damon Rahmate and Andrew Davey are taking their ‘green’ mission to the water with a new startup that aims to t...

Bae Juice backed by gaming rich-lister Escalante in latest $1m capital raise

Bae Juice backed by gaming rich-lister Escalante in latest $1m capital raise

Melbourne-based startup Bae Juice has raised $1 million in a new fu...

How LoanOptions.ai founder built advanced tech to "democratise" lending

How LoanOptions.ai founder built advanced tech to "democratise" lending

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US growth on the menu for AI-powered dietary requirement app Foodini

US growth on the menu for AI-powered dietary requirement app Foodini

Thanks in part to a booming "test market" in Australia no...

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Outposter unlocks a global workforce to ethically tackle our skills shortage

Outposter unlocks a global workforce to ethically tackle our skills shortage

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How LoanOptions.ai founder built advanced tech to "democratise" lending

How LoanOptions.ai founder built advanced tech to "democratise" lending

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Think Again Laser Clinic inks a path to growth as tattoo removals gain traction

Think Again Laser Clinic inks a path to growth as tattoo removals gain traction

As the popularity of tattoos continues to rise, so does the number ...

SimplyAI programs new era of growth backed by Liverpool Partners

SimplyAI programs new era of growth backed by Liverpool Partners

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Mergers and Acquisitions

Charter Hall snares 15pc stake in Hotel Property Investments for $97m from 360 Capital

Charter Hall snares 15pc stake in Hotel Property Investments for $97m from 360 Capital

Listed funds manager 360 Capital Group (ASX: TGP) has offloaded its...

Fintech Yondr Money buys nano-gifting app Shouta

Fintech Yondr Money buys nano-gifting app Shouta

Melbourne-based payments, loyalty and budgeting platform Yondr Mone...

Canva acquires professional designer software suite Affinity

Canva acquires professional designer software suite Affinity

Sydney-headquartered graphic design and visualisation tool giant Ca...

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Retail

Premier Investments targeting spin-offs for Smiggle and Peter Alexander in 2025

Premier Investments targeting spin-offs for Smiggle and Peter Alexander in 2025

Premier Investments (ASX: PMV), buoyed by another strong earnings p...

Australia’s biggest chemist is merging with a giant wholesaler. Could we soon be paying more?

Australia’s biggest chemist is merging with a giant wholesaler. Could we soon be paying more?

Corporate Australia loves a big merger. And amid a growing flurry o...

End of an era for Godfreys after administrators fail to find a buyer

End of an era for Godfreys after administrators fail to find a buyer

It’s finally the end of the road for vacuum cleaner retailer ...

Myer names former Qantas Loyalty boss Olivia Wirth as CEO to replace King

Myer names former Qantas Loyalty boss Olivia Wirth as CEO to replace King

Myer Holdings (ASX: MYR) has announced a new position of executive ...

 

Opinion

The Body Shop shouldn’t have failed when consumers want activism from their brands. What happened?

The Body Shop shouldn’t have failed when consumers want activism from their brands. What happened?

We are in an era of brand activism and conscious consumerism. More ...

Australia’s biggest chemist is merging with a giant wholesaler. Could we soon be paying more?

Australia’s biggest chemist is merging with a giant wholesaler. Could we soon be paying more?

Corporate Australia loves a big merger. And amid a growing flurry o...

Study links microplastics with human health problems – but there’s still a lot we don’t know

Study links microplastics with human health problems – but there’s still a lot we don’t know

A recent study published in the prestigious New England Journal of ...

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Capital Raising & Finance

Fintech Yondr Money buys nano-gifting app Shouta

Fintech Yondr Money buys nano-gifting app Shouta

Melbourne-based payments, loyalty and budgeting platform Yondr Mone...

Electro Optic Systems to raise $40m as backlog grows for defence and space contracts

Electro Optic Systems to raise $40m as backlog grows for defence and space contracts

Canberra-based Electro Optic Systems (ASX: EOS) is capitalising on ...

Immutable, King River Capital and Polygon Labs launch US$100m web3 gaming fund

Immutable, King River Capital and Polygon Labs launch US$100m web3 gaming fund

Australian blockchain gaming infrastructure company Immutable is te...

Marmalade raises $16m as invoice payment startup aims to process $1b in 2024

Marmalade raises $16m as invoice payment startup aims to process $1b in 2024

Melbourne-based invoice payment platform Marmalade has raised $16 m...

Property

Charter Hall snares 15pc stake in Hotel Property Investments for $97m from 360 Capital

Charter Hall snares 15pc stake in Hotel Property Investments for $97m from 360 Capital

Listed funds manager 360 Capital Group (ASX: TGP) has offloaded its...

Lendlease gains approval for $1.7b transformation of Queen Victoria Market precinct

Lendlease gains approval for $1.7b transformation of Queen Victoria Market precinct

Australian development giant Lendlease Group (ASX: LLC) has been gr...

Knight Frank and NZ's Bayleys group partner in $95.5m takeover bid for McGrath

Knight Frank and NZ's Bayleys group partner in $95.5m takeover bid for McGrath

Knight Frank has teamed up with New Zealand’s Bayley Corporat...

Australian Venue Co to buy four pubs from landlord Hotel Property Investments

Australian Venue Co to buy four pubs from landlord Hotel Property Investments

Hotel Property Investments (ASX: HPI) has exchanged contracts to se...

Leadership

Platypus Asset Management names senior analyst Jelena Stevanovic to replace long-time CEO

Platypus Asset Management names senior analyst Jelena Stevanovic to replace long-time CEO

Platypus Asset Management, a $5 billion equities funds manager owne...

"Exceptionally disappointing": The Star CEO, CFO call it quits amidst second NSW inquiry

"Exceptionally disappointing": The Star CEO, CFO call it quits amidst second NSW inquiry

Update (25 March 2024): The NSW inquiry into The Star's casino ...

Cann Group CEO resigns after just 14 months at the helm

Cann Group CEO resigns after just 14 months at the helm

Cann Group (ASX: CAN) CEO Peter Koetsier has tendered his resi...

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Health

Australia’s biggest chemist is merging with a giant wholesaler. Could we soon be paying more?

Australia’s biggest chemist is merging with a giant wholesaler. Could we soon be paying more?

Corporate Australia loves a big merger. And amid a growing flurry o...

Genesis Capital lifts Pacific Smiles takeover bid to $279 million

Genesis Capital lifts Pacific Smiles takeover bid to $279 million

Pacific Smiles (ASX: PSQ) suitor Genesis Capital has brus...

Hola Health greets a new chapter in telehealth with $4.5m pre-Series A raise

Hola Health greets a new chapter in telehealth with $4.5m pre-Series A raise

Perth-based telehealth and medicine delivery company Hola Health ha...

Healthcare startup Kismet secures $8.2m after year of rapid growth

Healthcare startup Kismet secures $8.2m after year of rapid growth

Melbourne-based healthcare startup Kismet has secured $8.2 million ...

SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

ASIC secures its first court win for greenwashing against US giant Vanguard

ASIC secures its first court win for greenwashing against US giant Vanguard

The Australian corporate watchdog has caught out one of the world&r...

The Body Shop shouldn’t have failed when consumers want activism from their brands. What happened?

The Body Shop shouldn’t have failed when consumers want activism from their brands. What happened?

We are in an era of brand activism and conscious consumerism. More ...

Study links microplastics with human health problems – but there’s still a lot we don’t know

Study links microplastics with human health problems – but there’s still a lot we don’t know

A recent study published in the prestigious New England Journal of ...

EV startup Genevo Marine set to build Australia’s first electric performance boat

EV startup Genevo Marine set to build Australia’s first electric performance boat

Renewable energy and solar industry entrepreneurs Damon Rahmate and...

 

Technology

Fintech Yondr Money buys nano-gifting app Shouta

Fintech Yondr Money buys nano-gifting app Shouta

Melbourne-based payments, loyalty and budgeting platform Yondr Mone...

Former unicorn Tritium ordered to delist from Nasdaq as shares flounder

Former unicorn Tritium ordered to delist from Nasdaq as shares flounder

Once a unicorn, now a mule, Brisbane-headquartered electric vehicle...

Electro Optic Systems to raise $40m as backlog grows for defence and space contracts

Electro Optic Systems to raise $40m as backlog grows for defence and space contracts

Canberra-based Electro Optic Systems (ASX: EOS) is capitalising on ...

Immutable, King River Capital and Polygon Labs launch US$100m web3 gaming fund

Immutable, King River Capital and Polygon Labs launch US$100m web3 gaming fund

Australian blockchain gaming infrastructure company Immutable is te...

Legal

ASIC secures its first court win for greenwashing against US giant Vanguard

ASIC secures its first court win for greenwashing against US giant Vanguard

The Australian corporate watchdog has caught out one of the world&r...

Perth adviser sentenced to two years for Genesis Minerals insider trading charges

Perth adviser sentenced to two years for Genesis Minerals insider trading charges

Inside information gained on a 2021 share placement planned by Gene...

Crown Melbourne deemed suitable to run casino

Crown Melbourne deemed suitable to run casino

Following a review of 4,000 pages of reports from a special manager...

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Marketing

The Body Shop shouldn’t have failed when consumers want activism from their brands. What happened?

The Body Shop shouldn’t have failed when consumers want activism from their brands. What happened?

We are in an era of brand activism and conscious consumerism. More ...

Predictive intelligence marketing tech Prophet raises $5m in seed round backed by Catalano

Predictive intelligence marketing tech Prophet raises $5m in seed round backed by Catalano

In a move resembling the transformation of the investment world in ...

Marketing agency Underscore enlisted 500 influencers to drive marketing for Tennis Australia

Marketing agency Underscore enlisted 500 influencers to drive marketing for Tennis Australia

After the Australian Open (AO) beat attendance records this year wi...

Consumer watchdog rings alarm bells over influencer endorsements, online reviews

Consumer watchdog rings alarm bells over influencer endorsements, online reviews

The Australian consumer watchdog has found an alarming percentage o...

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