2023 Australian Young Entrepreneur of the Year revealed

2023 Australian Young Entrepreneur of the Year revealed

In the strongest year ever for the Melburnian contingent in the Australian Young Entrepreneur Awards, as founders from the Victorian capital took home 11 of the 21 acc...

Techtronic slapped with record $15m fine for resale price maintenance

Techtronic slapped with record $15m fine for resale price maintenance

The Australian arm of Hong Kong-based supplier Techtronic has been ...

Why Fergus Creese gives students direction with edtech SaaS scale-up My Careers

Why Fergus Creese gives students direction with edtech SaaS scale-up My Careers

With an interest in business from the age of 14, farm boy Fergus Cr...

7-Eleven Australia acquired for $1.7 billion

7-Eleven Australia acquired for $1.7 billion

Convenience store giant 7-Eleven Australia is set to be sold f...

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Pubs baron Mathieson backs Wavish’s bid to shake up Endeavour Group board

Pubs baron Mathieson backs Wavish’s bid to shake up Endeavour Group board

Billionaire pubs baron Bruce Mathieson is backing the appointment o...

Workplace loneliness is the modern pandemic damaging lives and hurting businesses

Workplace loneliness is the modern pandemic damaging lives and hurting businesses

Loneliness is a much discussed social issue, but it is rarely consi...

Crackdown looming for Byron Bay’s short-stay rental market

Crackdown looming for Byron Bay’s short-stay rental market

The crackdown on short-stay rentals which is aimed at tackling...

ANZ fined $15m for misleading credit card customers over incorrect 'available funds'

ANZ fined $15m for misleading credit card customers over incorrect 'available funds'

Australia's fourth-largest banking group has copped a $15 milli...

ARA forecasts $490m Halloween treat for retailers

ARA forecasts $490m Halloween treat for retailers

Australians are expected to spend 14 per cent more on Halloween fes...

Costa board accepts $1.4b takeover offer from Paine Schwartz, Driscoll’s and BCI

Costa board accepts $1.4b takeover offer from Paine Schwartz, Driscoll’s and BCI

One of Australia’s largest fruit and vegetable producers, Cos...

Australia's top home builders revealed

Australia's top home builders revealed

Melbourne-based Metricon has kept its status as Australia's lar...

Hospitality platforms Mr Yum and me&u merging to become a new global giant

Hospitality platforms Mr Yum and me&u merging to become a new global giant

Australian tech scale-ups me&u and Mr Yum are merging to create...

Governments are pouring money into housing but materials, land and labour are still in short supply

Governments are pouring money into housing but materials, land and labour are still in short supply

As Australia’s housing affordability crisis worsens, governme...

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Entrepreneurship

Black Friday no "be all and end all" for sales as marketing costs bite

Black Friday no "be all and end all" for sales as marketing costs bite

November is often dubbed the new December of retail sales with Black Friday as the jewel in the online crown, but the market has become more saturated in the past year with...

CBA data shows surge in Millennial, Gen Z business accounts

CBA data shows surge in Millennial, Gen Z business accounts

Young entrepreneurs accounted for the majority of new business acco...

2023 Australian Young Entrepreneur of the Year revealed

2023 Australian Young Entrepreneur of the Year revealed

In the strongest year ever for the Melburnian contingent in th...

Hobart edtech startup MyTeacherAide launches AI-powered tool for teachers

Hobart edtech startup MyTeacherAide launches AI-powered tool for teachers

A Hobart-based ed-tech startup founded by two Tasmanian teachers ha...

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

7-Eleven Australia acquired for $1.7 billion

7-Eleven Australia acquired for $1.7 billion

Convenience store giant 7-Eleven Australia is set to be sold f...

Lovers, not fighters: Mr Yum and me&u consummate hospitality merger

Lovers, not fighters: Mr Yum and me&u consummate hospitality merger

Two leading Australian companies that have upended the status quo i...

Sunshine Coast icon Beefy's Pies acquired by RFG for $10 million

Sunshine Coast icon Beefy's Pies acquired by RFG for $10 million

The owners of award-winning Sunshine Coast family pie shop chain Be...

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Retail

Black Friday no "be all and end all" for sales as marketing costs bite

Black Friday no "be all and end all" for sales as marketing costs bite

November is often dubbed the new December of retail sales with Blac...

Black Friday sales double for furniture e-retailer Temple & Webster

Black Friday sales double for furniture e-retailer Temple & Webster

After revenue went backwards in FY23 with the silver lining of a re...

Adore Beauty shares surge despite rejecting $122m bid from UK online retailer THG

Adore Beauty shares surge despite rejecting $122m bid from UK online retailer THG

Shares in online beauty products retailer Adore Beauty Group (ASX: ...

Cult women’s shoe brand Frankie4 opens permanent store in Seattle

Cult women’s shoe brand Frankie4 opens permanent store in Seattle

Cult women’s footwear brand Frankie4 has expanded its presenc...

 

Opinion

Should businesses consult shareholders before taking a stand on social issues?

Should businesses consult shareholders before taking a stand on social issues?

In 2017 many businesses took a stand on the Australian marriage equ...

Why Google and Meta owe news publishers much more than you think

Why Google and Meta owe news publishers much more than you think

In a time of war and populism, the world needs quality information ...

Optus blackout explained: what is a ‘deep network’ outage and what may have caused it?

Optus blackout explained: what is a ‘deep network’ outage and what may have caused it?

Optus customers woke up this morning to find they were unable to ge...

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CAPITAL RAISING & FINANCE

Early-stage startup backer Happenco secures $12m to fund founders

Early-stage startup backer Happenco secures $12m to fund founders

Australian venture investment and advisory firm Happenco has announ...

'AI brain for banks' Rich Data Co raises US$17.5m Series B

'AI brain for banks' Rich Data Co raises US$17.5m Series B

A Sydney-headquartered tech company styling itself as an "AI b...

Fintech WLTH acquires Mortgage Mart of Australia after $14m raise

Fintech WLTH acquires Mortgage Mart of Australia after $14m raise

The loan book at Brisbane-headquartered fintech WLTH has ballooned ...

Prop-tech Soho hits $20m valuation after Singapore’s Feedback Ventures buys in

Prop-tech Soho hits $20m valuation after Singapore’s Feedback Ventures buys in

A $750,000 equity investment by Singapore prop-tech fund Feedback V...

Leadership

Why Fergus Creese gives students direction with edtech SaaS scale-up My Careers

Why Fergus Creese gives students direction with edtech SaaS scale-up My Careers

With an interest in business from the age of 14, farm boy Fergus Cr...

Abrupt departure for Ecofibre CEO Eric Wang

Abrupt departure for Ecofibre CEO Eric Wang

Eric Wang, the longstanding CEO and managing director of Ecofibre (...

Should businesses consult shareholders before taking a stand on social issues?

Should businesses consult shareholders before taking a stand on social issues?

In 2017 many businesses took a stand on the Australian marriage equ...

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Property

Paul Ramsay Foundation tips in to $200m social and affordable housing fund

Paul Ramsay Foundation tips in to $200m social and affordable housing fund

The Paul Ramsay Foundation has committed as a cornerstone investor ...

McGrath forecasts 40pc lift in underlying profit amid challenging conditions

McGrath forecasts 40pc lift in underlying profit amid challenging conditions

Real estate agency operator McGrath (ASX: MEA) has forecast a 40 pe...

Regis Healthcare expands Queensland footprint with $74.2m CPSM Care acquisition

Regis Healthcare expands Queensland footprint with $74.2m CPSM Care acquisition

Regis Healthcare (ASX: REG), one of Australia’s largest aged-...

Gurner gains approval for $150m Burleigh Heads project amid builder shortage

Gurner gains approval for $150m Burleigh Heads project amid builder shortage

Fresh from defending rumours that its $1.5 billion La Pelago develo...

Health

Comms, cyber and AI startups soar in Deloitte's Tech Fast 50

Comms, cyber and AI startups soar in Deloitte's Tech Fast 50

Medicinal cannabis digital appointments and delivery company Montu ...

Health management platform Splose raises half its $3m Series A target in 24 hours

Health management platform Splose raises half its $3m Series A target in 24 hours

Allied-health industry management platform Splose has secured half ...

Dental Boutique founders win Melbourne Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for third time running

Dental Boutique founders win Melbourne Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for third time running

Dental Boutique is the gift that keeps on giving for its founders, ...

AI-driven medtech Heidi raises $10m in Series A to tackle GP shortage

AI-driven medtech Heidi raises $10m in Series A to tackle GP shortage

Heidi, a medtech platform that is tackling the looming shortage of ...

Technology

Why Fergus Creese gives students direction with edtech SaaS scale-up My Careers

Why Fergus Creese gives students direction with edtech SaaS scale-up My Careers

With an interest in business from the age of 14, farm boy Fergus Cr...

Sydney space tech company HEO launches US office

Sydney space tech company HEO launches US office

Three months after securing $12 million in a Series A round, Sydney...

Lovers, not fighters: Mr Yum and me&u consummate hospitality merger

Lovers, not fighters: Mr Yum and me&u consummate hospitality merger

Two leading Australian companies that have upended the status quo i...

'AI brain for banks' Rich Data Co raises US$17.5m Series B

'AI brain for banks' Rich Data Co raises US$17.5m Series B

A Sydney-headquartered tech company styling itself as an "AI b...

Legal

Techtronic slapped with record $15m fine for resale price maintenance

Techtronic slapped with record $15m fine for resale price maintenance

The Australian arm of Hong Kong-based supplier Techtronic has been ...

RACQ Insurance fined $10m for failing customers on discount promises

RACQ Insurance fined $10m for failing customers on discount promises

The insurance arm of the member-owned Royal Automobile Club of...

Federal Court fines Mercer Australia $12m over fees for no service

Federal Court fines Mercer Australia $12m over fees for no service

The Australian arm of financial services giant Mercer has been slap...

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