Independent media agencies bank on momentum driving stronger advertising spending in the year ahead

Independent media agencies bank on momentum driving stronger advertising spending in the year ahead

Six in 10 Australian independent media agencies are forecasting flat or stronger advertising expenditure in FY27, defying the headwinds facing the sector, according to the ...

Tasmea snaps up energy services provider JPS Group in deal worth up to $75 million

Tasmea snaps up energy services provider JPS Group in deal worth up to $75 million

Industrial services group Tasmea Limited (ASX: TEA) has acquired in...

Australians spend $29.7b on domestic overnight stays as day-trip surge drives tourism momentum

Australians spend $29.7b on domestic overnight stays as day-trip surge drives tourism momentum

Australians spent $29.7 billion on overnight domestic stays in the ...

NSW cracks down on real estate underquoting with fivefold increase in penalties passed into law

NSW cracks down on real estate underquoting with fivefold increase in penalties passed into law

The NSW Government has passed legislation that increases maximum pe...

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Designerex resumes trading as administrator fields inquiries for sale of dress-sharing platform

Designerex resumes trading as administrator fields inquiries for sale of dress-sharing platform

Designerex, the world's largest peer-to-peer designer dress-sha...

Jetts Fitness expands global footprint with master franchisee deal in India

Jetts Fitness expands global footprint with master franchisee deal in India

One of Australia's leading gym chains Jetts Fitness is building...

Melbourne scale-up Book An Artist buys Silicon Valley’s Wescover to ‘supercharge’ US growth

Melbourne scale-up Book An Artist buys Silicon Valley’s Wescover to ‘supercharge’ US growth

Melbourne-based scale-up Book An Artist, a global platform for...

Investors still sour on biotech despite pharma exemptions in US tariffs

Investors still sour on biotech despite pharma exemptions in US tariffs

Multiple ASX-listed biotech and medtech companies continue to see d...

Zip Co seizes on share price slump with plans for $50m share buyback

Zip Co seizes on share price slump with plans for $50m share buyback

Buy-now-pay-later group Zip Co (ASX: ZIP) is planning to buy back u...

Guzman Y Gomez on track to beat forecasts as third-quarter sales surge

Guzman Y Gomez on track to beat forecasts as third-quarter sales surge

Mexican restaurant chain Guzman Y Gomez (ASX: GYG) has affirmed it ...

Airtree leads $7.5m Series A for AI electricity network optimisation tech Gridsight

Airtree leads $7.5m Series A for AI electricity network optimisation tech Gridsight

Gridsight, a Sydney-headquartered software startup working with hal...

Takeovers Panel declares unacceptable circumstances against Dropsuite shareholder Topline

Takeovers Panel declares unacceptable circumstances against Dropsuite shareholder Topline

The Takeovers Panel has fallen short of Harvest Lane Asset Man...

China’s pushback on Trump’s tariff war wipes $106 billion off Australian stock market

China’s pushback on Trump’s tariff war wipes $106 billion off Australian stock market

The Australian stock market has wiped out the entire gains of the p...

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Entrepreneurship

From $13,000 to $20 million: how a PCOS diagnosis and a pair of scissors built Xali Organics

From $13,000 to $20 million: how a PCOS diagnosis and a pair of scissors built Xali Organics

Inspired by a medical diagnosis and driven by innovative marketing, Melbourne husband-and-wife team Kasey and Michael Giarratana have bootstrapped beauty brand Xali Organic...

AI-powered biotech startup Gutgutgoose accepted into Silicon Valley's Y Combinator

AI-powered biotech startup Gutgutgoose accepted into Silicon Valley's Y Combinator

Queensland-based biotech startup Gutgutgoose has been accepted into...

Scalare Partners rescues Fishburners from administration, boosting its presence in the startup space

Scalare Partners rescues Fishburners from administration, boosting its presence in the startup space

Sydney-based startup accelerator and investor Scalare Partners...

Sprout Organic's Selasi Berdie secures $8m buyout from NGS to take his infant formula company public

Sprout Organic's Selasi Berdie secures $8m buyout from NGS to take his infant formula company public

Gold Coast-based plant-based infant formula company Sprout Organic ...

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Tasmea snaps up energy services provider JPS Group in deal worth up to $75 million

Tasmea snaps up energy services provider JPS Group in deal worth up to $75 million

Industrial services group Tasmea Limited (ASX: TEA) has acquired in...

Lowes Petroleum boosts regional infrastructure arm with buyout of Tamworth engineering firm EMP

Lowes Petroleum boosts regional infrastructure arm with buyout of Tamworth engineering firm EMP

Regional fuel distributor Lowes Petroleum has acquired Tamworth-bas...

Credit Corp abandons $385m Humm Group takeover bid, bringing seven-month battle to a close

Credit Corp abandons $385m Humm Group takeover bid, bringing seven-month battle to a close

Debt collections  group Credit Corp (ASX: CCP) has walked away...

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Retail

Baby Bunting cuts profit guidance as rate hikes and softer spending bite in fourth quarter

Baby Bunting cuts profit guidance as rate hikes and softer spending bite in fourth quarter

Baby goods retailer Baby Bunting (ASX: BBN) has downgraded its full...

Accent Group shares shoot past $391m zero-premium takeover bid from UK retail giant Frasers Group

Accent Group shares shoot past $391m zero-premium takeover bid from UK retail giant Frasers Group

Shares in Australian footwear and apparel retailer Accent Grou...

Barbeques Galore closure caps brutal cull of iconic Australian retail brands that stood for decades

Barbeques Galore closure caps brutal cull of iconic Australian retail brands that stood for decades

The move to liquidate Barbeques Galore announced this week marks th...

Super Retail Group sets its sights on 110 new stores as Rebel brand targets regional markets

Super Retail Group sets its sights on 110 new stores as Rebel brand targets regional markets

Super Retail Group (ASX: SUL) has unveiled a five-year strategy to ...

Opinion

The fluency trap: managing the most insidious risk in the AI era

The fluency trap: managing the most insidious risk in the AI era

In July last year, Deloitte Australia handed the federal government...

The lending risk most business owners aren't pricing in

The lending risk most business owners aren't pricing in

If you're planning to borrow in the current market, there's...

Battle of the Claws: the winning move in AI agent war is the one no one is selling

Battle of the Claws: the winning move in AI agent war is the one no one is selling

A Meta safety researcher recently watched her own AI agent delete h...

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Leadership

Loam Bio appoints US-based ag-tech veteran Rob Hranac as CEO in global scaling push

Loam Bio appoints US-based ag-tech veteran Rob Hranac as CEO in global scaling push

Orange-based agricultural biotechnology company Loam Bio has appoin...

Former Star Entertainment CEO Matt Bekier hit with six-year ban and $700,000 penalty for breaches

Former Star Entertainment CEO Matt Bekier hit with six-year ban and $700,000 penalty for breaches

The Federal Court has disqualified former Star Entertainment Group ...

ASX taps Euronext veteran Anthony Attia as new CEO after global search

ASX taps Euronext veteran Anthony Attia as new CEO after global search

Australian share market operator ASX Limited (ASX: ASX) has appoint...

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Property

TDK secures $5M management rights for Robina community

TDK secures $5M management rights for Robina community

Robina Group's $170 million Vue Terrace Homes community is s...

Raptis denies building risk for GC projects

Raptis denies building risk for GC projects

Property developer Raptis Group (ASX: RPG) has defended its posi...

SCA Property Group falls victim to tough retail conditions

SCA Property Group falls victim to tough retail conditions

In what marks yet another sign that the Australian retail enviro...

Gen Y the new boomers for housing market, says BIS

Gen Y the new boomers for housing market, says BIS

Generation Y may have been Generation Boom for the apartment mar...

CAPITAL RAISING & FINANCE

Women’s health platform Ovum triples valuation to $18m in a year after $4m seed round

Women’s health platform Ovum triples valuation to $18m in a year after $4m seed round

Australian women’s health startup Ovum has backed up a $1.7 m...

SavvyWise valuation hits $27.5m as accountants back AI tax platform’s $1.56m crowdfunding raise

SavvyWise valuation hits $27.5m as accountants back AI tax platform’s $1.56m crowdfunding raise

Perth-based AI tax research platform SavvyWise has closed a $1.56 m...

Clinical-stage biotech Racura Oncology raises $34.3m to fully fund three cancer drug trials

Clinical-stage biotech Racura Oncology raises $34.3m to fully fund three cancer drug trials

Clinical-stage biotechnology company Racura Oncology (ASX: RAC) has...

Scaleup Mediafund launches $25m fourth fund as media-for-equity model gains momentum

Scaleup Mediafund launches $25m fourth fund as media-for-equity model gains momentum

Scaleup Mediafund has launched its fourth media-for-equity fund wit...

Health

Women’s health platform Ovum triples valuation to $18m in a year after $4m seed round

Women’s health platform Ovum triples valuation to $18m in a year after $4m seed round

Australian women’s health startup Ovum has backed up a $1.7 m...

Clinical-stage biotech Racura Oncology raises $34.3m to fully fund three cancer drug trials

Clinical-stage biotech Racura Oncology raises $34.3m to fully fund three cancer drug trials

Clinical-stage biotechnology company Racura Oncology (ASX: RAC) has...

Biotech Memphasys secures supply deal with Monash IVF for Felix sperm selection system

Biotech Memphasys secures supply deal with Monash IVF for Felix sperm selection system

Sydney-based reproductive biotech Memphasys (ASX: MEM) has secured ...

Takeover target Monash IVF slashes full-year profit guidance as cycle volumes decline

Takeover target Monash IVF slashes full-year profit guidance as cycle volumes decline

Almost two months after rejecting a $350 million takeover bid ...

Technology

DorsaVi licenses robotics IP from Singapore's NTU in push beyond wearable sensors

DorsaVi licenses robotics IP from Singapore's NTU in push beyond wearable sensors

Melbourne-based wearable sensing and robotics company DorsaVi Limit...

WA startup Hyperion Systems unveils southern hemisphere's first 3D-printed autonomous vessel

WA startup Hyperion Systems unveils southern hemisphere's first 3D-printed autonomous vessel

Perth-based advanced manufacturing start-up Hyperion Systems has un...

Additive Manufacturing centre greenlights first five research projects unlocking $11m in investment

Additive Manufacturing centre greenlights first five research projects unlocking $11m in investment

The Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC), est...

Arkeus closes $25m Series A to scale manufacturing of AI-powered defence sensing technology

Arkeus closes $25m Series A to scale manufacturing of AI-powered defence sensing technology

Melbourne-based technology company Arkeus has closed a $25 mil...

Legal

SkyCity strikes $21m deal with South Australia to settle Adelaide Casino regulatory failings

SkyCity strikes $21m deal with South Australia to settle Adelaide Casino regulatory failings

Auckland-headquartered casino operator SkyCity Entertainment Group ...

ASIC seeks $35m penalty after HSBC admits to systemic scam-protection failures

ASIC seeks $35m penalty after HSBC admits to systemic scam-protection failures

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is seek...

Former Star Entertainment CEO Matt Bekier hit with six-year ban and $700,000 penalty for breaches

Former Star Entertainment CEO Matt Bekier hit with six-year ban and $700,000 penalty for breaches

The Federal Court has disqualified former Star Entertainment Group ...

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