Apple Vision Pro first-look review: Work game-changer or ergonomic nightmare?
The Apple Vision Pro is being positioned as a productivity workhorse. But would it fit in a business environment? Here's our first look at it.
LinkedIn Games: The SmartCompany Review
Award-winning reviewer and former games journalist Tegan Jones dissects LinkedIn Games, reviewing the games it has on offer.
Mega fines, ending retribution: What a mandatory Food and Grocery Code of Conduct means for SMEs
Major supermarkets will be banned from taking retribution against their small business suppliers and could find themselves subject to massive fines, after the federal government agreed to make the Food & Grocery Code of Conduct mandatory for the industry's biggest players.
Emerson: Shield SMEs from supermarket “retribution”, encourage $5 million compensation payouts
An initial report by Dr Craig Emerson calls for the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct to be strengthened and made mandatory.
GST reviews to work deductions: Five takeaways for SMEs from ATO commissioner’s final speech
The entire 70-minute address is available for viewing online, but SmartCompany has highlighted five of the key points for small businesses.
Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci to retire as supermarket giants face major scrutiny
The Woolworths CEO will depart as the Treasury, the ACCC, and a Senate inquiry probe conditions in the Australian supermarket sector.
Optus outage: Federal government urges compensation for small businesses
Compensation for small businesses hit by yesterday's Optus network outage "has to be on the table," Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones says, as entrepreneurs across the country deal with the aftermath of lost sales and severed communications.
Julie Collins pledges to work with small business on data privacy, cyber security overhauls
The federal government will work with small businesses as they encounter significant data safety obligations for the first time, Minister for Small Business Julie Collins has reaffirmed, using a Cyber Security Awareness Month statement to remind SMEs of major changes in the digital arena.
The Privacy Act exemption for small businesses will end: 10 ways your business could be affected
The federal government says the small business exemption to the Privacy Act, covering some 2.3 million enterprises, should end.
Contract ‘carrots’: Proposal to link lucrative government deals to gender diversity in STEM
Ensuring businesses have gender diversity action plans when applying for contracts is important, says Girl Geek Academy CEO Sarah Moran.
Small business concerns central to new competition law review, says Andrew Leigh
Australia's competition policies will face a fresh federal government review, as market concentration and falling business formation rates set off alarm bells in Canberra.
Exclusive: Independent review of Franchising Code of Conduct to investigate fairness in $170 billion sector
Australia's franchising rules will face a new independent review, giving small businesses a chance to share how recent regulatory changes are shaping the $170 billion sector.
