The future looks bright for the small-scale solar power industry as more and more households and businesses are taking interest in installing power panels on their rooftops than ever before.
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SME sentiments positive heading to the close of 2017
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute SME Index (the Index), which examines the economic health of Australian small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), shows business confidence is in slight positive
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Cybercrime a key concern for small businesses
This week, NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for Small Business John Barilaro released the results of a new national survey of small business views on cyber security.
The survey of more than 1,000 small
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Advanced manufacturing capability in SA to be increased
A project involving 16 South Australian SME manufacturing companies, global 3D design and virtualisation software company Dassault Systèmes, the South Australian Government, ICT services company ASG,
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$1b of grants to prep students for digital economy
Siemens has announced an industrial software grant of $447 million commercial value of Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software to the University of Western Australia (UWA). This grant
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$7.4 million invested in MTP innovations
Twenty industry-led projects set to boost the innovation, productivity and competitiveness of Australia’s medical technology and pharmaceutical (MTP) sector will receive a $7.4 million injection of
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Boeing injected $1.3b to Australian GDP in 2016
A BIS Oxford Economics report highlights the breadth and scale of the leading aerospace company’s growth in this part of the world. Based on 2016 data, Boeing generates nearly $1.3 billion for the Australian
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Macquarie University incubator launched
The Minister for Finance, Services and Property Victor Dominello joined The Duke of York, Prince Andrew, at the official opening of a new state-of-the-art business innovation centre funded by the NSW Government
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$1.4 million in grants to help Australian researchers and SMEs go global
Last week, the Ministry of Industry, Innovation and Science announced that 18 Australian researchers and 11 small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) will share in $1.4 million in government grants to meet and
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BAE Systems reveals potential partners for LAND 400
One of the down-selected tenderers for the LAND 400 contract, BAE Systems, has revealed the SMEs it will team with if it wins the tender.
The company has named Victorian firms Marand, MOOG Australia, Motec,
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Government fund to help local manufacturers collaborate internationally
An Australian government fund is helping Australian manufacturers cooperation with international partners.
The federal government’s Global Connections Fund (GCF) helps local small-to-medium enterprises
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SME manufacturers cash flow crisis costs them growth
Australia’s SME manufacturers are owed A$2.9 billion in unpaid bills which is costing them growth opportunities, according to new research from the Invoice Market (IM).
The IM report shows that small
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Manufacturing SMEs need a culture open to co-creation with customers
New research has suggested that manufacturing SMEs should promote a culture which supports “customer-centric manufacturing”.
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Manufacturing SMEs optimistic conditions will improve in Q4
Australian SMEs are generally unenthusiastic about the current environment and more optimistic about the year’s fourth quarter – a mood reflected by manufacturing SMEs – according to an economic survey released today.
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Kate Carnell named first Small Business Ombudsman
Kate Carnell, a business lobbyist and former ACT Chief Minister, will become Australia’s first Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman.
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Harper response is good economics and smart politics
The adults are back in charge in Canberra.
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Small business to benefit from unfair contract protections
Legislation providing small businesses with the same sorts of protections from unfair contracts as consumers enjoy, has passed through parliament.
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Senate passes bill to protect small businesses
The Senate yesterday passed a bill to give small businesses the same protections against unfair contracts that consumers currently enjoy.
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Coalition divided over ‘effects test’ to help small business
Coalition MPs are voicing their concerns about Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s decision to delay action on an ‘effects test’ which would protect small business from big business power.
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How does a successful manufacturing workplace behave?
Brent Balinski spoke to Professor Peter Gahan from the University of Melbourne and Jeffery Yeh from Homart Pharmaceuticals about the importance of High Performance Work Practices to small and medium enterprise companies.
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