Small businesses are feeling the pinch from rising energy costs, with confidence dropping during the past six months, particularly among young business owners.
Software group MYOB has dumped a $180 million deal to acquire the Australian and New Zealand assets of Reckon's Accountant Group after discovering new information about the company and its competitors.
Samantha Moody has been appointed Asterisk Information Security's national business development manager. Ms Moody previously served as MYOB's WA partner manager for cloud and SME solutions.
Just 3 per cent of Western Australia's small business respondents to a new survey say they are planing to increase staff over the next year, despite SMEs in the state reporting the strongest revenue performance in the country over the last 12 months.
Small business owners are more satisfied with the federal government than they have been in recent years, but a new survey has found there are still a lot of changes the sector would like to see implemented to help run their businesses efficiently.
