Mia Lockett

Sydney

Editor at Inside Small Business

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Queensland Budget 2025-26 delivers wins for small businesses

4 days ago | insidesmallbusiness.com.au | Mia Lockett

The Queensland Treasury handed down its 2025-26 budget yesterday, and there were some solid wins for the state’s small businesses. Here’s a rundown of everything relevant to small-business owners in this year’s budget papers. This year’s budget saw some promising investments in the state’s SMEs and start-ups, including:$44.7 million over four years for the Small Business First Agenda.
NSW Budget 2025-26: Key investments for small businesses and start-ups

4 days ago | insidesmallbusiness.com.au | Mia Lockett

The NSW Treasury yesterday released its 2025-26 budget – and there were some promising new investments for small businesses and start-ups inside. Here’s a rundown of everything relevant to small-business owners in this year’s budget papers. This year’s budget introduced some solid investment in the state’s SMEs and start-ups, including:$79.2 million for the NSW Government’s Innovation Blueprint to help businesses and researchers drive innovation.
ACCC warns tech giants are harming small businesses and competition

4 days ago | franchiseexecutives.com.au | Mia Lockett

The ACCC has released its fifth and final report into digital platforms, warning global tech giants like Meta, Google, Apple, Amazon and Alibaba are acting as gatekeepers to digital markets. The owners of these large digital marketplaces and other online platforms are causing harm to consumers and small businesses through anti-competitive behaviour, unfair trading practices, and a lack of dispute resolution options, according to the ACCC.
ACCC warns tech giants are harming small businesses and competition

5 days ago | internetretailing.com.au | Mia Lockett

E-commerce Tags: #ACCC#anti-competitive behaviour#online marketplace The ACCC has released its fifth and final report into digital platforms, warning global tech giants like Meta, Google, Apple, Amazon and Alibaba are acting as gatekeepers to digital markets. The owners of these large digital marketplaces and other online platforms are causing harm to consumers and small businesses through anti-competitive behaviour, unfair trading practices, and a lack of dispute resolution options,...
ACCC warns tech giants are harming small businesses and competition

6 days ago | insidesmallbusiness.com.au | Mia Lockett

The ACCC has released its fifth and final report into digital platforms, warning global tech giants like Meta, Google, Apple, Amazon and Alibaba are acting as gatekeepers to digital markets. The owners of these large digital marketplaces and other online platforms are causing harm to consumers and small businesses through anti-competitive behaviour, unfair trading practices, and a lack of dispute resolution options, according to the ACCC.
New energy rules to limit price hikes and protect small businesses

1 week ago | insidesmallbusiness.com.au | Mia Lockett

A few changes announced this week could bring some future energy bill relief for households and businesses. The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) will implement a new set of rules for energy and gas retailers to protect consumers from excessive charges.
iPhones will screen calls soon. What are SMEs losing as cold calling gets harder?

1 week ago | insidesmallbusiness.com.au | Mia Lockett

They’re intrusive, annoying and presumptuous – that’s what most people think about cold calls. Most of us hate receiving them, if we’re still answering calls from unknown numbers at all. Even our devices seem to be getting increasingly call-phobic; Apple is just the latest phone company to let users screen callers’ motives before they decide whether to pick up.
What should you do if your business’s industry is hit by a PR crisis?

1 week ago | insidesmallbusiness.com.au | Mia Lockett

Your business did nothing wrong, but your customers are suddenly suspicious, anxious, or flat-out angry – all because someone else in your industry made headlines for the wrong reasons. Recent PR crises have sent ripple effects through entire industries, from sunscreen brands accused of overstating their SPF to a leading IVF clinic twice making tragic embryo mixups. So what should you do when public trust in your industry takes a hit – and starts to affect your business?
Energy prices rising from 1 July: What small businesses need to know

1 week ago | insidesmallbusiness.com.au | Mia Lockett

Several energy providers are raising their prices from July 1, prompting concern among small-business owners already struggling to keep up with rising costs. The changes follow the Australian Energy Regulator (AER)’s decision to raise the Default Market Offer (DMO) of electricity prices in 2025-26. The DMO is the maximum price that retailers can charge standing offer customers in New South Wales, South Australia, and South East Queensland.
How to start exporting as a small business

2 weeks ago | insidesmallbusiness.com.au | Mia Lockett

“I’d like to export my products, but it’s too early in my business journey.”“It’s too hard and I don’t know where to start.”“It’s too risky.”“I can’t do it on my own.”If you would like to export, but can’t see yourself doing it in practice for one or more of the reasons above, here’s a fact for you: Over 90 per cent of Australian exporters are small or medium-sized enterprises, reports the “Australian State of Exporters Report” by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade).