The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has strengthened its salary absorption proposal as part of its application to the Fair Work Commission to vary the General Retail Industry Award (GRIA).
ARA Chief Industry Affairs...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) are calling for a modernisation of the General Retail Industry Award (GRIA) that reflects the needs of today’s...
New research has found a third of Australian small businesses are experiencing energy hardship due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has left one in five with an energy service debt.
The research project...
In recent years, ACAPMA has received reports of significant increases in the cost of fees charged by banks to process electronic transactions (debit and credit) of fuel businesses. While some of this...
MEDIA RELEASE 29.07.2021
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson today joined a group of 12 leading small business organisations calling on the banks to make “least cost routing” available...
By Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association (ACAPMA) CEO Mark McKenzie.
In late 2017, ACAPMA began to receive inquiries from members about the rising cost of merchant fees (i.e. the charges levied...
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell has welcomed an agreement between the SDA and Master Grocers Australia to make improvements to the Retail Award, which will help small...
COSBOA is joining ACAPMA, New Sunrise Group, Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon Michael McCormack MP and the Minister for Small and Family Business, the Hon Michaelia Cash MP to launch the GO...
