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Covid business support

By Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association (ACAPMA) CEO Mark McKenzie. If you have been following media statements in the past fortnight, you would have noticed that there have been increasing calls for...

Industry groups welcome assistance measures for businesses

Industry groups the National Retail Association (NRA) and the Franchise Council of Australia (FCA) have welcomed the latest round of assistance measures for businesses in key parts of the country. The assistance measures...

Extended NSW lockdown puts extra $4b in retail trade at risk

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has welcomed the expanded NSW-Commonwealth JobSaver program and the increased Covid Disaster payments announced today along with Victoria’s increased business support and the reintroduction of a commercial...

Lockdown extension a $2b blow for Victorian retailers

The Victorian government has announced a seven-day extension to lockdown measures affecting metropolitan Melbourne. Restrictions will continue until 11.59pm, Thursday June 10. In response to today’s news, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has...

Retail trade continues to aid Australia’s economic recovery

Nationwide retail sales have rebounded from the February fall according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) preliminary report for March released today. $30.7 billion was spent in stores and online in...

ARA backs casual employment changes

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has welcomed the passage of the IR Omnibus Bill through Federal Parliament, which provides clarity around casual employment and business certainty at a “crucial time” in Australia’s...

NRA calls on government to grant loans to ‘physical’ retailers

Retail industry leaders and peak body are urging brick and mortar merchants to adopt innovative marketing strategies post JobKeeper to attract customers, saying government support in the form of a $5k loan...

Small businesses frustrated over loan conditions

Loan conditions are proving to be a big pain in the … world of small business. Nine out of 10 Aussie small businesses express frustration about finding and maintaining funding for their enterprises,...
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