Tag: SMEs

Almost 250 manufacturers go bust in six months

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Nearly 250 manufacturers collapsed amid sustained high inflation and higher borrowing costs over the past six months, new data from Australia’s corporate watchdog shows. The increase in insolvencies comes...

Industry Growth Program appoints familiar new advisers

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal government has appointed the first 17 advisers for its new Industry Growth Program, many of which delivered similar services under the Coalition’s Entrepreneurs Programme. Of the 17...

Business makerspaces can bridge innovation gaps

Posted on   |  by Holger Dielenberg
Australia has the right legacy strengths, technological capabilities and skilled population to become a global innovation leader. However, support gaps at the grassroots are holding us back from reaching...

Industry split on govt’s cyber sovereignty plan

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Local cyber industry stakeholders have welcomed the focus on sovereign capability in the federal government’s 2023-2030 Cybersecurity Strategy, but there are differing views on the how effective the government’s...

CSIRO launches $19m Aus-India circular economy accelerator

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The CSIRO on Tuesday revealed details on its new accelerator program for late-stage startups and small to medium-sized enterprises with innovative circular economy technologies. The national science agency is running...

SME micro-partnerships can underpin AUKUS success

Posted on   |  by Sarah Pavillard
Earlier this year, I launched a white paper, Micro-Partnerships in the Age of AUKUS, at the Sea-Air-Space Exposition in Maryland in the United States as part of the Team...