Research by the RBA in April 2025 found small firms accounted for more than eight in 10 insolvencies over the preceding few years. Nearly nine in 10 small businesses say the cost of doing business is higher than a year before, according to a recent survey of small regional firms by the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia.
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Joe is used to the uncertainty of running a small business. But since Covid, ‘the whole world has changed’
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