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2023 Small Business Australia Conference
2023 Conference The 2023 Conference is being moved from late June 2023 in Melbourne and via live streaming to later in the year. If you would like to be sent an email update once the new details are confirmed, [...]
Employee trend hurting small businesses
ABC Radio with Charlie Pickering "It's about looking after your mates if you are sick, don't come to work, of course, but don't, don't fake it. Just do the right thing." Bill Lang, executive director, Small Business Australia [...]
Chucking a sickie is not the thing to do
FIVEaa Radio with Jade Robran "I'm sure all of your listeners, there'll be no one listening to you that will be chucking a sickie because they know it really means letting down their colleagues. Sure, if you're sick, take [...]
Clear vision and action required by the local government
Small Business Australia Executive Director Bill Lang said the situation is "an emergency" as several businesses fail to recover from the effects of the pandemic. The Today Show - CBD 'Emergency', calls for workers to return to Melbourne [See transcript [...]
Enticing employees back to the CBD
"We've got a CBD emergency, so it's very clear that the government is actually able to mandate for its workers to be back there in the city" Bill Lang on Channel 7 News Click here to watch via Channel 7 [...]
CBD let down by local government
[Article] City custodians let us all down Source: Sunday Herald Sun Editorial Bill Lang referenced by the editor: As Small Business Australia executive director Bill Lang today points out, the premier "had no hesitation implementing mandates that closed [...]
My biggest takeaway from judging the 2022 Telstra Best Of Business Awards
I was honoured to be invited by Telstra to be part of the judging panel for the 2022 Telstra Best Of Business Awards. I was on the judging panel for the Outstanding Growth award, one of eight categories. My key [...]
Jim Penman: fanatical about service
In a recent webinar, I asked Jim Penman (of Jim's Group fame) his secret of success back in those early days of mowing lawns. What was it about the way he went about marketing and selling that people bought his [...]
Quick Federal Budget Review
A quick review of the federal budget (Bill Lang) Source: Video Bill Lang from Small Business Australia provides a high-level overview of how the federal budget impacts small business operators. Items discussed covers fuel tax cuts, a cap [...]
It’s about time this country is led on a bipartisan way
[VIDEO] Sky News "We'd like to see the Prime Minister and the head of the National Labour Party get into parliament, pass some legislation that says the national plan must be implemented otherwise there are financial consequences to the [...]
Giddy up Victorian Government, let’s get the show open
[Radio] Australia Today with Steve Price "Come on Victorian Government giddy up, giddy up, let's get the show open. There’s a lot of fully vaccinated people, fully vaccinated business owners, they should be able to do business in the [...]
Small businesses want the Victorian economy to open faster
[VIDEO] Channel 7 News (Melbourne) Bill Lang, executive director of Small Business Australia "Retailers really can't retail on their footpath let alone a number of other businesses." "We really want to see things more accelerated, like the new premier [...]
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