Why is it so important to make your business a great place to work?
With COVID-19 radically altering the business landscape, the ways workplaces cultivate great cultures has also shifted—but is still of the utmost importance. Reckon continually strives to create a unique environment where people thrive personally and professionally. In 2021, more than 80% of Reckon employees completed…
What do rising interest rates mean for your business?
In case you’ve been on safari or an extended sailing trip, you’ve probably heard that on Tuesday 3 May 2022, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised the benchmark interest rate to 0.35 percent—up from a record low of 0.1 percent. With the last interest…
How to use new federal tax breaks to invest in your business’s technology
In this year’s federal budget, amid the headlines and electioneering, came some important tax breaks for small businesses to incentivise the uptake of new technology. There were in fact two separate tax incentives announced, one designed for business technology purchases and one for skills and…
Budget drop! Key takeaways for your small business
There we have it – the federal budget for 2022 has dropped and we can now get a clear view of what this means for small and medium businesses in Australia. While replete with election winning tactics and dangled carrots, time will tell how this…
Small business federal budget predictions!
Get ready folks, when Treasurer Josh Frydenberg steps up on Tuesday 29 March 2022 to deliver a pre-election federal budget, you can bet it will be one to watch. We may not be able to gaze into a crystal ball and pull out the budget…
News Flash: Flood disaster payments and a new NSW voucher scheme
In breaking news, federal and state governments have rolled out vital personal and SME financial support for those individuals and businesses affected by the devastating current flooding in NSW and QLD. In other news, there are also number of new ‘dine and discover’ style vouchers…
Get your hands on Victoria’s Omicron busting stimulus package
With the economic fog of Omicron still blanketing the southern state, the Victorian Government has delivered a stimulus package designed to get the state’s cash flowing again. With retail recovery still slow, consumer confidence low, and small businesses getting battered by cash flow and supply…
We review the new ABS report on what business conditions are like in 2022
On 11 February 2022 the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released an illuminating report on ‘Business Conditions and Sentiments’, with a particular focus on how small businesses are faring in early 2022. Based on data gathered through phone interviews from 27 January to 4 February…