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What franchisees must check before they sign, and at every stage after
MK
Mick Keogh
Postmortem● Live
How James Stevens turned a childhood in a flower shop into most compelling e-commerce florist
YG
Yajush Gupta
Sector● Live
Let’s Talk: How do I deal with a negative review that is factually wrong or unfair?
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Yajush Gupta
The numbers · this week
The Australian economy, in figures.
$4.2B
SME payments running on NPP rails this quarter
+38% YoY
2,847
Australian companies that raised seed capital in FY25
−12% YoY
61%
of SME owners who say AI changed how they hire
ABS, May
48d
median DSO for Aussie SMEs — worst in the OECD
Xero index
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