From day one, The Dawg Studio has been a labour of puppy love for Hilde and Sarah.
The mother and daughter dog grooming duo combined their love for canines and customer connection, establishing their small family business in Queanbeyan, just outside of Canberra, in June 2021.
“My favourite part of the job is building those personal and trusted relationships with our canine and human clients,” Sarah says.
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Ombudsman launches small business natural disaster preparedness inquiry
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson has launched an inquiry into small business natural disaster preparedness and resilience.
If you own a small business, you may also be a company director.
Anne Nalder from The Small Business Association of Australia discusses how the Federal Governments new compulsory company directors register will be beneficial for small businesses and sole traders.
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Everyone’s a critic, but small businesses need kindly customers
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson is urging people to refrain from posting negative online reviews, as short-staffed small businesses struggle to stay open.
Ombudsman welcomes funding for critical small business mental health program
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson has welcomed the Australian Government’s commitment to renew funding for a critical mental health program tailored to small business owners.
The Government is seeking stakeholder views on exposure draft legislation that increases the rights of small businesses to contest the ATO’s collection of disputed tax debts. The draft legislation would allow small businesses to apply to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) to pause or modify ATO debt recovery actions where the underlying tax assessment is under dispute in the Small Business Taxation Division (SBTD) of the AAT. This measure was originally announced in the 2021-22 Budget.
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement that the Australian government will take a fresh look at reinvigorating our workplace relations system.
“The federal government’s intention to review the workplace relations system is encouraging for the small business sector,” Ms Carnell said.
A suite of new and updated education and employment policies will take effect from today, boosting education outcomes for Australians and helping them get the skills they need to find a job.
Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business, and Acting Minister for Education and Youth, Stuart Robert, said the new year changes mean more Australians can make the most of education and employment opportunities.
Mature age workers may help ease staff shortages this festive season
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson is encouraging small and family businesses to welcome applications from all-ages when hiring staff this busy festive season.
Ombudsman welcomes review of Banking Code Compliance Committee
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson has welcomed the final report of the independent review of the Banking Code Compliance Committee (BCCC), which includes recommendations to improve small business representation and engagement.
A key recommendation in the Khoury review is the addition of a fourth member on the committee with expertise in small business.