The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson says the Australian Government’s 2022/23 Budget offers welcomed targeted support to Australian small and family businesses.
The Budget includes several new, extended…
… NBN fixed wireless services $10.4 million to redesign the Payment Times Reporting Portal and Register to improve efficiency and … Mr Billson says. “Hardware such as laptops and portable payment devices would also be eligible. “ Deeper digital …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Stephen Cenatiempo.
Radio 2CC Canberra
Subjects: Insolvency and small business;…
… programs that help people navigate those challenging times, like New Access for Small Business Owners. And in … have been paid by their customer, which then slows up the payment to their small business supplier like we were … have been paid by their customer, which then slows up the payment to their small business supplier like we were …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Leon Delaney.
Radio 2CC Canberra
Subject: How small business can get help, insolvency concerns, payment times, solving problems with digital…
… How small business can get help, insolvency concerns, payment times, solving problems with digital platform providers Leon Delaney The latest report from the Australian Small Business and Family …
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The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson has urged struggling small and family businesses to be proactive at tax time, as a new report reveals declining payment plans despite record collectible debt owed to the…
… family businesses to be proactive at tax time, as a new report reveals declining payment plans despite record collectible debt owed to the … Mr Billson says the reported decline in small business payment plan arrangements over the past three years is a …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Leon Delaney.
2CC Canberra
Subject: ASBFEO hits 50,000 Milestone of helping Small…
… we're ready to provide that support in these challenging times Leon Delaney You've suggested that not enough small … we're ready to provide that support in these challenging times Leon Delaney You've suggested that not enough small …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Phil Staley.
ABC North Queensland
Subject: Small business natural disasters preparedness and…
… what sort of plan do you have in place to navigate those times? Phil Staley Last year the Small Business Natural … what sort of plan do you have in place to navigate those times? Phil Staley Last year the Small Business Natural …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Jac underwood.
Radio 2BS Bathurst
Subject: Procurement Inquiry
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… to do under our legislation. We are looking to have a report to the Finance Minister by early to mid-December. So, … to do under our legislation. We are looking to have a report to the Finance Minister by early to mid-December. So, …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Sean Aylmer.
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20 October 2022…
… only to the economy generally, but the uplift. You look at times like the GFC. Small businesses was about, just between … that over to an unsuspecting customer who's expecting the bill. They'll probably know what the number is that they need … your digital infrastructure, or in some cases, demanding a payment for you to access your own information. So, it’s a …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Vivienne Ryan.
Small Business Connections TV
Subject: Role of ASBFEO, dispute…
… doors? Bruce Billson The biggest one by quite a margin is payment disputes. So about 40% of the traffic we handle relates to payment disputes - someone not being paid in a timely way, a … that other things can get involved, like a dispute over a payment dispute or something to do with a contract might blow …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson extract of interview with Rita Panahi.
Sky News
Subject: Payment Times
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… TRANSCRIPT: Payment Times 16 February 2023 Australian Small Business and Family … businesses that have got turnovers over $100 million that report every quarter on not just the terms that they're …
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Small business owners and leaders have every right to be frustrated by the Reserve Bank’s review of retail payments regulations, says the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Bruce Billson.
While some progress is being…
… some progress is being made, it is disappointing this report falls well short of delivering the vital changes small … and family enterprises paying more than they need to for payment services,” Mr Billson said. The Reserve Bank said it expected payment providers to “offer and promote least-cost routing” …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Leon Delaney.
Radio 2CC Canberra
Subjects: How small business can prepare for a…
… hang on a minute, the economic losses will be many more times that. And there's a duty on those service providers … had a direct loss. It's the same with banking services. Payment platforms went out late last week for a lot of the … it recommend? Bruce Billson You can find a copy of that report on our website. Why we did that was there was a series …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Oly Peterson.
6PR Perth
26 June 2023
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… Medium-sized Enterprises Day, Small Business Matters data report 26 June 2023 Australian Small Business and Family … Billson There's plenty of headwinds there and changing times sometimes play into some businesses model and sometimes … Billson There's plenty of headwinds there and changing times sometimes play into some businesses model and sometimes …
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The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Bruce Billson, has welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement of a review of the Payment Times Reporting Act.
The review, to be chaired by former minister Craig Emerson, will…
… Ombudsman welcomes payment times review 06 December 2022 The Australian Small Business … Australian Government’s announcement of a review of the Payment Times Reporting Act. The review, to be chaired by …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Leon Byner.
5AA Adelaide
6 September 2022
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… pinching that, perhaps wanting to flog it to them for many times the amount that the original person paid for it, or … pinching that, perhaps wanting to flog it to them for many times the amount that the original person paid for it, or …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Leon Delaney.
Radio 2CC Canberra
24 November 2023
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… that name and if there's an irregularity then it stops the payment going through. This is fantastic news. If you and I … customer. The sums are the right amount. You make the payment and then it's whisked away into a bank account and … consumers, who's got the money ready just to replace that payment and settle that account? Leon Delaney Well , …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Selina Green on ABC Radio SA South East.
Subject: End of Financial Year changes for small business…
Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Selina Green on ABC Radio SA South East.
Subject: End of Financial Year changes for small business…
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Leon Delaney.
Radio 2CC Canberra
Subject: 3G switch-off - small business warned not to be caught short
Leon Delaney
…Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Leon Delaney.
Radio 2CC Canberra
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Rick Hind.
ABC Radio Darwin
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… to be with you. What a great throwback to those exciting times when we ticked into the new Millennium. Rick Hind I … you bought the technology from. I know some of the card payment system providers have been up and about, and you know … with people not realising they won't be able to take a payment after the 28th of October if they don't upgrade. In …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Raf Epstein.
ABC Radio Melbourne
Subject: Concern about small businesses being paid, resolving disputes, sleepwalking into a big corporate…
… Others have a business model that's attractive for the times, they're doing okay, but increases in input costs and … Others have a business model that's attractive for the times, they're doing okay, but increases in input costs and …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Stephen Cenatiempo.
Radio 2CC…
… more supportive after quite a period of challenging times. That recovery plan, I think, was what people were … relief from the measures that you just touched on. Energy bill relief - I mean, that's not going to, you know, shift … information, 46% of incorporated small businesses did not report a profit. For the million and a half small business …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Leon Delaney.
Radio 2CC Canberra
Subjects: Energising enterprise, celebrating small…
… Billson, has written an article published by the Canberra Times over the weekend, saying it's time to celebrate … And that was the purpose behind that piece in the Canberra Times today. Leon Delaney Now what you've got here is … I've used that ‘engine room of the economy’ analogy many times over many decades. But what I was trying to surface in …
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2CC Canberra
Subject: Low cost support to help small businesses…
… our 50,000th business that came to us for help and at times disputes, whether it's payment times or your favourite topic, digital platform … last week, you released your latest small business pulse report and just looking at the graph on the front page of …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Oly Peterson.
6PR Perth
20 November 2023
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… alongside them and provide this support to navigate these times as best we can. Oly Peterson Because laws continue to … invoice to somebody for a big number, like an instalment payment on a house build, and they just get in there and … the customer's inbox, looks legit. They're expecting the bill. It’s come from the people they expect. You go and pay …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Nick Rheinberger.
ABC Illawarra and ABC South East NSW
Subject: Small business natural disaster…
… to be more front of mind. And one of the things that our report was recommending was that as communities plan for how … And I suppose what we were trying to highlight in this report, Nick, was that, surely there's going to be a greater … are the sorts of things that we're highlighting in our report. Nick Rheinberger Bruce, great to talk to you today. …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Jeremy Jones.
ABC Radio Capricornia
Subjects: Payment problems for small…
… TRANSCRIPT: Payment problems for small business, helping small business … with Jeremy Jones. ABC Radio Capricornia Subjects: Payment problems for small business, helping small business … of every five matters that comes to my agency involve a payment dispute. Occasionally it might be a small business …
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Jac Underwood.
2BS Bathurst
12 January 2023
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… Billson It's a big responsibility anyway in the best of times, but in challenging times that that's another layer of responsibility and … Billson It's a big responsibility anyway in the best of times, but in challenging times that that's another layer of …
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ABC Radio Darwin
Subject: What is ASBFEO and what does it…
… and keep those relationships intact. Because many times, people have to keep dealing with these parties, and … relationships, they might also mess with the attached payment facility that's there and spend our money pimping … half of the businesses that are contacting us about a payment dispute, sitting behind it is a deeper concern that …
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Subject: internet domain name changes
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ABC Northern Tasmania with Kim Napier. Well, do you own or run a website for a small…
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Subject: internet domain name changes
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Glen Bartholomew.
ABC News Radio
6 December 2022
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… TRANSCRIPT: Payment Times for Small Businesses 06 December 2022 TRANSCRIPT … Glen Bartholomew. ABC News Radio 6 December 2022 Subject: Payment Times for Small Business Glen Bartholomew One who's been …
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