small business
Q&A with Kate Carnell AO and Curtis Ruhnau: Mental health in the pharmacy profession
To coincide with Mental Health Week (10-18 Oct), the AJP and PSS are pleased to host this exclusive webinar event to address the mental wellbeing of the pharmacy profession 13 …
Businesses bearing brunt
Pharmacies and other businesses may not be able to stay open if the general public won’t change its behaviour to limit the spread of COVID-19, says one leading pharmacist David …
Business expects ‘bad times’ ahead
In April business confidence plummeted to a second consecutive record monthly low… and new research reveals the stress small business owners are under Roy Morgan Business Confidence was down 18.2 …
How the economic stimulus will help pharmacy
Elements of today’s economic stimulus package will directly benefit community pharmacy businesses… and also help prevent presenteeism, say pharmacy groups Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the Federal Government’s $17.6 billion …
‘Long may they prosper!’
Amid a storm of negative media about pharmacy, one writer took a different stance, asking Australians to “cherish the local chemist” In the leadup to the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement, …
Changing the code
Raft of recommendations made to help small businesses meet ‘ambiguous’ fair dismissal obligations Fairness and removal of ambiguity are the crucial outcomes for small business from an overhaul of the …
Guild joins small business digital champions project
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has become an industry association member of the Government’s Small Business Digital Champions Project The project is designed to help Australia’s small businesses unlock the …
Budget business boost
Small businesses set to benefit from a number of budget measures Community pharmacies and other small businesses have been given tax cuts and a range of other financial assistance measures …
Public is tired of AMA’s lecturing: Guild
Absence from work certificates from pharmacists are being blamed for a rise in “sickies” The ABC’s Radio National Breakfast has reported that small businesses are concerned that sick days are …
Health has greatest expectations
Small and medium business confidence across the country has reached a nine-year high, new figures reveal The December Quarter 2018 Sensis Business Index, which measures the activity, expectations and confidence …
Govt moves to help cash flow
The Morrison Government has increased the Instant Asset Write-Off threshold in a move welcomed by the Pharmacy Guild The Federal Government announced that it has raised the threshold for the …
Finance access enhanced
The Morrison Government has announced a $2 billion fund to change small business access to funding, in a move welcomed by the Guild “The Liberal National Government will significantly enhance …