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ScotPac launches $100 million SME fund to help Australian and New Zealand businesses bounce back
Monday 8th November 2021
ScotPac launches $100 million SME fund to help Australian and New Zealand businesses bounce back
ScotPac has today announced the launch of the $100 million ScotPac SME Bounce Back Fund. The Fund is a new source of working capital for Australian and New Zealand SMEs as they rebuild their businesses after the disruption of COVID-19.The initiative will give up to 2,000 businesses fast access to additional funds to secure supply chains, facilitate growth, and ease cash flow pressures.
Dane McBeth: Not your typical bestselling author
Twenty-two-year-old Canadian entrepreneur, Dane McBeth, is a multi-best author, self-publishing expert, and course creator; a rare combination of titles for someone so young.So how did Dane create his own path by challenging the status quo, having fun, cracking the science behind self-publishing and helping over 6,000 students establish a career in self-publishing?
Funding roundup November 1 – November 5
Disability matching startup closes second raise with $2m
CARS24 raises $100 million to expand Australian operations
Splash secures backing from Amazon’s Alexa fund in $27m in series A round
NZ startup First AML raises $30 million in series B round
Quantum cybersecurity firm QuintessenceLabs raises $25 million in series B round
Australian farm workers guaranteed minimum wage in a historic ruling
Farm workers and fruit pickers will now be guaranteed a minimum wage following a major Fair Work Commission ruling in favour of the Australian Workers Union (AWU). Under the Horticulture Award minimum casual wage, workers will now be paid at least $25.41 per hour.
Tips to Reopen Your Business Safely
As Australia emerges from lockdown and employees head back to work, business owners are faced with a new raft of safety measures to prevent and respond to the ongoing Covid outbreak.There are new protocols we need in place, to keep our employees and the public safe, as we operate our businesses amidst a virus that hasn’t disappeared just yet. Re-opening is one thing, but keeping open our workspace, office, sites is what will be the ultimate key to success. In this article, we will look at what you need to consider on re-opening and tips on how to open safely.