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How small businesses hit by Covid-19 can access support

As lockdown measures are expanded across Australia in response to Covid-19, an increasing number of businesses are finding themselves affected by the economic fall out. The government has announced a stimulus package aimed at keeping people in jobs and helping small and medium sized businesses through the challenging months ahead, including the second stage outlined […]

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Petrol and convenience pro-active on strict virus measures

As Covid-19 continues to spread, people are encouraged to stay at home unless visiting essential services such as petrol stations, supermarkets or pharmacies. But given the emerging evidence of the virus to live on surfaces for long periods – some estimates suggest it can live for up to 72 hours, and with the need for

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Ombudsman calls for more small business support for Covid-19 hit

As the economic fall out from Covid-19 continues to hit small businesses particularly hard, key figures are calling for more support. Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell has called on Scott Morrison to ask for additional measures, including for the estimated 1.4 sole traders operating in Australia. It comes as businesses continue

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Government stimulus package to help small business through Covid-19 hit

The federal government has this morning unveiled its stimulus package, in an attempt to keep Australia out of a recession as COVID-19 cases continue to increase. The $17.6 billion package, worth just over 1% of Australia’s total GDP, will be rolled out over the next three years, $11 billion of which will be released by

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OTR open third Victorian store

Convenience chain OTR have celebrated the opening of their third Victorian store today. The Horsham store will bring 24/7 trading and well known brands to the regional Wimmera region, located between Melbourne and Adelaide. The multi-million dollar development includes barista made C Coffee, OhJ! juice, Krispy Kreme doughnuts, Moe’s New York style hot dogs, as

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SPAR Awards light up Sunshine Coast

It was SPAR Australia’s supplier night of nights on the Sunshine Coast recently, where SPAR’s success was on full display as they celebrated being ‘better together’. The retailer drew a large crowd to the Novotel Sunshine Coast Resort, Lily’s on the Lagoon to join SPAR Australia managing director Lou Jardin, who gave a run down

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New forecourt technology set to change refuelling

Digital interface technology company Adverto are set to launch a pilot trial of their first touch to order software at selected petrol sites. The UniFixed and UniTopper models, which can be fitted internally/externally to new and existing pumps, will allow owners to control what is displayed. Including by allowing them to display paid advertising. Consumers

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OTR add big names to new Port Lincoln store

OTR (On the Run) will officially open their second Port Lincoln store this week. And the convenience chain are boasting some big drawcards in the multi-million dollar development, which will sell both Hungry Jack’s burgers and Krispy Kreme dougnuts. The Hallet Place store will also have 24/7 trading, barista made coffee featuring C Coffee, New

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Gun fired in Melbourne supermarket hold-up

A gun has reportedly gone off during an attempted armed hold-up of an IGA supermarket in Melbourne’s north. Police have been told three men entered the Hadfield business at about 8.45pm on Sunday night and threatened two attendants with a gun, demanding cash. It’s understood the attendants refused and instead used metal poles to fight

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Australia’s first Superspar store opens

The first Superspar store is now open on the Gold Coast. Spar Australia officially opened the larger format store – known in Europe as Eurospar, in Crestwood Plaze, Molendinar earlier this year. The larger format store is catered towards families and features both an expanded range of stock across fresh food, groceries, non-foods and also

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AACS back calls for least-cost routing

The Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) have backed calls from major retail associations for the Reserve Bank to mandate least-cost routing for merchants. C&I Magazine reported last week that ACAPMA, ARA, COSBOA and MGA had formed the Fairer Merchant Fees Alliance to push for the RBA to reduce merchant fees for ‘tap and go’

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