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Rising wages and compliance costs top the list of growing cost pressures for Australian SMEs, with small and medium businesses in NSW the most heavily impacted.

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APAC corporates continue to deglobalise in order to strengthen their supply chains, while taking advantage of opportunities from the RCEP.

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Australian small and medium businesses are being urged to sit down with financial advisors and re-evaluate their options in 2023 as COVID-19 stimulus funding begins to dry up.

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A quarter of Australian SMEs added non-bank funding facilities in 2022 following the termination of government COVID stimulus and support programs, more than double the figure of 12% a year earlier. A further 20% of SMEs said they intended to divest or merge their operations in 2023.

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A new survey by SME lender ScotPac has found 100% of Australian SMEs have been hit by supply chain disruptions and, as a result, two in three are increasing their prices.

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Rising inflation and increased costs are being offset — or absorbed — by Australian SMEs quite differently, ScotPac’s latest Growth Index has revealed.

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Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is set to become the largest primary asset finance provider in the Australian market in 2023, having topped the share of finance for vehicles and equipment by small and medium sized businesses as well as commercial businesses, while significantly increasing its share with corporate customers.

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In this feature, we're taking a look at the issues that are currently facing SMEs as we approach the holiday season and what brokers can do to help them out.

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