Innovate and grow

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, is inviting small to medium enterprises (SMEs) working on advanced manufacturing solutions to apply for a self-paced, 10-week, online program that can help them turn an idea into an R&D opportunity.

CSIRO programme boosts SME cybersecurity

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, is helping small to medium enterprises (SMEs) enhance their research and development knowledge with a free 10-week online program focused on cyber security and digital technologies.

Cyber-proofing small business

SMEs are not immune to cyber-attacks from hackers looking to steal user data, hijack their server or hold their systems to ransom, but a new Australian tool – auCheck – will help small business owners protect themselves and fight back.

The OECD backs SMEs

The creation of a new Committee on SMEs and Entrepreneurship by the OECD highlights the organisation’s recognition of the importance of small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurship to our economies and societies, and on the critical role they can play in driving a sustainable, inclusive, green and resilient recovery.

Saving Melbourne’s small businesses 

Six more weeks of lockdown for Melbourne’s five million residents will kill off many small and medium-sized businesses unless there are critical changes to federal and state government assistance policies.