• Business

    ANZ’s four-day work week pilot success a “game changer” for how we work


    Joe Jiang |  July 5, 2023


    Successful trials of the four-day work week in Australia and New Zealand have signalled a need to transform the way we work to achieve sustainable benefits for the employee, the organisation and society, RMIT Professor Zhou (Joe) Jiang, explains.


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  • Finance

    Australian middle market continues to power ahead as the engine room of economy


    Mick Wright-Smith |  June 30, 2023


    Banks face several key challenges in lending to middle market companies, Mick Wright-Smith, Co-Founder and Partner, Epsilon Direct Lending explains.


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  • Digital transformation

    Embrace digital transformation now or risk falling behind


    Adrian Floate |  June 26, 2023


    Businesses of all sizes need to embrace digital transformation – especially in how they make/accept invoice payments and how this impacts cash flow – as a means of survival in today’s uncertain economic environment, Adrian Floate Managing Director of Spenda explains.


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  • Retail

    Retail recession will be life-changing for consumers


    First 5000 |  June 23, 2023


    According to customer experience expert, Lyndall Spooner of Fifth Dimension, the retail recession will be life-changing in a positive way for consumers. While brands are going under and there is blood on the streets, consumers will be the winners.


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  • Digital transformation

    SMES to benefit from staff training, digital investment


    First 5000 |  June 22, 2023


    Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) is encouraging SMEs businesses to act now if they want to benefit from a new tax incentive to train their employees and digitise their business.


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  • Cyber security Have your say

    ASIC invites Australian entities to assess their cyber resilience


    First 5000 |  June 21, 2023


    ASIC-regulated entities, including mid market businesses, publicly listed companies, other entities holding licences and authorisations, are invited to take part in a survey to measure cyber resilience in Australia’s corporate and financial markets. 


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  • Human resources

    Changes to pay secrecy explained


    Sean Melbourne |  June 14, 2023


    Penalties for pay secrecy clauses have been updated. Sean Melbourne from professional services company Source explains what employers and employees can and can’t do when it comes to pay secrecy.


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  • Superannuation

    Federal Government announces payday super from 1 July 2026


    First 5000 |  June 1, 2023


    The Albanese Government has announced it will require super to be paid at the same time as salary and wages from 1 July 2026.


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Latest News

  • Help Save the World at Work

    Belinda Lyone     |      October 4, 2017

    Innovation and investment in environmentally friendly products should not be limited to the home. Belinda Lyone explains how you can be kinder to the environment while at work.

  • There’s nothing middling about being in the middle – especially when it comes to business

    Christopher Zinn     |      October 2, 2017

    We need to reclaim back the middle, or, if you like, the average, and not be ashamed to stand proudly between the better identified and represented, but no more worthy totems of small and big business.

  • New Grants Announced for NSW/Israel Innovation Projects

    First 5000     |      September 27, 2017

    The NSW Minister for Innovation Matt Kean has announced one-off grants of up to $250,000 for New South Wales firms to support Research and Development undertaken with Israeli partners.

  • Innovation is the Issue

    Peter Carre     |      September 25, 2017

    The recent GAP Summit highlighted innovation as the key to growing mid-sized business, just as it is to success in the wider Australian economy. The process for harnessing innovation itself is not easy to define, with all of its various components, but it has an intrinsic order and architecture that can be detected, excavated and explored in order to make the most of our national resources.

  • Federal Government Announces Space Agency

    First 5000     |      September 25, 2017

    After years of lobbying from the nation’s scientists and space industry advocates, the Australian Government has announced the establishment of a National Space Agency. The announcement coincides with the staging of the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide where the government and opposition will lay out details of their plans.

  • Engineering Australia’s Future

    Michael Heimlich     |      September 25, 2017

    The American engineer and author Henry Petroski once remarked that ‘science is about knowing’ while ‘engineering is about doing’. While the importance of science in the STEM agenda is routinely emphasised by politicians and educators alike, the crucial role played by engineers is all too often ignored to the detriment of Australia’s future.

  • Labor’s Ed Husic Criticises Government Innovation Strategy

    First 5000     |      September 20, 2017

    Labor’s Shadow Minister for the Digital Economy, Ed Husic, has criticised the government’s approach to economic innovation at an AFR Innovation Summit in Sydney. In a keynote address, he called for ‘cross silo’ conversations to prepare industries for technological change and debate around a ‘smarter nation’ to gain community support.

  • Sinodinos Announces Digital Review

    First 5000     |      September 20, 2017

    Senator Sinodinos has released a consultation paper on the Government’s new Digital Economy Strategy, which is due for release in the New Year. The paper highlights the need for improved digital infrastructure and business capability, better digital skills and greater social inclusion.

  • Secret of success for midsize business: family entrepreneurs

    Albrecht von der Hagen     |      September 13, 2017

    The Mittelstand is a unique phenomenon from which Germany’s economy has been built. Albrecht von der Hagen, Association of Family-Owned Businesses Chairman addressed the GAP Summit on the role family-owned midsize businesses play.

  • Public versus Private Cloud

    Andrew Tucker     |      September 13, 2017

    More and more businesses are moving away from on-premise servers and infrastructure, and instead adopting a total cloud IT environment. Andrew Tucker CEO of ITonCloud explains the benefits and challenges of public versus private cloud services.

  • Think digital or become history

    Ed Husic MP     |      September 12, 2017

    Technological change will shape the future of work. The Honourable Ed Husic MP spoke at the GAP Summit about the need for Australian SME’s to engage in digital transformation and to continue to innovate to remain relevant. His full speech can be read here.

  • Australian Defence Industry – Our National Endeavour

    Christopher Pyne MP     |      September 12, 2017

    Entrepreneurial midsize businesses will be crucial to our future wellbeing; to defence and the economy. Christopher Pyne MP was a keynote speaker at the GAP Summit, where he discussed the opportunities and challenges facing midsize business.

  • Hidden Giants: The Future of Australia’s Midsize Business

    Helen Hull     |      September 9, 2017

    A Vision for Australia – Global Access Partners 8th Annual Economic Summit will be held on 7-8 September in the NSW Legislative Assembly Chamber. Ahead of the Summit we are highlight the thoughts of key players.

  • Barriers to growth – challenges for midsize business

    Su-Ming Wong     |      September 9, 2017

    Australia’s midsize businesses are facing their own unique barriers to growth. Champ Ventures Chief Executive Officer, Su-Ming Wong, outlines the five biggest challenges effecting the midsize business sector.

  • Mid-sized business and barriers to growth

    Mark Cully     |      September 8, 2017

    Australia’s business profile is one of hundreds of thousands of small businesses, tens of thousands of mid-sized businesses and thousands of large businesses. Mark Cully, Chief Economist Department of Industry, Innovation and Science presents to the GAP Summit.