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Raptis & Sons traces its history to the 1950s.

One of Australia’s largest seafood companies goes into administration

Australia’s largest wild-caught prawn operation has gone into voluntary administration, citing a difficult season last year.

  • Dominique Tassell

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Will setting up a donation to a rival footy team, political party you hate, or cause you passionately disagree with, boost your chances of hitting your New Year’s goals?

Want to stick to your New Year’s resolutions? Here’s how economics can help

If by the second Friday of January — known as “Quitter’s Day” — you’ve dropped those ambitions, you’ll also be in good company.

  • Millie Muroi
Chris Marco outside the WA Supreme Court.

Investment guru guilty of fleecing investors of $30 million, assistant acquitted

The verdict comes after a marathon trial and almost a week’s deliberation by the jury.

  • Hannah Murphy
Left: Sushi Sushi co-founder Susie Wong thought the company’s 2019 sale would allow her to retire at 50; instead there was a “train wreck”. Right:: Anna Kasman contends she helped turn the business into a fast food giant.

One man, two ex-wives and the $50m sushi sale that changed everything

The trio helped make sushi an Aussie lunchtime staple – so how did their intertwined personal and business relations end up frayed – and in court?

  • Tom Cowie and Stephen Brook
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Small business smarter: how to launch your big idea

Expert advice on turning your dream into a reality, from growth sectors to how much funding you need.

Sixty per cent of businesses surveyed by NAB say they plan to grow their business in the next year.

Businesses show surprising confidence despite inflation woes

While a significant number of businesses are struggling, 60 per cent of companies say they are planning to expand in the next year, a survey shows.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Administrator appointments have soared over the past 12 months as businesses struggle due to the soft economy.

‘We’ve lost a cylinder in a four-cylinder engine’: Insolvency help soars as economy struggles

There’s been an “astonishing” increase in the number of administrators appointed to struggling firms, in a further sign the overall economy is struggling.

  • Shane Wright
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A lofty life won’t prevent knitted brows

Could be time to zip it.

Changes aimed at making savings and mortgage accounts easier to understand so people can shift to better products are being put in place by Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Australians have been short-changed billions. Now banks are being forced to change

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is unveiling changes to how banks inform their customers on everything from deposits to mortgage rates, so people can make better financial choices.

  • Shane Wright
Small business has grown as a sector since the pandemic, but so have the challenges ahead.

Six actions business owners can take to survive economic turmoil

Don’t wait to be told we’re officially in recession. Start acting now to ensure you come out the other side of what could be a prolonged downturn.

  • Michael Fingland