Experience Co strikes $110m skydive divestment deal with New Zealand's Inflite Group

Experience Co strikes $110m skydive divestment deal with New Zealand's Inflite Group

Adventure tourism operator Experience Co (ASX: EXP) is selling its Australian and New Zealand skydive and aviation businesses to privately held New Zealand company Inflite ...

ASIC bid to wind up Capital Guard after fake Macquarie Bank bond scheme hits investors

ASIC bid to wind up Capital Guard after fake Macquarie Bank bond scheme hits investors

The corporate regulator has applied to the Supreme Court of NSW to ...

Adelaide Fringe smashes record with $238.3 million in total economic expenditure

Adelaide Fringe smashes record with $238.3 million in total economic expenditure

Adelaide Fringe delivered a record $238.3 million in total expendit...

Pilot Energy’s green transition up in smoke as voluntary administrators appointed

Pilot Energy’s green transition up in smoke as voluntary administrators appointed

Junior energy company Pilot Energy (ASX: PGY) has been placed into ...

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Tinybeans appoints former Qeepsake CEO Tracy Cho to lead family tech platform from the US

Tinybeans appoints former Qeepsake CEO Tracy Cho to lead family tech platform from the US

Family technology platform Tinybeans Group (ASX: TNY) has appointed...

Voting rights stripped from HK-linked Northern Minerals shareholders after disposal deadline passes

Voting rights stripped from HK-linked Northern Minerals shareholders after disposal deadline passes

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has issued interim directions stripp...

WAM Active trumps market with 75.5pc portfolio return its strongest year since inception

WAM Active trumps market with 75.5pc portfolio return its strongest year since inception

Wilson Asset Management's listed investment company WAM Active ...

Mayfield Group acquires Nilsen switchboards division for $4m to wrap up its third deal in 12 months

Mayfield Group acquires Nilsen switchboards division for $4m to wrap up its third deal in 12 months

Adelaide-based electrical infrastructure group Mayfield Group Holdi...

Janus Electric locks in $10m US truck conversion order as California incentives fuel demand

Janus Electric locks in $10m US truck conversion order as California incentives fuel demand

Electric truck technology company Janus Electric (ASX: JNS) has sec...

Steve Baxter's defence tech VC firm Beaten Zone surpasses $20 million in committed capital

Steve Baxter's defence tech VC firm Beaten Zone surpasses $20 million in committed capital

Brisbane-based Beaten Zone Venture Partners, Australia's first ...

Australians spend more than $7 billion during FIFA World Cup as pubs and takeaway shops cash in

Australians spend more than $7 billion during FIFA World Cup as pubs and takeaway shops cash in

Australian consumers have spent more than $7 billion during the 202...

City Chic's underlying profit surges up to 95pc as local market growth offsets US tariff pullback

City Chic's underlying profit surges up to 95pc as local market growth offsets US tariff pullback

Plus-size fashion retailer City Chic Collective (ASX: CCX) is on tr...

Rural Funds Group offloads four cattle properties and water rights for $255.6m at a healthy premium

Rural Funds Group offloads four cattle properties and water rights for $255.6m at a healthy premium

Rural Funds Group (ASX: RFF) has exchanged contracts on the sale of...

Arkeus launches new Gold Coast manufacturing facility two months after closing $25m capital raise

Arkeus launches new Gold Coast manufacturing facility two months after closing $25m capital raise

Just two months after closing a $25 million Series A capital raise,...

ESGAgent.ai closes seed round led by DNX Ventures as compliance demands mount for heavy industry

ESGAgent.ai closes seed round led by DNX Ventures as compliance demands mount for heavy industry

Brisbane-based ESGAgent.ai has closed a seed funding round led by U...

SEC Victoria and Italy's Energy Dome to build an ‘Australian first’ battery facility near Morwell

SEC Victoria and Italy's Energy Dome to build an ‘Australian first’ battery facility near Morwell

The State Electricity Commission (SEC) of Victoria and Milan-based ...

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Entrepreneurship

Tradie brothers take their men's skincare brand Frasé Skin to US as crowdfunding nears $800,000

Tradie brothers take their men's skincare brand Frasé Skin to US as crowdfunding nears $800,000

Dubbo-founded men's skincare brand Frasé Skin is gearing up to launch in the United States this weekend with co-founders Beau and Zac London planning a Time...

From $13,000 to $20 million: how a PCOS diagnosis and a pair of scissors built Xali Organics

From $13,000 to $20 million: how a PCOS diagnosis and a pair of scissors built Xali Organics

Inspired by a medical diagnosis and driven by innovative marketing,...

AI-powered biotech startup Gutgutgoose accepted into Silicon Valley's Y Combinator

AI-powered biotech startup Gutgutgoose accepted into Silicon Valley's Y Combinator

Queensland-based biotech startup Gutgutgoose has been accepted into...

Scalare Partners rescues Fishburners from administration, boosting its presence in the startup space

Scalare Partners rescues Fishburners from administration, boosting its presence in the startup space

Sydney-based startup accelerator and investor Scalare Partners...

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How cost pressures are reshaping risk management for SMEs
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Avia Homes founder Tom Egan’s trailblazing growth shakes up industry norms

Avia Homes founder Tom Egan’s trailblazing growth shakes up industry norms

Listed among the fastest growing builders in Queensland with more t...

Nakie recycles 6 million plastic bottles, plants 700,000 trees through record Black Friday sale

Nakie recycles 6 million plastic bottles, plants 700,000 trees through record Black Friday sale

While Black Friday is a major contributor to landfill waste gl...

How Adriana Oreskov is bridging insurance gaps for AFL and NRL players

How Adriana Oreskov is bridging insurance gaps for AFL and NRL players

Three years after helping former West Coast Eagles player Patrick B...

How Humpty Doo Barramundi went from a couple of ponds to becoming Australia's largest producer

How Humpty Doo Barramundi went from a couple of ponds to becoming Australia's largest producer

On the same land where a rice project had gone into liquidation in ...

Mergers and Acquisitions

Experience Co strikes $110m skydive divestment deal with New Zealand's Inflite Group

Experience Co strikes $110m skydive divestment deal with New Zealand's Inflite Group

Adventure tourism operator Experience Co (ASX: EXP) is selling its ...

Mayfield Group acquires Nilsen switchboards division for $4m to wrap up its third deal in 12 months

Mayfield Group acquires Nilsen switchboards division for $4m to wrap up its third deal in 12 months

Adelaide-based electrical infrastructure group Mayfield Group Holdi...

British giant RSK Group snaps up Perth ecological consultancy Biota Environmental Sciences

British giant RSK Group snaps up Perth ecological consultancy Biota Environmental Sciences

UK-headquartered environmental services group RSK has acquired Pert...

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Retail

Australians spend more than $7 billion during FIFA World Cup as pubs and takeaway shops cash in

Australians spend more than $7 billion during FIFA World Cup as pubs and takeaway shops cash in

Australian consumers have spent more than $7 billion during the 202...

City Chic's underlying profit surges up to 95pc as local market growth offsets US tariff pullback

City Chic's underlying profit surges up to 95pc as local market growth offsets US tariff pullback

Plus-size fashion retailer City Chic Collective (ASX: CCX) is on tr...

Adairs flags impairment of up to $68m as Focus on Furniture drags on group earnings

Adairs flags impairment of up to $68m as Focus on Furniture drags on group earnings

Homewares and furniture retailer Adairs Limited (ASX: ADH) has warn...

SquishOz toy brand lands national Coles deal as Gold Coast founders scale licensing play

SquishOz toy brand lands national Coles deal as Gold Coast founders scale licensing play

Gold Coast-based consumer products company Scout.Supply has secured...

Opinion

The fluency trap: managing the most insidious risk in the AI era

The fluency trap: managing the most insidious risk in the AI era

In July last year, Deloitte Australia handed the federal government...

The lending risk most business owners aren't pricing in

The lending risk most business owners aren't pricing in

If you're planning to borrow in the current market, there's...

Battle of the Claws: the winning move in AI agent war is the one no one is selling

Battle of the Claws: the winning move in AI agent war is the one no one is selling

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Capital Raising & Finance

Steve Baxter's defence tech VC firm Beaten Zone surpasses $20 million in committed capital

Steve Baxter's defence tech VC firm Beaten Zone surpasses $20 million in committed capital

Brisbane-based Beaten Zone Venture Partners, Australia's first ...

ESGAgent.ai closes seed round led by DNX Ventures as compliance demands mount for heavy industry

ESGAgent.ai closes seed round led by DNX Ventures as compliance demands mount for heavy industry

Brisbane-based ESGAgent.ai has closed a seed funding round led by U...

FDC Consolidated Holdings makes strong ASX debut as shares surge 17pc after $969m float

FDC Consolidated Holdings makes strong ASX debut as shares surge 17pc after $969m float

Shares in FDC Consolidated Holdings (ASX: FDC) made a strong debut ...

Fintech LendUs raises $5m in seed round to embed home loan comparisons into consumer platforms

Fintech LendUs raises $5m in seed round to embed home loan comparisons into consumer platforms

Sydney-based embedded finance startup LendUs has raised $5 million ...

Property

Rural Funds Group offloads four cattle properties and water rights for $255.6m at a healthy premium

Rural Funds Group offloads four cattle properties and water rights for $255.6m at a healthy premium

Rural Funds Group (ASX: RFF) has exchanged contracts on the sale of...

Centennial teams up with Pirrama Capital to swoop on St Marys site for $102m industrial project

Centennial teams up with Pirrama Capital to swoop on St Marys site for $102m industrial project

Property investment manager Centennial has teamed up with boutique ...

Billbergia and Metrics Credit win approval for $3.5 billion twin-tower project in Sydney CBD

Billbergia and Metrics Credit win approval for $3.5 billion twin-tower project in Sydney CBD

Billbergia Group and alternative asset manager Metrics Credit Partn...

Australian commercial property deals surge 16pc to $19b as domestic buyers fill offshore gap

Australian commercial property deals surge 16pc to $19b as domestic buyers fill offshore gap

Australian commercial property transactions reached $19 billio...

Leadership

Tinybeans appoints former Qeepsake CEO Tracy Cho to lead family tech platform from the US

Tinybeans appoints former Qeepsake CEO Tracy Cho to lead family tech platform from the US

Family technology platform Tinybeans Group (ASX: TNY) has appointed...

WiseTech founder Richard White steps down as chair amid 'unnecessary distraction' of controversies

WiseTech founder Richard White steps down as chair amid 'unnecessary distraction' of controversies

WiseTech Global (ASX: WTC) founder Richard White has resigned as ex...

Independent media agency Yango appoints Amy Carr as inaugural managing director

Independent media agency Yango appoints Amy Carr as inaugural managing director

Sydney-headquartered independent media agency Yango has promoted Am...

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Health

OncoSil Medical files for FDA approval of bile duct cancer device in major US milestone

OncoSil Medical files for FDA approval of bile duct cancer device in major US milestone

Sydney-based medical device company OncoSil Medical (ASX: OSL) has ...

BellaSeno ramps up human trials of regenerative breast scaffolds after Johnson & Johnson partnerhsip

BellaSeno ramps up human trials of regenerative breast scaffolds after Johnson & Johnson partnerhsip

Clinical-stage medtech BellaSeno, a company founded in Australia an...

Biome Australia shares surge 17pc as probiotics firm tracks toward record full-year revenue

Biome Australia shares surge 17pc as probiotics firm tracks toward record full-year revenue

Shares in probiotics company Biome Australia (ASX: BIO) surged&nbsp...

Echo IQ raises $110 million to fuel US expansion and cardiovascular AI pipeline

Echo IQ raises $110 million to fuel US expansion and cardiovascular AI pipeline

Sydney-based medtech Echo IQ Limited (ASX: EIQ) has secured firm co...

SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Pilot Energy’s green transition up in smoke as voluntary administrators appointed

Pilot Energy’s green transition up in smoke as voluntary administrators appointed

Junior energy company Pilot Energy (ASX: PGY) has been placed into ...

Funky Food partners with Sonoma to rescue imperfect artisan bread across three cities

Funky Food partners with Sonoma to rescue imperfect artisan bread across three cities

Brisbane food rescue company Funky Food has partnered with Sydney a...

Australia's home battery installations triple to 221,000 in 2025 as storage goes mainstream

Australia's home battery installations triple to 221,000 in 2025 as storage goes mainstream

The number of solar battery systems installed across Australian hom...

Sicona Battery Technologies secures $45m ARENA grant to build silicon anode facility at Port Kembla

Sicona Battery Technologies secures $45m ARENA grant to build silicon anode facility at Port Kembla

Illawarra-based battery technology company Sicona Battery Technolog...

Technology

Arkeus launches new Gold Coast manufacturing facility two months after closing $25m capital raise

Arkeus launches new Gold Coast manufacturing facility two months after closing $25m capital raise

Just two months after closing a $25 million Series A capital raise,...

Robotics firm Emesent secures $10m in venture debt from NRFC in a first for the government body

Robotics firm Emesent secures $10m in venture debt from NRFC in a first for the government body

Brisbane-based robotics and spatial computing company Emesent has s...

BellaSeno ramps up human trials of regenerative breast scaffolds after Johnson & Johnson partnerhsip

BellaSeno ramps up human trials of regenerative breast scaffolds after Johnson & Johnson partnerhsip

Clinical-stage medtech BellaSeno, a company founded in Australia an...

DorsaVi licenses robotics IP from Singapore's NTU in push beyond wearable sensors

DorsaVi licenses robotics IP from Singapore's NTU in push beyond wearable sensors

Melbourne-based wearable sensing and robotics company DorsaVi Limit...

Legal

ASIC bid to wind up Capital Guard after fake Macquarie Bank bond scheme hits investors

ASIC bid to wind up Capital Guard after fake Macquarie Bank bond scheme hits investors

The corporate regulator has applied to the Supreme Court of NSW to ...

ASX gets a lashing as Federal Court slaps $20.5m penalty for misleading market on CHESS project

ASX gets a lashing as Federal Court slaps $20.5m penalty for misleading market on CHESS project

ASX Limited (ASX: ASX) was given a lashing by a Federal Court justi...

Mercer Super hit with $10.3m penalty for failing to report serious member service issues to ASIC

Mercer Super hit with $10.3m penalty for failing to report serious member service issues to ASIC

Mercer Superannuation (Australia) has been ordered to pay $10.3 mil...

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Marketing

ARN Media offloads Cody Hong Kong for $5.6m as non-core asset clean-up nears finish line

ARN Media offloads Cody Hong Kong for $5.6m as non-core asset clean-up nears finish line

Owner of the KIIS radio network, ARN Media (ASX: A1N), has agreed t...

Independent media agencies bank on momentum driving stronger advertising spending in the year ahead

Independent media agencies bank on momentum driving stronger advertising spending in the year ahead

Six in 10 Australian independent media agencies are forecasting fla...

OMG Group sales surge 57pc as matcha craze fuels one of company's strongest months on record

OMG Group sales surge 57pc as matcha craze fuels one of company's strongest months on record

Consumer brands group OMG Group (ASX: OMG) has boosted annual net s...

Zip Co settles trademark dispute with Firstmac, acquiring 'Zip' mark to keep brand name in Australia

Zip Co settles trademark dispute with Firstmac, acquiring 'Zip' mark to keep brand name in Australia

Buy-now-pay-later provider Zip Co Limited (ASX: ZIP) has settled it...

Arts & Culture

Adelaide Fringe smashes record with $238.3 million in total economic expenditure

Adelaide Fringe smashes record with $238.3 million in total economic expenditure

Adelaide Fringe delivered a record $238.3 million in total expendit...

Aussies flock to box office in May as digital engagement lures 5.9 million to major features

Aussies flock to box office in May as digital engagement lures 5.9 million to major features

Australians’ love affair with the big screen reignited in May...

Vinyl Group snares its second acquisition this week after scooping up Time Out Australia

Vinyl Group snares its second acquisition this week after scooping up Time Out Australia

Digital media company Vinyl Group (ASX: VNL) has signed an agreemen...

Gold Coast launches search for development partners to deliver Baz Luhrmann-backed Miami Arts Depot

Gold Coast launches search for development partners to deliver Baz Luhrmann-backed Miami Arts Depot

The City of Gold Coast has launched an expression of interest (EOI)...