With interest rate increases, fluctuating petrol prices, drought, lagging trade payments, and the credit crunch, SMEs faced tough challenges in 2007

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A passion for rural industry, working systems and keeping staff happy has led to award-winning success for a business that blossomed in a backyard

Anthony Bell doesn’t always do things like the rest of the mob

From skills shortages to climate change and global entrepreneurship, there’s plenty of action on the horizon for Aussie businesses

Imagine a business built around leasing an Aussie icon that takes 10 years of planning to get off the ground, and a entrepreneur so obsessed he won’t let anything stand in his way

In the volatile world of property investment, she teaches everyday people how to manage their budget

From a shed they could hardly afford to build, business woman Margot Spalding and her family built a furniture business that now turns over $25 million annually