• How will today's interest rate cut affect small business owners? 
• CBA says they will not consider repossessing homes before September 2021, providing relief for anyone whose home acts as collateral against their business loan
• What kind of a week have reopened Melbourne Businesses had?
• Building up your online marketing presence with Tim Reid

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Look out for a 'Gold Tick', the signal a hospitality venue has a Gold Standard Health and Wellbeing Plan, a partnership between the Victorian branch of the Australian Hotels Association and Whizz Cleaners. Gold Tick director Stephen Giderson chats with Brooke and Scott.

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• Melbourne small businesses are putting the finishing touches on their grand reopenings
• The government's hyped JobMaker scheme won't work for SMEs still in the recovery phase
• Home Office Design Ideas to Inspire Productivity
• INTERVIEW: Stephen Giderson, Gold Tick Director, on the hospitality industry’s Gold Tick: The Gold Standard Health & Wellbeing Plan is an additional commitment and accreditation layer over and above ‘COVID Safe’ plans already submitted to the government.

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Join Brooke Corte and Scott Haywood for Let's Talk Business

• Melbourne small businesses are desperately awaiting a green light to reopen after being forced to shut up shop for three months
• Businesses must ensure they're set up to take payments from a growing range of modern alternatives, including Buy Now Pay Later platforms
• Travel agents are in a world of pain and inundating the Small Business Ombudsman's office as state borders remain closed
• Mark Kagan from Family Business Australia shares advice on reopening in a COVID-Safe manner 

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Scott Haywood warns businesses owners about a new scam targeting JobKeeper 2.0 applicants.

Are small business owners in the financial position to take advantage of the investing and hiring support measures contained in last week's budget?

And we looked at 2020’s must-know business cash flow management tips with Octet

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Big Budget and Small Business. What can business owners expect in what's billed as the most important budget of our lives? Brooke and Scott examine a few of the major measures.

The government has announced it will roll out a $1.2 billion wage subsidy scheme for apprentices and trainees in a package estimated to create about 100,000 jobs. MEGT General Manager Paul Bennett speaks with Brooke and Scott. 

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Some Victorian small business owners are finally allowed to leave their homes and get back to work, so how has the transition from lockdown been for the lucky few?

Businesses must qualify again for JobKeeper 2.0 and Scott Haywood explains the updated eligibility requirements.

A united front of small business advocates and accountancy groups are pushing for the government to include a business viability voucher in the federal budget, as explained by Michael Croker from CAANZ

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• How Small Business will be included in the upcoming budget
• Scott explains how to perform a financial health check on your business
• Tech expert Charlie Brown on the government's new plan to connect hundreds of thousands of businesses to ultra high-speed gigabit NBN

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• Small Business owners who deferred their mortgage are now facing troubles when trying to secure finance
• JobKeeper 2.0 eligibility requirements
• Rus Watson from Bellarine Distillery, whose cellar door will soon reopen following Victoria's crushing lockdown

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Scott Morrison wants the Victorian government to step up and offer struggling small businesses additional financial support and Scott Haywood proposal for the premier.

Only 5% of a $40 billion pool of ultra-cheap credit has been loaded to small businesses. Judo Bank CEO Joseph Healy says it's been a difficult scheme for SMEs to make sense of.

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