Small businesses get larger slice of government procurement
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Queensland's small to medium businesses are reaping the rewards of the Palaszczuk Government's new procurement targets.
Procurement Minister Mick de Brenni said under the...
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How growth capital is helping an Australian manufacturer go global
There’s a particular kind of ingenuity that flourishes in regional Australia. Away from the noise of major business centres, founders build companies that quietly become world leaders in their field, solving deep specialised problems that global markets didn’t know could be solved. Modra Technology, based in Warragul in regional Victoria, is one of those companies.
