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MARCH IS SMALL BUSINESS MONTH ✦ Building a brilliant future for small businesses Made in Australia with pride
Proudly Supporting Brilliant Small Businesses
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mall businesses have a very special place in our hearts at Brilliant-Online. And March is a month dedicated to every single small business owner in our communities. We see your efforts, value and contribution. And this month, small businesses take centre stage! While big companies may appear to dominate the landscape and the news, small businesses have always been quietly keeping the cogs in the machine going in the background. In fact, there are a lot more small businesses out there than we think. Just because they are small in size does not mean they are small in number. According to Mccrindle, small businesses dominate the Australian economy, with 99.8% of all Australian business considered a small to medium enterprise.
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Just Keep Swimming Dory got it right, and this is the mantra small businesses have branded into their psyche especially in overwhelming times - "Just keep swimming." There are no words appropriate to describe the pandemic, and 'overwhelming' comes up short. The pandemic has been affecting businesses across the world and small businesses have been especially hard-hit. Even as of now, many small businesses are still holding their breath, trying to hold the rudder steady and find new ways to adapt and grow. One would imagine some harsh statistics about how the pandemic has affected small businesses, but the numbers are actually more heartening than one would expect. It may be strange to know this, but the number of Australians running businesses has increased in spite of the pandemic. "As of June 2021, there are 2,402,254 companies in Australia, with more than 227,000 exiting the market. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, around 365,000 were
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