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Your ability to develop valuable customer relationships is important to your long-term business success. Customer retention can be improved with these 7 powerful tips, which should always be followed alongside your existing customer acquisition strategies.

More and more businesses in Australia look to alternative finance for funding, as well as to third party brokers to help them find that funding. Here, we explore why building a relationship with brokers and lenders is so important for SMEs.

As we enter the new financial year, businesses with foreign exchange exposure might be facing a tougher-than-usual time. With global growth slowing, and major central banks cutting – or considering cutting – interest rates, FX volatility might rise. Why?

You may have heard about the new 30K instant tax write-off, but how exactly does it work? Well, like the last increase, this is a temporary measure, so you'll need to act quickly to benefit. There are also a few other considerations to take into account. Take a look as we explore this boost for SMEs in more detail.

The federal budget should protect small businesses. It should offer the provisions and the safeguards required to make businesses work for our society as a whole. But, above all, it must be delivered with SME owners in mind, recognising their importance to Australia's economy. So why are so many Australian startups and small business owners feeling left out in the cold by the latest budget?

The customer must come first, every single time. Never has this adage been more true than it is in today's business landscape. Learn more about how a customer-first approach is driving business growth and altering how we approach business lending for the better.

Banjo are thrilled to announce our new partnership with The Small Business Institute

Budget 2016 looks full of promise for Australian SMEs, is it all it's cracked up to be?

Australia is in a unique position. According to various sources such as the Turnbull Innovation Paper and LinkedIn’s Cliff Rosenberg on the “brain drain”, we're simply not creating sufficient STEM talent and the talent we do create is seeking better opportunities overseas. I’m talking now about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and how as a country we need more of it. (Interestingly gender diversity is a subcategory within the lack of STEM talent – these areas are still struggling to attract and retain women throughout.)

Businesses that take on interns can take their pick from the best and brightest looking for graduate jobs.