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Small Business Rent Squeeze

Small businesses are competing on an unequal playing field with shopping centre owners and bigger retail players in negotiating rents, according to the head of the Council of Small Business...

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Investors Today Vote On Coles Buyout

Investors in Coles Group Limited will today vote on a proposal by chairman, Rick Allert, to enable Wesfarmers to acquire the Group under a Scheme of Arrangement which will see...

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Business Rent Rise Tipped

The crash in commercial property vacancy rates has the potential to drive rents up, with tightening of capacity occurring to some degree across all Australian states and territories, according to...

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Gerry Groans: High Rents Forcing Bricks And Mortar Halt

Bricks and mortar was never cheap as Gerry Harvey has found out. This week, he bemoaned the high renting costs in Australia, which he claims is preventing expansion of his...

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Is Big W & Masters Set To Flogged Just Like Dick Smith?

Woolworths who are struggling with their Masters and Big W stores could consider flogging the two retail groups in the same way that they offloaded their Dick Smith assets claim...

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Hotel Industry Buying Up HD TVs And Control4

Hotels are installing thousands of display screen and in room automation systems in an effort to improve guest comforts lower operating costs and beat the phasing out of traditional CRT...

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COMMENT: Mosman Faces Being Wiped Out Within 12 Months

Mosman is facing the real possibility that they could lose their identity in an amalgamated Council, due in part to the head in the sand lobbying being conducted by current...

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Sydney CBD Commercial Market To Grow Due To Shortages

BIS Shrapnel who have recently conducted a review of the Sydney property market claim that Sydney CBD will be one of the few Australian CBD areas to witness commercial property...

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