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August 2021 - on SBS World News

This month we meet the family behind a Melbourne garment factory, that's producing an all-Australian fashion range designed to help local manufacturers survive the pandemic. We also meet a Sydney restaurant owner who has battled on through several lockdowns and has now given up. Small Business Secrets stories, on SBS World News Saturday nights from 6.30 pm. 

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Why buying local matters to Australia's fashion businesses now more than ever

With COVID-19 lockdowns impacting manufacturers and more than two-thirds of the clothing sold in Australia made in China, supporting local producers has never been...
7 Aug - 7:21am

Adetokunboh's restaurant was losing $35k a month during Sydney’s lockdown. He had no choice but to close

With much of Australia's east coast in lockdown, hospitality sector losses continue to balloon. Many restaurants in NSW have reached breaking point and are still...

July 2021 - on SBS World News

This month we catchup with a social enterprise offering hope to the homeless, we find out how NSW restaurants are adapting to survive during lockdown, and meet a refugee-led cleaning business that's helping to keep essential workers safe. We speak with small business owners struggling to make ends meet, and find out why prices for retro and used cars are accelerating. Small Business Secrets stories on SBS World News, Saturdays from 630 pm.

31 Jul - 8:50am

The project addressing Australia's homelessness crisis, one box at a time

Australian social enterprise The Good Box creates unique gift boxes for people experiencing homelessness across the country. Here, SBS meets its founders and those...
26 Jul - 11:13am

As hospitality lockdown losses surpass $1 billion in NSW, restaurants find new ways to survive.

With NSW in its fifth week of lockdown, the hospitality sector faces huge losses with the cost of closed dining rooms surpassing $1 billion so far. To survive,...
17 Jul - 10:42am

The cleaners helping to keep Sydney's essential workers safe during lockdown

With new coronavirus exposure sites listed every day, armies of cleaners are working around the clock to keep Sydneysiders safe. One cleaning business, founded by...
10 Jul - 7:05am

The NSW business owners struggling to make ends meet during Sydney's extended lockdown

Thousands of small business owners are battling to stay afloat during the extended Greater Sydney coronavirus lockdown. Even with government support available,...
5 Jul - 10:05am

Perry’s business celebrates his love of retro cars. He didn’t expect prices to skyrocket during the pandemic

Australia's second-hand car market is booming, with investors paying top prices for older models, amid a global shortage of new cars and rising demand for off...

June 2021 - on SBS World News

This month we meet two Arabic-speaking mentors supporting refugees in their local communty. We reveal tax tips for small business after a full year of COVID restrictions and incentives. We visit a social enterprise florist in Melbourne and see how mice are impacting rice growers in the Riverina. Small Business Secrets on SBS World News, Saturday nights from 6.30 pm. 

28 Jun - 2:38pm

Melbourne lockdowns to have lasting impact on young people from migrant backgrounds

Exclusive: As Sydney remains in lockdown, a report due for release next month says many young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds in Melbourne could suffer...
19 Jun - 9:38am

A mentoring program for men is helping refugees to open up about their trauma

Men can be reluctant to seek help with mental health issues, including those from refugee backgrounds. A new mentoring program for Arabic-speaking men in Sydney...
12 Jun - 6:53am

Flavio has tax questions after another year of COVID. Here's what he and other business owners should know

Australia's small businesses have endured another turbulent financial year, and with a raft of legislative changes in the past 12 months, some owners are unsure...
5 Jun - 6:44am

Staff at this unique Melbourne flower shop are grateful it can remain open during lockdown

Social enterprise The Beautiful Bunch employs women from migrant and refugee backgrounds. At a time when many are struggling to find work, the women remain...
4 Jun - 6:04am

Australia's rice farmers were counting on a huge harvest. Then the mice arrived

Farmers in the Riverina region of New South Wales are celebrating a bumper rice harvest. But a mouse plague is raising fears about the region’s long-awaited revival.

SBS NEWS SPECIAL - HARD RAIN

This SBS NEWS SPECIAL HARD RAIN presented by Ricardo Goncalves, investigates the cost of recent extreme weather events: a powerful cyclone and record flooding, on a range of businesses across NSW and WA. With the damage bill predicted to surpass $1 billion, the program asks why these events happened and whether they will keep happening.  

30 May - 6:40am

A freak cyclone destroyed Ian's pub. A warming climate could mean more are on their way

When Cyclone Seroja unleashed on Western Australia earlier this year, many residents experienced a freak weather event for the first time. Weeks later, they are...

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