Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose.

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #263 Broadcast date: 20May25 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Experts and Special Guests live from Accounting & Business Expo 2025 Part 2 Welcome to Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose. I’m Alexi Boyd and I’m thrilled to be bringing you this special podcast – part 2 - recorded on the floor of the...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #262 Broadcast date: 29 Apr 2025 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Experts and Special Guests live from Accounting & Business Expo 2025 Part 1 Welcome to Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose. I’m Alexi Boyd and I’m thrilled to be bringing you this special podcast – part 1 - recorded on the floor of...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #260 Broadcast date: 1 Apr 2025 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Experts and Special Guests live from the Press Gallery, Parliament House There is not a lot of small businesses that wait with bated breath each budget night for what is in it for them, but there is a handful of experts; peak bodies who meticul...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #259 Broadcast date: 25 Mar 2025 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Hon Julie Collins MP , Minister for Small Business and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry The national small business strategy was released by the federal minister the Hon Julie Collins MP in Feb 2025. Treasury’s media release de...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #258 Broadcast date: 18 Mar 2025 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Dr Sherman Chan, Chief Economist at Business NSW Dr Sherman Chan is one of those few economists who, when they explain a complex problem, it makes sense. That’s why whenever you attend a BusinessNSW event where she is presenting her findings o...

Small Biz Matters: Real Biz Stories ~ Episode #257         Broadcast date: 11 March 2025 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Simon Potts Owner of Boxes for Business Here on Small Biz Matters Real Biz Stories we’re bringing you small business success stories designed to inspire, guide and give you the motivation to achieve your smallbiz dreams. From super heroes w...

Small Biz Matters: RealBizStories ~ Episode #256         Broadcast date: 25 Feb 2025 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Craig Rochat , Executive Director Land of Plenty Food Group There has been a myriad of government incentives and schemes to bring back manufacturing in Australia, but for some successful businesses, it never really stopped. Those with the exper...

Small Biz Matters: RealBizStories ~ Episode #255         Broadcast date: 11 Feb 2025 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Petko Petkov , FoodTech Founder of CHEFIN Welcome to 2025! Here on Small Biz Matters we’re bringing you small business success stories designed to inspire, guide and give you the motivation to achieve your smallbiz dreams. There’s loads of stor...

Small Biz Matters: People Policy Purpose ~ Episode #254         Broadcast date: 4 Feb 2025 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Lewis Rangott , Executive Director, Corruption Prevention, ICAC For those of us old enough to remember the 90’s, there used to be a political tagline – Keeping the Bastards Honest.  It belonged to a political party which has since disappe...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #253      Broadcast date: 10 Dec 2024 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Anna Booth , Fair Work Ombudsman It’s been a big year for Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose and we’re finishing it off with a bang! This week we welcome Anna Booth , Australia’s Fair Work Ombudsman to discuss the changes to indus...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #252      Broadcast date: 26 Nov 2024 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Patrick Coghlan , Chief Executive Officer CreditorWatch There’s a lot of talk in the media right now about the state of small business. If you read across the mastheads and articles covering corporate and personal insolvencies, there’s al...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #251      Broadcast date: 19 Nov 2024 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Renee Baltov, Director The Barberhood Running a small business is complicated enough, but imagine throwing yourself into unpacking a complex area of policy like skilled migration to ensure that your small business can grow and then, helpi...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #250 Broadcast date: 29 Oct 2024 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: The Hon Bruce Billson, the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman The Australian small business and family enterprise ombudsman has a plan. A 14 point plan. A guide. A list of recommendations to support small businesses to s...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #249 Broadcast date: 15 Oct 2024 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Professor Barney Glover AO , Jobs and Skills Australia Commissioner For years surveys have told us that one of the biggest concerns for small businesses in almost every industry is finding the right people with the right skills, to get the job...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #248 Broadcast date: 1 Oct 2024 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Leanne Faulkner, Small Business Wellbeing Advocate and founder of Fortitude at Work Advocates have long spoken about small business people being at the centre of the economy. They are the business, they live and breathe it and often describe it...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #247 Broadcast date: 10 Sep 2024 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Janelle McIntosh (Labor), Nathan Tilbury (Independent), Warren Waddell (Liberal) If you were to ask a small business owner which level of government has the most impact on their business, to be honest, it would depend when you ask them. Right...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #246 Broadcast date: 3 Sep 2024 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Guests, CEOs and leaders in Regional Australia at the Regional Australia Summit The appeal of regional living is here to stay for thousands of metro movers, requiring new thinking and action on how the services, housing, and skills landscape wi...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #245 Broadcast date: 20 Aug 2024 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Dr Sherman Chan, Chief Economist at Business NSW Dr Sherman Chan is one of those few economists who, when they explain a complex problem, it makes sense. That’s why whenever you attend a BusinessNSW event where she is presenting or read their...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #244 Broadcast date: 6 Aug 2024 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Huy Truong Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Thrive Refugee Enterprise Recent data from Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman shows one out of three small business owners (34%) were born outside of Australia. Migrants and...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #243 Broadcast date: 30 July 2024 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Liz Ritchie, CEO at Regional Australia Institute The latest Regional Australia Institute report Regional Movers Index (created in partnership with CommBank Business and Institutional) highlights fascinating trends in our nation's population m...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #242 Broadcast date: 23 July 2024 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guests: Alexandra Cannizzaro, Founder of Platform Zero With so much going on in the world, it’s time to be inspired on Small Biz Matters. Our guest is a founder, has spent most of her working life since 2014 in the industry and a changemaker. She’s t...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #241 Broadcast date: 16th July 2024 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guest: Wes Lambert CPA, FGIA, CAE, MAICD and CEO Australian Restaurant & Cafe Association Wes Lambert describes himself as passionate about advancing the interests of the hospitality industry through advocacy, education, and leadership. He has...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #240 Broadcast date: 9th July 2024 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guest: Live from the Fintech Australia 2024 CDR Summit This week we were live from Fintech Australia’s CDR Summit for a very interesting discussion on why small biz mattes and why does Consumer Data Rights matter to our community – the advisors, the...

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #239 Broadcast date: 2nd July 2024 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guest: Dominique Lamb, the QLD Small Business Commissioner Queensland is a unique part of the world, not only for its natural beauty, incredible tourism industry, but it’s people. And it’s Queensland’s people that are at the heart of small business....

Small Biz Matters: People, Policy, Purpose ~ Episode #238 Broadcast date: 25th June 2024 Host: Alexi Boyd, Small Business Advocate & Policy Advisor Guest: Hon Bruce Billson, the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman I get cross when people say there’s no one representing small businesses. Not only do we have great business leaders and industry associations speaking up (ofte...