Search Results for: regional australia
Growth
Australia is facing an increasingly worsening skills shortage, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Employers are being forced to reconsider how and where they source talent. And regional Australia is coming up trumps, writes Alex West, CEO Swoop. Migration and sourcing overseas workers have served as a quick fix for skills shortages prior to the pandemic.… Read more »
Features
We need to get smarter about managing perceptions, because living in a regional area does not automatically strip someone of all education, innovation and ability, writes Bronwyn Reid, a small business owner, advocate and mentor from regional Queensland. Sometimes, when I venture out of regional Queensland and head South, I feel as though I have… Read more »
Business Advice
The majority of us grow up being indoctrinated into the belief that strong economic opportunities only exist in the city, and the idea of a sea change (or tree change) is reserved solely for retirees, hemp-wearing hippies, or mysterious tech billionaires. Yet we are seeing more and more examples of savvy, innovative change-makers ditching the… Read more »
News
From the seas to the trees, Kochie’s Business Builders (KBB) in partnership with Square has been on the hunt to uncover Australia’s Regional Heroes. Now it’s time to reveal the winner! According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, regional businesses account for over 800,000 businesses in Australia and provide around a quarter of our national economy.… Read more »
Opinion
When a bank leaves town, often all that’s left is a boarded-up building. But it can have a shocking effect on businesses, jobs, liveability and prosperity explains Australian Small Business and Family enterprise Ombudsman, Bruce Billson. The Australian Banking Association is updating its bank closure protocol, but I find it laughable in that it implies… Read more »
Growth
Ranking sixth globally and first within the Asia-Pacific region in the recent Shopify Entrepreneurship Index, Australian entrepreneurs proved their mettle by generating over AUD$42.1 billion in business activity last year. With a favourable ecosystem and conducive conditions, Australia is emerging as a hotbed of innovation and entrepreneurial success. However, amidst its remarkable achievements, there are… Read more »
News
A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate to attend the annual conference of the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia (COSBOA) in Melbourne. A couple of hundred people representing various small business organisations gathered in a room to discuss all the things that impact Australian small business owners, writes The Digital Guide,… Read more »
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Australia is a living testament to the benefits of productivity growth. An average worker today puts in 14 fewer hours per week and takes home a real wage six times that of the average worker in 1901 – all because we are producing more per hour worked. And yet in the past decade that… Read more »
Features
Kochie’s Business Builders (KBB) in partnership with Square is on the hunt to uncover Australia’s Regional Heroes. Are you a business doing big things far from the big smoke? Then KBB want to know about you! Regional Heroes is a competition and content series that celebrates the passion, resilience, and vital contributions that regional… Read more »
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Meta have released their 2022 Global State of Small Business Report, which surveyed nearly 24,000 small and medium-sized business leaders across 30 countries and territories in January. Harry Lowes, Head of ANZ Scaled, Global Business Group outlines the outlook for Australian businesses and how we’re comparing to the rest of the world. Small businesses all… Read more »
News
Australia Post’s 2022 Inside Australian Online Shopping Report reveals good news for online businesses, with a $62.3 billion boom for eCommerce as Australian households buy up big online. Released this week, the Inside Australian Online Shopping Report gives exclusive insight into the latest Australian eCommerce trends affecting businesses. And it’s good news for businesses who… Read more »
Opinion
The great regional migration that has bubbled along quietly for years has finally taken off. City dwellers, feeling locked down and hemmed in by the pandemic, are leaving town in huge numbers. And why not? asks Alex West, CEO of Swoop. Alongside the obvious lifestyle benefits, the cost of living is much lower in regional… Read more »