While Dubai may be a stopover for some, for others it is a market awash with possibility. This emirate is booming and could be your ticket into the emerging markets of the Middle East. More than 80 percent of Dubai dwellers are foreigners, but the attraction of this emirate is hardly a mystery. Flush with […]
The insurance part is easy to understand, but where do the politics come in? Here’s a closer examination of political risk insurance that exporters may have overlooked when profiling export risk. After the devastation of World War II came the Marshall Plan, also know as the European Recovery Program, which was the USA’s investment in […]
More than just the sparkling image of Sydney Harbour, New South Wales is a state also characterised by its resources and innovation. The Sydney skyline-featuring the Harbour Bridge, Opera House and Centrepoint Tower-is as much an icon for Australia as it is for New South Wales’ capital city. Surprisingly, however, tourism doesn’t even rate in […]
Currency fluctuations need not be an issue for exporters with simple research and exmanination of your business and market, these strategies can help you effectively currency-proof your business. Can a business truly be currency-proof? It can get pretty close, say our experts from HSBC Bank Australia: Andrew Skinner, head of trade and supply chain, and […]
The health and wellbeing of business owners works hand in hand with the success of their business. These top retreats will benefit any business owner looking to strike the right balance between work and life. A few years ago, Tourism NT had a TV commercial designed to reacquaint jaded viewers with the idea of a […]
The government’s Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) recently signed the financial intelligence units of the Czech Republic, Germany, Mexico, and St Kitts and Nevis to memoranda of understanding (MOU), allowing access to financial information for Australian law enforcement and other relevant government agencies. The MOU will assist in the detection and prosecution of […]
The Malaysian Government has enlisted the help of the Australian Institute for Commercialisation (AIC) to provide strategic advice on a number of key innovation and collaboration policies and initiatives. With the government-owned Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM) Berhard, the AIC will develop and implement a Malaysian pilot project based on the AIC’s […]
In a speech presented at the Asia Society AustralAsia Centre annual dinner, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd spoke of developing an Asia-Pacific regional community by 2020 due to the Asian region’s increasing global significance. “We need to have a vision for an Asia-Pacific community, a vision that embraces a regional institution which is able to engage […]
Australian design firm HBO+EMTB has been appointed master planner of a new biotech park in the city of Vadodara, India. At 280 hectares, it will be the largest Indian biotech park when complete. The appointment includes master planning, landscape and urban design and architectural design of key facilities including laboratories and ancillary commercial buildings. The […]
Projected growth of ICT spending in Asia is 10.5 percent per annum until at least 2011, according to figures released by Austrade. “There’s been a significant growth in Australian exports of ICT goods and services to Asia over the past three years,” says Peter Harrison, Austrade national manager for ICT. “In 2006/07, Australia’s ICT exports […]
