Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor Philip Lowe has warned of a return to pre-GFC levels house cost spirals as the resources sector grows. RBA assistant governor Philip Lowe warned a conference in Sydney that over “the next couple of years” capacity constraints were looming, especially as the resource sector returns to pre-GFC levels of […]
Increases in job advertisements in February suggests an economic recovery, but high staff turnover is clouding the true recovery, new data suggests. Commenting on the recent surge in job advertisements and yet to be released official ABS employment statistics, David Edwards, Strategic Manager of Drake International, said “High levels of staff turnover and churn are […]
The Auditor General report released today on Perth’s Arena is a warning to the Barnett Government for future major projects in our State, Labor Leader Eric Ripper said today. Mr Ripper said Labor endorsed the Auditor General’s recommendations including the need to improve the procurement and delivery of capital projects. “I acknowledge there were significant […]
Consumer confidence has continued to rise, despite steady increases in the official cash rate by the RBA since October last year. With continued growth in the labour market and a higher Aussie dollar key to the result. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute of Consumer Sentiment Index for March, which measures the perceptions of consumers towards their future […]
Telstra are increasing their Pre-Paid Mobile Rates effective April 13th this year. In a notice posted on the Telstra site, the telco will increase call connection costs by almost 20%. With the standard national voice call rate for calls to any Australian fixed or mobile for each 30 second block or part, increasing from 39 […]
Following on from the success of the first V21 Conference in 2009, this year’s V21 will focus on next generation business models and how digital media is changing business. The event explores how the interactivity that digital technology enables and the opportunities it opens up are putting traditional business models and practices to the test. […]
Franchised Food Company (FFCo) is continuing its restructure of Cold Rock Ice Creamery, moving its Queensland support office from the Gold Coast to Brisbane and appointing three new support managers to grow the brand across several states. FFCo’s business manager Michelle Sprenger said the office had moved from Arundel to Lang Parade in Milton in […]
Google’s top search terms are under attack from cybercriminals. In the last seven days, more than 284 top search terms have been attacked by more than 6600 malicious URLs according to SonicWALL data. The threat team has found up to nine of the top 20 Google search terms are under attack at any one time. […]
Using social networks? Then make sure you don’t make the same mistake as British MP Ed Miliband, who had his twitter account hijacked and his reputation tarnished. While the tweets from the hackers to MP Ed Miliband’s account were merely embarrassing, Lloyd Borrett, the Marketing Manager at AVG (AU/NZ), says it is worth considering the […]
While not declaring the GFC ‘over’, National Australia Bank’s SME Quarterly Survey to December 2009 shows business conditions for small to medium enterprise are at their highest since June 2008. For the December quarter, SMEs with an annual turnover from $2 million to $3 million recorded the strongest improvement in conditions jumping 13 index points, […]
