Rather than facing the hassle of maintaining their own server, many businesses choose to use a web hosting for their internet presence. But what costs are involved and how do you go about choosing the right kind of web hosting service? Angus Kidman reports. For some businesses a website is just a useful addition to […]
Australian exporters have a curious blindness when it comes to Europe, a consumer market now bigger than Japan, Canada, and the US combined. Tim Harcourt examines this mysterious affliction and comes up with some eye-opening reasons for putting this forgotten continent back on our trade map. What’s the problem, why do we put Europe in […]
Tim Harcourt finds Malaysia is still a good location for turtle watching, but it’s also a rising export market for Australian SMEs. The east coast of Malaysia is enjoying a mining boom. An Australian company, Grange Resources, has announced a $400 million joint export venture. This is welcome, as Australia’s foreign investment in Malaysia to […]
Exporters tackle freight in different ways, depending on the demands of the product, the target market, and regulations there and here. Joe Parkes examines freight problems they’ve solved and others looming in the rapidly changing world of transportation. What’s the toughest part of getting an export product ready for sale? Is it the production process, […]
While the 90s saw Australian wine become one of the country’s biggest export success stories, it has now hit snags in the shape of frost, drought, oversupply and increasing international competition. But Cameron Bayley finds it’s not all doom and gloom, and many wine producers are coming up with ingenious solutions. The image of the […]
Many SMEs are turning to private equity investors, rather than banks, family and friends, to fund expansion into overseas markets. Cameron Cooper finds there can be benefits beyond money in the right deal but, unlike the ethereal winged variety, these angels will expect to profit from the help they offer. Before turning to private equity […]
With the overwhelming success of the 2006 Exporter of the Year Awards still in memory, Dynamic Export takes a closer look at the winners and how they can draw on their wins to drive more export sales. f Some of Australia’s export success stories were honoured for their success at the 2006 Exporter of the […]
Technology is taking giant steps to make communications mobile almost anywhere. Helen Bradley looks at the latest mobile technology developments and explains the G jargon. A business person sitting in an airport lounge or the back seat of a taxi and not using a mobile device is a dying breed. It's […]
Owners of any size or type of business must have a succession plan in place for the inevitable day when management and control is transferred to someone else. In this first of our four-part succession planning series, Charisse Gray examines alarming statistics in the small to medium sector. You may not be planning to leave […]
