Tag: MYOB Business Monitor Research

How’s your business development plan for 2012 coming along? Kristy Sheppard blogs about benchmarking your plan against that of other SMBs.

“It’s interesting to see that only 24 percent of business owners plan to increase their staff pay this year. I wonder what kind of staff retention strategies will come into play for those who take this path?”

Customers will be the focus of many SMB business development strategies this year, as businesses work toward attracting their attention and creating loyalty to survive the two-speed economy.

Local business owners’ dissatisfaction with the Federal Government has reached highs not seen since 2008, as they call for immediate action on five key areas.