Tag: Sme

Yodalizer, a new Brisbane-based market intelligence analysis agency is on a mission to work with mid-tier SMEs to provide credible and up-to-date data to support business growth.

While it is clear that locational based checkin services such as FourSquare are continuing to grow at phenomenal rates, adding 15,000 users a day they appear to be missing the mark on small to medium sized business.

National Australia Bank’s (NAB) SME Quarterly Survey (June 2010) found that business conditions, profit growth and the cash flow position of Australia’s small to medium-sized enterprises deteriorated for the second consecutive quarter in June.

Debt collection agency Collection House haave announced a 21 percent higher net profit for the last financial year as calls for debt collection post-GFC soar.

Westpac have announced a series of initiatives to help to support Australia’s small business community, focusing on a new and revitalised online BusinessIQ.

A new 48-page guide to the month long Energise Enterprise – Australia’s largest small business festival – was launched in Melbourne earlier today.

British Airways recently launched its On Business loyalty program in Australia, a program which rewards small-to-medium size companies for their registered employees’ business air travel.

Consumer law nationally has been radically changed with the passing of new laws that prohibit standard form consumer contracts which contain unfair terms. These changes are likely to have a significant impact on SMEs and how they interact with their customers.

The HAPI Strategy – The Human Application Programming Interface (API) – where companies implement people focused strategies to integrate with their customers, partners via an employee engagement framework that build engaging, relevant and useful relationships through reviews, opinions and recommendations.

The Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) Scheme has been fundamental to the success of Australian SMEs export performance and funding needs to be reconsidered critics claim.