Tag: Survey

A record number of Australians are packing their lunches, canceling holidays, and buying in bulk, as the impact of earlier interest rate rises continues to hamper spending.

Australian businesses expect a strong December quarter, with Christmas trading to bring the growth many businesses have been waiting for, according to the latest Dun and Bradstreet Business Expectations Survey.

Australia’s services sector is contracting at an ever increasing pace as the Reserve Bank of Australia uses a blunt tool, interest rates, to slow down inflation from Australia’s rampaging resource sector.

Optus have released their Business Social Media Index in conjunction with the Council of Small Business of Australia (COSBOA) has found similarly poor uptake of social media among business (28%) to MYOB’s business monitor report released Tuesday (18%).

Australian businesses appear disinterested in Twitter, Facebook and Youtube, with only 18 percent of those surveyed using social media to promote their business.

The majority of Australia’s SMBs are still suffering from the effects of the GFC, with client payments taking longer to be received, according to a new survey.

You’re happy! This year one of our goals at MYOB has been to get a handle on the “Happiness” of Australia’s business owners.

The vast majority of Australian small businesses have suffered financially at the hands of crime, with 43 percent of small business owners estimating their losses total up to $10,000.

Veda Advantage’s Business Credit Demand Index, shows many small-to-medium sized businesses have been reluctant to take on credit throughout 2010, with demand falling 5.6 percent in the April to June period over the same quarter in 2009.

In the latest Dun and Bradstreet Business Expectations survey finds the confidence of Australia’s executives on the way up, with expectations for five of six key indicators of business strength rising significantly.