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The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Australia’s largest and most representative business body including some 300,000 small businesses, today welcomed Small Business Minister Bruce Billson’s announcement confirming the creation of a Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman with stronger powers. ACCI Chief Operating Officer, John Osborn, said “small business wants an Ombudsman with teeth …
Difficult Trading Conditions Persist for Small Business The latest Small Business Survey results reveal that difficult business conditions persisted through the June quarter. Similar to previous quarters, sales revenue, selling prices, profits, employment and investment indicators were all recorded firmly in negative territory. In addition, most of the expectations indicators fell. Business Taxes and Government …
The latest edition of the ACCI Business Expectations Survey shows that while actual business conditions in the June quarter remain poor, there was some slight improvement in most indicators. However, the difficult trading conditions have started to weigh on business expectations for the future. Some encouraging signs from the survey include the sharp improvement in …
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) yesterday partnered with technology giant Google to present training to small businesses on how to best utilise the internet to grow their businesses. Kate Carnell, ACCI CEO, Maile Carnegie, Google Australia’s Managing Director along with the Minister for Small Business, the Hon Bruce Billson MP, promoted the …
The Australian business community will breathe a sigh of relief that the carbon tax has finally been repealed. Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s CEO, Kate Carnell said: “The carbon tax was a dead weight on the Australian economy and abolishing it is a win for consumers, a win for energy users and a win …
Women’s engagement and empowerment in the workplace is a serious productivity issue. Female participation rates in the labour force, whilst improving, are still below that of males’ by 12.3 per cent. The Grattan Institute has stated that a six per cent rise in female participation would increase the size of the Australian economy by around …