Best wishes to exporters
I have a wish list for the export sector for 2010. The first is for rain; while not everybody got it—sadly WA experienced terrible fires—lots fell in Queensland...
Doing business in Nigeria
Nigeria is just beyond the scope of many Australian exporters, but with a little foreknowledge and an understanding of where the country is heading, this African...
Making finance friends with Scotland
With hundreds of years of financial tradition, Scotland is a must-consider for Australian finance companies looking at expanding to the UK and Europe.
The Scottish...
What is AANZFTA?
It's Australia's biggest free trade agreement, and a step towards uniting South East Asia as one market, but what else does AANZFTA mean for exporters?
New thoughts on old ideas
Ian Murray delves into the archives to formulate a new way we should think about export that will take us into 2020—as it should.
I was recently going through...
VIC government grants assist export sales
Eligible Victorian companies are using Small Business Victoria grant funding to catapult their export drive. It is a program beneficial to businesses that are either...
How to acquire an overseas business
Acquisition is usually the domain of the big boys, but smaller exporters can certainly benefit from taking on another business abroad. Here’s how to make the...
Trade opportunities in Poland
Is it all doom and gloom in Europe? Apparently not: Poland’s resilience to the global downturn has shown why it’s the rising economic star of Central Europe....
The future of export
Ian Murray mixes with some of export’s elite and comes back from sharing visions of 2020 with a positive outlook for trade in the future.
Business in the new Indonesia
This year has proved tumultuous for Indonesia, with the presidential election and Jakarta hotel bombings taking centre stage. In the aftermath, how is the Indonesian...