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The latest Corruption Perceptions Index conducted on 180 countries indicates that Australia is perceived as the eighth least corrupt nation in the world, up one place from last year’s index. Transparency International released the index showing New Zealand and Denmark at the top, with Australia having the sixth highest score along with Canada and Iceland. [...]
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According to a survey conducted by serviced and virtual office specialists Servcorp, fewer Australian businesses expand globally compared to their international counterparts. The survey showed that less than 28 percent of Australian business leaders have taken the opportunity to expand abroad, well behind others from China, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, the UK and [...]
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Results from the World Bank’s annual survey has placed Australia at number nine in the world for ease of doing business. Singapore topped the Doing Business 2010 list, with New Zealand and Hong Kong rounding out the top three. The Central African Republic ranked last, with Greece at 109 the lowest ranked developed country. The [...]
...read moreAustralia is ranked 15th in the world for global competitiveness, according to the 2009/10 World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness Index, moving up three places since the last index was released. The lift in the rankings came from a comparative improvement in macroeconomic stability and our high level of financial market sophistication, said Heather Ridout, [...]
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A recent survey conducted by the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) shows that Japanese businesses are looking to globalise their environment-related products. “Japanese firms are eager to export environment-related products, while at the same time relatively few have progressed far in overseas production,” read JETRO’s report. The organisation identified that more data was required to [...]
...read moreAustralia has topped a ranking of the safest countries in which to do business, according to research conducted by global credit reporting agency Dun & Bradstreet’s Global Risk Indicator. Australia, along with Canada, Norway and Switzerland, achieved the highest ratings on the indicator, and had one of the most stable risk profiles. The results came [...]
...read moreSwine flu is having less of an impact on business and leisure tourism than the global economic downturn, according to a consumer sentiment survey conducted by NRMA Travel. Just over one in 10 respondents indicated swine flu discouraged them from travelling, whereas 27 percent of respondents said current economic conditions made them less likely to [...]
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Results from a survey commissioned by the Australian Made Australian Grown (AMAG) Campaign found that almost half of AMAG logo users are exporters, with another 16 percent intending to export in the next 12 months. Of licensees that export, almost 75 percent use the AMAG logo to help sell their goods in overseas markets. Use [...]
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Results from the recent quarterly Tourism Industry Sentiment Survey reveal that most tourism operators predict dampened demand until at least the end of next year. Just 45 percent of tourism-related businesses expect a recovery in the second half of 2010. Tourism conditions would “remain depressed for longer than earlier expected”, according to managing director of [...]
...read moreMore than 70 percent of business travellers have not curbed their business trips due to the economic downturn, according to a survey conducted by Quest Serviced Apartments. The Quest Serviced Apartments Business Travel Survey also found that almost two-thirds of respondents were planning to maintain the number of business trips in the next six months, [...]
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