As remote working increases, many businesses have adopted non-traditional solutions to manage this transition. Those that were quick to pivot and adopt digital solutions saw the least disruption during the nationwide shutdown. However, with restrictions easing across Australia and New Zealand, businesses are learning to
Shopper Media today released the findings of its Consumer Sentiment Study, revealing the impact of COVID-19 on current and future shopping patterns and the behavioural and attitudinal shifts driving the changes. The Consumer Sentiment Study was an online survey of 11,390 Australian consumers nationally, with
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s statement on the economic impact of the COVID crisis: Household consumption and business and dwelling investment are all forecast by Treasury to fall sharply in the June quarter. The combination of social distancing, lower incomes and increased uncertainty are weighing heavily on aggregate
Image: Reuters China, South Korea and Taiwan are just some of the places using Big Data, AI and other emerging technologies to manage the effects and mitigate the risks of COVID-19; Jamaica and several countries in continental Africa offer good examples of leadership approaches that
Syrah Resources (ASX:SYR) has been knocked around in 2019 as its shares plummeted from approximately $2.00 in January to recently trade as low as 35 cents. Its performance, or lack thereof, is in part due to the pressure placed on the graphite sector. However, after
Asia is home to some of the fastest growing markets in the world, rising middle classes and young, mobile and increasingly tech-savvy populations. By 2030, Asia’s lower-middle income countries (including India, Indonesia and Vietnam) will have middle-class markets that are US$15 trillion bigger than they
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND INSTITUTIONAL-GRADE SECURITY ARE BEING BUILT INTO DIGITAL ASSET SOLUTIONS DEVELOPED JOINTLY OUT OF SINGAPORE AND SWITZERLAND. THE WORLD’S FIRST digital asset bank, Sygnum, a joint venture between Singapore and Switzerland, is up-and-running. Sygnum aims to be a bank to crypto-currencies in the
A new blockchain infrastructure designed for Australia’s creative industries could help overcome problems from missed royalty payments to art fraud and administrative overheads, says a new report. The report argues that a blockchain-based infrastructure could bring much needed transparency to the creative marketplace, while relieving the
Australia’s free trade agreements are helping Hussey & Co export fresh salad leaves to Asia’s health-conscious consumers. As the Managing Director of Hussey & Co, Jeremy Haw has come a long way from selling live chickens and tomatoes on the side of the road at
Small employers (those with 19 or less employees) need to get ready for Single Touch Payroll (STP) ahead of the 30 September start date. STP became mandatory for small employers from 1 July this year, however, the ATO granted an extension to businesses that needed
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