The future less bleak for small business: ACCI survey

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While small businesses continue to face difficult trading conditions, the sector is set to improve in the second quarter, The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (ACCI) latest Small Business Survey has found.

Key small business indicators including sales, profits, employment and investment all fell in March, however on a more positive note business owners are mildly optimistic that conditions will improve during the second quarter, the survey revealed.

Read the report here

Digital Enterprise workshops - free

Last night I attended the second of a set of 8 FREE digital enterprise workshops run by Vecci on behalf of the Australian Government.

Finally our government has realised that most business in Australia (95%) are small (less than 200 people) and have decided to throw some money at us by providing these courses.
They are excellent.
These are a 2 hour workshop run at various metro and region locations around Australia. Mine was facilitated by the very approachable and informative Daniele Lima.

I can't recommend them highly enough - even if you think you know all there is know about social media and how to use it to maximum effect - you probably don't.
Check them out here

The Digital Enterprise programme provides free group training and face-to-face support for small-to-medium enterprises and not-for-profit organisations to help improve the way you do business and deliver services online.The Australian Government is providing $16.8 million in grant funding to establish and support the Digital Enterprise programme in 69 communities across Australia.