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Archive for July, 2010

Better Brainstorming

Thursday, July 15th, 2010


So what are the top 5 industries set for growth in Australia in 2010/11?

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

IBIS World Forecasts the top 5 industries set to fly in 2010/11.

With the new financial year upon us, business information research and analysis group IBISWorld has compiled its annual list of Australian industries set to fly and fall in the next 12 months. According to IBISWorld, organic farming will be the biggest winner in 2010-2011 as Australians consider the health benefits and environmental impacts of their food choices, while insulation services will be the biggest loser following the federal government’s scrapping of its Home Insulation Program. Also, IBISWorld forecasts wildly contrasting fortunes for major industries in Australia’s communications sector.

Whereas most of the world’s developed nations remain bogged down by the fallout from the ongoing global financial crisis, Australia’s outlook for the new financial year is relatively positive says IBISWorld, with it forecasting Australia’s economic growth to reach 3.7% in 2010-2011.

According to IBISWorld, the Australian industries set to fly and fall in the new financial year include:

IBISWorld forecasts Australia’s top five growth industries in 2010-2011
Rank Industry Revenue growth (%) Total revenue ($ billion)
1 Organic farming +15.1 0.45
2 Online information services +8.7 1.56
3 Insurance brokerage +7.2 11.20
4 Mobile telecommunications carriers +6.9 19.60
5 Alternative health therapies +6.5 3.46

IBISWorld forecasts Australia’s bottom five growth industries in 2010-2011

Rank Industry Revenue growth (%) Total revenue ($ billion)
1 Insulation services -24.1 0.84
2 Wired telecommunications services -4.8 11.10
3 Paper manufacturing -3.1 2.68
4 Video hire outlets -3.1 1.04
5 Grape growing -3.0 1.50

Wise words…

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

Success is one thing you can’t pay for. You buy it on the installment plan and make payments every day. Zig Ziglar

32 Ways to make your blog suck less

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Well this is a good title that clearly got my attention. So I had a closer look, albeit with some trepidation and realised that there is some very good advice here for all would be bloggers and even a few long timers like myself. This is well worth spending a few minutes reviewing if you do anything at all in the blog space.

This is an amazing visual look at the war in Afghanistan

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

I know that this slide show doesn’t have anything to do with business, but it really does make that far away war in Afghanistan seem a whole lot more real. These are very moving pictures and not over sensationalised “PR” snaps. Very impressive.