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1. Bentleys The Voice of Australian Business The Voice - Part
II Mark Chapman Executive Officer
2. In April 2013, Bentleys undertook one of the widest and most
comprehensive surveys of SME businesses in Australia. We wanted to
understand the challenges and concerns of SMEs , so we can better
tailor our services and work with other service providers in
supporting business.
3. Growth Business confidence Foreign Investment in Australia
Industrial Relations in Australia New technology Agribusiness
Health and Aged Care Government Education (Private Schools and
Tertiary) Professional Services Questions & Industries
4. So What Did We Learn? The mood of agriculture What drives
business confidence Wide spread misconceptions about foreign
investment Fears and opportunities about technology especially The
Cloud Strong feelings on industrial relations
5. Agribusiness Sector Given the price of beef is so low and
returns are not worth the effort, well probably close down our beef
cattle pursuits in the next 12 months; Our key issue is access to
abattoirs. Currently, we cant send any livestock for slaughter
until August 2014; Were just not in a position to do anything about
potential opportunities in South East Asia because we dont have any
capital to invest in our business.
6. Western Australia Most confident state with: 67% confident
in business 16% say they have delayed investment 52% of SMEs are
familiar with cloud computing But only 6% plan to adopt it in the
next 12 months
7. Professional Services Biggest obstacles: market competition
and economy 40% say business confidence has increased since the
election 41% expect improvements in their sector Highest
familiarity with cloud computing at 72% 58% are using it for
something other than email
8. What were the FDI estimations by state? 3.7% 41.0% 39.5%
41.3% 43.8% 33.1% 34.3% Actual proportion of GDP from foreign
investment Total (n=554) NSW/ACT (n=113) VIC/TAS (n=93) QLD (n=39)
SA (n=24) WA (n=22)
9. The Voice I was reported in the press
10. In November 2014 Bentleys embarked on the Voice II a
further survey of the SME market to determine what had changed and
also take the opportunity to look in more detail at some of the key
findings of The Voice I Here are some of the results..
11. The Voice of Australia Business Part II
12. The Voice I v The Voice II
13. Background Employing micro, small, and medium businesses
were the main focus of the survey Non-employing businesses (i.e.,
sole traders) and those employing more than 250 people were not
included in the survey Business size Micro: 1-4 employees Small:
5-19 employees Medium: 20-250 employees Businesses surveyed in all
states and territories; with the majority located in New South
Wales, Victoria, and Queensland 57% of businesses located in a
capital city or surrounding suburbs (classified as metropolitan);
43% located outside of state capitals (in large cities or regional
or rural areas, classified as non-metropolitan) Professional,
scientific, and technical services (15%), retail trade (13%), and
manufacturing (8%) the most highly represented industries Business
Characteristics 5%