Hello to all of our members and friends of the Chamber.
We all know how hard the Coronavirus is hitting – from our homes to the entire world around us. You don’t need me to tell you how bad it is nor how tough it is to operate in this environment.
What I would like to do, however, is first to congratulate the many of you who have swiftly adapted to the needs of the moment and second, to tell you how we are continuing to work to help you.
(more…)You may be all dressed up and ready for Christmas and New Year. Although Christmas is still a few weeks away, several of us were lamenting at our last Chamber event that Perth has a deferral mentality when it comes to so much of business throughout the year.
“Oh, I’ve got so much on in the lead-up to Christmas!” comes the refrain earlier and earlier.
(more…)I was recently introduced to a term new to me in business – “Harvest time”. It’s a retail and hospitality term for that time when all the expected good stuff for the year comes crashing in.
We were looking into securing assistance for one of our Members who operate in the hospitality area when a consultant I had sourced shared the term with me. They understood that the business owners will be super-busy this time of year – leading up to end-of-year functions, Christmas, New Years, summer engagements weddings, school celebrations and more.
It’s Crunch-Time for those businesses.
(more…)Our economy is on a small-ish roller-coaster, but what is often ignored is that the roller-coaster has long been operating far above ground-level in Australia. We have an enviable economic status worldwide. It is close to three full decades since Australia last entered a recession. The GFC hit with full force in September of 2008 – 11 years ago!
Australian annual economic growth has slowed in recent years, bringing to some a sense of gloom and even unfamiliarity. There are now many who have never experienced a significant economic downturn in Australia through their whole careers – whether as an employee, a business owner, a politician, or an organisational leader.
There is (to my mind, needlessly alarmist) talk of upcoming recession for Australia. National retail figures for July indicate a downward spend Australia-wide. However, there are indications from some of my sources that retail spending has increased through August and into September. It may be that as the general population receive a bonus in their tax returns it may provide a micro-stimulus to spending. There are, of course, numerous other factors impacting our overall economy. It is the cross-impact of different factors that is, however, creating the analytical uncertainty and negative interpretations of trends.
In the face of economic uncertainty, however, what can be our local response?
(more…)Last week I had the privilege of being the M.C. for an event held in Perth – Home-Grown Heroes at the Crown – dedicated to real estate professionals and run by the team at Real Estate Brilliance. Congratulations to the brilliant Ryan Thompson and his team on an outstanding event.
Featuring presentations by some of the most highly successful real estate agents in both Western Australia and Australia, there were numerous tales told of how they achieved success DESPITE some of the toughest market conditions they had ever seen.
For example, Rick Hockey, one of WA’s top real estate performers, works in the Port Hedland area where real estate values dropped overnight from $750,000 per house to $250,000. How do you create success in those kinds of conditions?
(more…)July 20, 2019 (at 10:56 pm US EST) marks the 50th anniversary of the first footsteps of man on the moon. In Perth it was 10:56 am on July 21 when Neil Armstrong stepped on to the surface of the moon.
How is it that 50 years ago, people with just a bunch of brains, slide rules and computers filling whole floors with less computational power than a wristband fit-bit were able to hurl themselves into the void and softly land on a small alien world?
And if they could do it then, why is it so hard for people to get things done now?
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