Business Research & Insights

Confidence rises amid a softening in conditions

This month we delve into the data on recent sales event days, the Black Friday to Cyber Monday weekend, and compare this to the traditional peak retail trade four day trading period immediately prior to Christmas day.

The RBA to gradually ease from February

The cost of doing business in 2025 is weighing on SMEs, with 3 in 4 expecting further increases. But many also plan to be proactive with a focus on technology to aid cost-reduction and revenue-generation to continue to thrive, grow and adapt.

The NAB Wellbeing Survey provides a key pulse check on the “vibe” of our nation. Wellbeing is back to equal survey lows due to higher anxiety and lower life satisfaction in some key areas.

Big River Group has built a big business developing top-quality timber products and solutions.

Staying true to a vision of over-delivering on quality and price helped Berton Vineyards become a global success story.

Cotton farmers’ ambitious idea . A decade on, Australian Recycled Plastics is a regional powerhouse.

An overseas challenge to its spraying equipment business was the catalyst for this Ballarat-based company to innovate its way to success.

Zeroing in on points of failure has seen Geographe win a stellar reputation with Australia’s miners. And now the company is looking further afield in its ambition to manufacture excellence.