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Monthly Archives: June 2009
ACT Children’s CLothing Co showcasing wares at G’Day LA’s Fashion Show
Kylie-Ann Petroni from small ACT children’s fashion clothing label Cackleberry Kids will be showcasing the company’s clothing line from 16-20 January at California’s largest trade-show – the Los Angles fashion market. As part of G’Day LA 2009, Cackleberry will join some of Australia’s largest fashion houses as they showcase their clothing lines to thousands [...]
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2009 EFIC Global Readiness Index
Today, Australian businesses are experiencing the benefit of increased demand and opportunities of globalisation. Yet in the face of the global credit crisis, they are also up against a fluctuating Australian dollar, tightening liquidity and a fall in commodity prices.
Has the recent credit crisis caused a rethink of export business models? How have the trends [...]
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Actividentity wins Qld contract
Following an extensive open tender process, the Queensland Government selected ActivIdentity to deliver its identity assurance platform for the smartcard license project,” said Cathi Taylor, Chief Information Officer, Queensland Transport.
“The decision to select ActivIdentity was based on their proven track record in large-scale identity assurance deployments, a highly configurable full-feature smartcard management system, and [...]
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The ACT’s Centre for Customs & Excise wins National Export Award
On behalf of its many members and sponsors, Canberra Business Council and the ACT Exporters’ Network would like to congratulate Professor David Widdowson and his team at the Centre for Customs and Excise Studies for winning the 2008 Australian Export Award Education & Training Category.
The Centre for Customs & Excise Studies, based at the University [...]
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Credit crunch: Issues facing Australian exporters
As an exporter, the critical issues arising from the credit crunch are, ‘How will I finance my export activities?’, and sec¬ondly, ‘How will I get paid for what I have done?’
John Collins, chief credit officer at EFIC, says, “The Australian experience to date has been better than most countries. But this shortage of working capital [...]
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Export Awards showcase the ACT’s top performers
The Centre for Customs and Excise Studies (CCES) took out the ACT’s top award as Chief Minister’s Exporter of the Year for 2008 at the ACT’s, Chief Minister’s Export Awards 2008 ceremony which was held today at the National Convention Centre in Canberra.
CEO, Professor David Widdowson accepted the Award on behalf of CCES’s global network [...]
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2008 ACT Chief Minister’s Export Awards
Since joining the ACT Exporters’ Network some four years ago, I have been amazed at the variety of business in our region that export.
While most businesses are small to medium in size there are some great success stories in ICT, education, services, the arts and agribusiness. This October we have a chance to acknowledge some [...]
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What do changes in Government mean for exporters?
The last year has seen much change at the Commonwealth Government level following the change of govern¬ment. Changes to Austrade, the scrap¬ing of the Commercial Ready Grants and the financial crisis have all had impacts on business in the ACT. Now it is time for more local issues to take centre stage.
The upcoming ACT legislative [...]
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Indonesia – Facing the Global Financial Crisis