DOWN LOAD THE FULL REPORT HERE!

A big THANK YOU to those of you who participated in the latest Sunshine Coast Business Confidence Survey.

By way of background, Boardroom Business runs a quarterly anonymous business confidence survey through the media and via email.  If you wish to be part of future surveys please sign up here.

The survey design and distribution was conducted in partnership with the Sunshine Coast Regional Council, various Chambers of Commerce across the Coast, AEC Group Ltd, and MANY others business groups.

The 8 online survey questions were designed to gauge general business confidence in the region.  The questions were in a simple multiple-choice format and allowed for anonymity.

In summary, the results show optimism about the future of business on the Coast, however slightly behind the rest of the State.  The full 16 page report, including economic analysis from Michael Campbell AEC Group Ltd and the breakdown in responses in graph format can be downloaded here.

An additional question was included this quarter to focus on environmental sustainability.  The results from this question indicate Sunshine Coast businesses are taking steps to reduce their energy use and to minimize waste outputs.

We are currently planning for the next quarterly survey with a focus on industrial relations, so if you have any comments or suggestions we would love to hear from you.

Thank you to all who participated in our previous quarterly surveys. 

This January survey is very similar to previous quarters – enabling us to benchmark results over time – however we have our changed our sector focus.  You may remember, each quarter we focus on a particular sector or region and work in partnership with them to create a survey question to meet their needs.

This quarter we wish to understand business response to environmental sustainability. 

So head on directly to our survey to have your say.

For further information about our survey series, see the blogs below and also take a look at our latest email alert outlining the survey process.

If you have any ideas on which sector, industry, region or issue we should focus on for our next quarterly survey, we would love to hear from you, so add your comments below.

Also, a big thank you to the following, as we could not have implemented this project if it wasn’t for the kind support of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council; Sunshine Coast Tourism, Discover Maroochy, Tourism Noosa, Caloundra Tourism, AEC Group Ltd, The Caloundra, Cooroy, Coolum, Eumundi, Kawana Waters, Maroochydore, Mooloolaba, Nambour, Noosa, Peregian Beach and Yandina Chambers of Commerce and Business associations; Sunshine Coast Enterprises; Sunshine Coast Daily; Noosa Journal; Noosa News; Queensland Dept of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation; ACC (Regional Development Australia); Sunshine Coast Business Women’s Network; Eumundi Markets; Noosa Farmers Markets; Sunshine Coast Innovation Centre; Urban Development Institute of Australia; PunkLogic; Callister Lawrence Media and Communications and many others.

With over 340 respondents from the local business community, the third in our quarterly business confidence survey series for the Sunshine Coast was a great success. A big THANK YOU to those of you who participated!

By way of background, we launched a quarterly anonymous business confidence survey in April through the media, and via email. If you wish to be part of future surveys, please sign up here.

The survey design and distribution was conducted in partnership with the Sunshine Coast Regional Council, various Chambers of Commerce across the Coast, AEC Group Ltd, and MANY others business groups.

The 8 online survey questions were designed to gauge general business confidence in the region. An additional question was included this quarter, to focus on the local food and beverage sector. The questions were in a simple multiple-choice format, and allowed for anonymity.

In summary, the results were even more optimistic about the future of business on the Coast! The full report, including the breakdown in responses in graph format, can be downloaded here.

We are currently planning for the next quarterly survey so if you have any comments or suggestions we would love to hear from you.

A big THANKS to all who participated in our September quarter Sunshine Coast Business Confidence Survey.

We are proud of the number of participants we receive each quarter, and we hope that through participation you also check out the results each quarter and see what your business community is thinking.

The results will be released on Tuesday November the 3rd, so between now and then we have some number crunching to do!

If you subscribed to receive results either through the survey itself, or through our news page, you will receive an email alert letting you know about the results.

Until then...

Thank you to all who participated in our previous quarterly surveys.

You will have noticed that we have changed our name!  Yes, the survey is now being conducted by Boardroom Business - but essentially it is the same folks behind the survey.

This September survey is very similar to previous quarters – enabling us to benchmark results over time – however we have our changed our sector focus.  You may remember, each quarter we focus on a particular sector or region and work in partnership with them to create a survey question to meet their needs.

This quarter it is the local food and beverage sector.  Questions have been designed to understand local purchasing patterns.

So head on directly to our survey to have your say here.

For further information about our survey series, see the blogs below and also take a look at our latest email alert (hyperlink to HTML version of our email) outlining the survey process.

If you have any ideas on which sector, industry, region or issue we should focus on for our next quarterly survey, we would love to hear from you, so add your comments below.

Also, a big thank you to the following, as we could not have implemented this project if it wasn’t for the kind support of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council; Sunshine Coast Tourism, Discover Maroochy, Tourism Noosa, Caloundra Tourism, AEC Group Ltd, The Caloundra, Cooroy, Coolum, Eumundi, Kawana Waters, Maroochydore, Mooloolaba, Nambour, Noosa, Peregian Beach and Yandina Chambers of Commerce and Business associations; Sunshine Coast Enterprises; Sunshine Coast Daily; Noosa Journal; Noosa News; Queensland Dept of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation; ACC (Regional Development Australia); Sunshine Coast Business Women’s Network; Eumundi Markets; Noosa Farmers Markets; Sunshine Coast Innovation Centre; Urban Development Institute of Australia; PunkLogic; Callister Lawrence Media and Communications and many others.

This website is a new initiative from the team at Noosa Boardroom.

We have decided to run the Business Confidence survey from this platform as opposed to the Noosa Boardroom website as some people thought the survey was only important to those who lived in Noosa.

As you know, the survey is Sunshine Coast wide.  And the results are most relevant (and important) to all businesses on the Coast.

Thanks for visiting and we hope you can participate in our September quarterly survey opening soon.

A sneak preview of the upcoming Sunshine Coast Business Expo

Thursday 22nd Friday 23rd October 2009
Twin Waters Resort, Wandiny Room

A few of the Hot Topics that will be at the Business Expo:-

• 'How to get all the Customers you can handle @ NO COST to you!  Thursday 22nd 9.00-9.45am with James McNamrara Impact Factory (dynamic speaker)
• 'Growth' not a dirty Word'  with Mr Facts 'n' Figures Sunshine Coasts very own Ted Fitzgerald Thursday 22nd  1.00 - 1.45pm
• 'Future Workplace...are you ready for NetGen?" keynote with Chris Alcock Regional Director Asia-Pacific DEGW Thursday 22nd 2.30 - 3.30pm
• ''The Top Five Sales Tips for Today' with Diana Stowers 2 hour workshop - another dynamic speaker/author Thursday 22nd 4.00 - 6.00pm
• 'How to get to No 1 on Google' 3 hour workshop with Peter Dowse, Director of Marketeam Friday 23rd 1.00 - 4.00pm

 
a) The Business Networking Breakfast Launch: which will be $35 inc gst includes entry into Expo (Stand Up Networking Brekky is inside the Business Expo with over 50 Exhibitors to talk to and network) held on Thursday 22nd October 7.00am to 8.30am with Mayor Bob Abbot launching the SCBusiness Expo

With over 440 respondents from the local business community, the second in our quarterly business confidence survey series for the Sunshine Coast was an outstanding success.  A big THANK YOU to those of you who participated!

By way of background, we launched a quarterly anonymous business confidence survey in April through the media, and via email.  If you wish to be part of future surveys, please sign up here

The survey design and distribution was conducted in partnership with the Sunshine Coast Regional Council, various Chambers of Commerce across the Coast, AEC Group Ltd, and MANY other business groups.

The 6 online survey questions were designed to gauge general business confidence in the region. An additional question was included this quarter, to focus on the Tourism sector. The questions were in a simple multiple-choice format, and allowed for anonymity.

In summary, the results were even more optimistic about the future of business on the Coast! The full report, including the breakdown in responses in graph format, can be downloaded here

We are currently planning for the next quarterly survey so if you have any comments or suggestions we would love to hear from you.