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Welcome Blue skies, some clouds: Enterprise client pulse check captures mid-market mood n BRENT MURPHY US over hal o small o medium sized businesses are op imis ic abou heir uure especially hose based in NSW (66 percen ) and Vic oria (49 percen ), wi h Queensland and Sou h Aus ralia close behind. Te la es KPMG En erprise clien survey also shows i hey have he means, hey’re looking o harness echnology and innova ion o keep ahead o he game. Tey know his will give hem a dis inc advan age over heir compe i ors and enable hem o ward of disrup ors. No only are hey inves ing in ech bu hey’re looking ou wards o new marke s: 41 percen considered overseas expansion as de ni e or a dis inc possibili y. Businesses owners repor ed hey are nding i more di cul o secure a loan, wi h 30 percen o mid-sized businesses experiencing di cul ies. Companies obviously need loans o grow and wi hou a change in lending, his resul sugges s heir op imis ic ou look may be reviewed over he nex 12 mon hs. Wha is clear is here is a s rong correlaion be ween he down urn in he housing marke and business con dence. Tose who were grea ly or somewha afec ed by he down urn in housing were also more likely o be pessimis ic abou he u ure o heir business, rela ive o hose wi h an op imis ic ou look (61 percen versus 35 percen ). Tis down urn has afec ed almos hal o responden s, a worrying rend when i comes o also eeling posi ive abou personal nances. My mid-marke clien s who can aford o do so are adop ing a ‘wai and see’ approach: hey have decided o bide heir ime un il he housing marke drops even ur her be ore inves ing in real es a e. Te governmen has pu orward a number o ini ia ives o help small business, bu surprisingly he $20,000 ins an asse wri eof scheme is ye o show an impac , wi h only 5 percen o our survey responden s repor ing a posi ive ou come. Similarly, measures o ackle he Black Economy and reduce ax avoidance announced a las year’s Federal Budge – again aimed predominan ly a he mid-marke – were repor ed by 86 percen as having had no direc impac as ye on heir organisa ion.
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Te En erprise Pulse Check shows ha , compared o o her coun ries, clien s also believe Aus ralia remains highly axed and are urging bo h sides o poli ics o reassess our curren ax s ruc ure o galvanise businesses ha need help mos . Clien s also eel R&D suppor and incenives are diminishing and governmen s o every persuasion should do more o encourage in erna ional expansion. Tey complain abou red ape and regula ory burdens. Tey
grumble ha he clima e or en repreneurs is challenging and ha he business ven ures o he u ure should be os ered. Bu despi e every hing, hey s ill say hey eel ‘cau iously op imis ic’. Wha remains clear is ha he mid marke is resilien and resource ul. O en re erred o as he “engine room o he naion’s economy”, employing nearly a quar er o all Aus ralians and responsible or almos 40 percen o Aus ralia’s business revenue,
mid-marke en erprises will ake economic uncer ain y in heir s ride and are capable o seeing he blue skies behind he clouds. I you would like o read he KPMG En erprise Pre-Budge Clien Pulse Check 2019 please visi kpmg.com/au/ en erprise, or please con ac David Pring on 9455 9996 or davidpring@kpmg.com. au. ARTICLE FIRST PUBLISHED BY BRENT M URPHY, PARTNER, KPMG ENTERPRISE ON KPMG N EWSROOM
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