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As majority of Australia returns to ‘the new normal’ we look at what impact the ‘great remote shift’ has had – and will have – on Australian businesses.    COVID-19 has undoubtedly changed the business landscape in Australian and globally. Whilst shifts in economic factors such as employment security, consumer sentiment and business investments continue […]

Our pharmacy records yield some interesting results from the following odds ratio analysis: High performing pharmacies, i.e. the top quartile based on Net Profit per Principal before owners salary as a percentage of total income, are 2.21 times more likely than low performing pharmacies to have a high over the counter sales / dispensary area […]

The Benchmarking team has over the years seen a consistent pattern observed in contractor industries. They have found that, as turnover increases, net profit margin tends to decrease. An even more interesting fact is that the net profit dollar per working owner increases, rather than decreasing with profit margins. They explain this in terms of […]

As part of Benchmarking.com.au’s ongoing In-Focus series, the Optometry Industry is the next to go under the microscope. We have received a growing number of enquiries for Optometry benchmarks as a number of large buyer groups have entered the market, placing a squeeze on smaller competitors. Whilst buying power may be an issue within the […]

As at June 2014 Benchmarking.com.au is integrating with Xero for an easy data import. This facilitates a much faster data entry for companies benchmarking their performance against industry peers. Similar to the Excel / CSV import, the Xero import loads the data and then let’s you drag and drop your accounts into the benchmarking account […]

For those clients who are quick to complete their financial year 2013 files, be ready and create the new benchmark year and report as well: On the Dashboard, click the company to which you want to add a year Click on Add Year on the right hand side Then follow the same process as for [...]

Since the release of our new benchmarking.com.au plaform in October 2012, we’ve been working hard to integrate the most important industry benchmark of them all: The Accountants Benchmark. Planned to go live at the end of June, users of the Benchmark Suite get access to: Online questionnaire Instant reporting with ability to export to Word, […]

Benchmarking.com.au just released additional modules for all Online Industries in the Benchmark Suite and Industry Reports containing ABS industry data.

Industry Profiles give the reader an understanding of the drivers of success in a given industry and how they can assist businesses in making more informed decisions. Benchmarking.com.au will release at least one new Industry Profile every month, providing you with an ever increasing list of industries to choose from. All new releases will be [...]