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- UN data shows China to be the world's manufacturing powerhouse.
- Manufacturing is responsible for nearly 30% of the country's economic output.
- Shutdowns in China, as a result of the coronavirus, could have knock-on effects around the world.
While the economic fallout of the coronavirus outbreak will undoubtedly be most severe in China, the negative effects of the pandemic won’t be confined by the Great Wall. After all, China is the world’s manufacturing hub and the ripple effect of shutdowns across the country is already leading to supply constraints in various industries all around the globe.
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According to data published by the United Nations Statistics Division, China accounted for 28 percent of global manufacturing output in 2018. That puts the country more than 10 percentage points ahead of the United States, which used to have the world’s largest manufacturing sector until China overtook it in 2010.
With total value added by the Chinese manufacturing sector amounting to almost $4 trillion in 2018, manufacturing accounted for nearly 30 percent of the country’s total economic output. The U.S. economy is much less reliant on manufacturing these days: in 2018, the manufacturing sector accounted for just 11 percent of GDP in the world’s largest economy.


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Almost a third (31 percent) of all mobile phone users in the United States own smartphones, but their adoption is higher among specific minority groups, says a report out today from Nielsen. Based on a survey conducted in December, Nielsen found that 27 percent of white mobile phone users in the U.S. currently own smartphones. But that rate was lower than the 45 percent of Hispanics, 45 percent of Asians/Pacific Islanders, and 33 percent of African-American mobile users polled who said they have a smartphone.
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Facebook Messenger's new emojis work across iPhones and Android phones. Facebook isn't the first to push the emoji horde into more diverse territory. You can already choose different skin tones on Apple's iOS and Google's Android. With the next version of Android, for now known just as N, you'll also be able to choose more depictions of working women. The war of the chat apps has been heating up in Silicon Valley as a new generation of chat apps, including Snapchat and Kik jostle for a leg up. Google last month announced its own new chat app called Allo, centered on artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, Facebook has been making other big investments in Messenger. In April, the company said it was bringing more chatbots to Messenger to act like customer service reps, so you don't have to talk to big brands on the phone.
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It is understood the drinks conglomerate is sounding out US-based agencies to devise a global campaign strategy that could then be implemented locally.
Diageo US failed to return PRWeek's calls on its plans.
Smirnoff is sold in 130 countries. Recent global initiatives Diageo has undertaken for the brand include 'Clearly Smirnoff', which has focused on promoting the drink's heritage and quality.
The search follows Smirnoff's high-profile £250m makeover less than 18 months ago, when it was repackaged in a sleeker bottle.
London consumer agency Splendid Communications continues to promote Smirnoff Red, Black, Ice and Norsk in the UK and its contract is believed to be unaffected by plans being hatched by Diageo US.


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ELCO Heating Solutions UK has appointed Andreea Manoiu to senior manager. In her new role she is set to lead the ELCO and ATAG Commercial sales teams, in addition to the ELCO Solutions Centre and Parts and Services Department.
According to ELCO representatives, Andreea has been a key member of the ELCO team since 2018, having held key managerial positions in the company’s sales and marketing divisions.
As senior manager, Andreea is set to be responsible for ELCO and ATAG Commercial’s UK sales strategies and commercial development. She is expected to work closely with ELCO’s specifier and consultant customers, as well as ATAG Commercial’s merchant partners nationwide.
Andreea said: “These are exciting times for ELCO and ATAG Commercial and I’m pleased to be responsible for so many of the essential teams that contribute to our continued success. We have many exciting developments for 2023 in the pipeline and I’m looking forward to building upon my previous roles, helping the business expand and develop its offering to benefit our customers throughout the UK.
“The commercial heating sector has evolved considerably during the last five years, during which time we have introduced a wealth of high quality and energy efficient products to the market – including the latest generation heat pumps, boilers, calorifiers and HIUs. It is now my responsibility to work together with installers, consultants, merchants and contractors and provide them with the level of tailored support they need.”
Andreea’s appointment comes at a time of significant expansion for ELCO, which announced Edoardo Pauletta d’Anna as its new UK managing director on 9 January 2023.


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One of the big issues that have plagued 3D TV owners and kept many from adopting the new tech aside from price of the sets and the fact that the active glasses are expensive has been the lack of content. Some of the big cable companies have added 3D sports channels, but many of the 3D stations are not 3D all the time.
Vizio is certainly investing itself in the 3D market, and they look to be making a bigger push as of today. In a late announcement, the company has officially unveiled their latest, and largest, 3D-capable TV. The XVT3D650SV is said to be more aggressive in the pricing area due to the fact that, instead of using active shutter technology, it focuses on the passive 3D glasses.
While 3D sweeps through the movie industry, and begins to make large in-roads into the video game industry, it is sports that has already given its own green light for the technology. But, while watching a soccer match, or football or basketball in 3D may sound like fun, there may be some sports out there that don't necessarily need to be given the 3D upgrade. For instance, darts may not have been a sport that you'd think would get the 3D treatment, but you'd be wrong.
While the World Cup 2022 bidding may be officially over as of the time of this writing (FIFA has announced that the 2022 tournament will be held in Qatar), that doesn't make Japan's bid for the tournament any less noteworthy. The country, with some major help from Sony, wasn't just aiming to make Japan the host country for the tournament in 2022, but to actually have countries all over the world host it together, thanks to life-sized holographics, and giant screens that would be placed in stadiums all over the globe.
When it comes to AMOLED and Super AMOLED, the display technology is synonymous with Samsung. But Samsung doesn't want to just focus on the here-and-now. They've already shown off what a 4.5-inch flexible AMOLED would look like, so why wouldn't the company show off a concept design of what it would look like to see that technology on a bigger screen? That's exactly what they did at this year's FPD International.
For 3DTV, or even 3D as a whole, there's a heated debate going on behind the scenes. It's one that you may have with people you know, even friends, as you suggest that 3D is the future, or perhaps that it's just a giant waste of time. And while companies all over the globe try to capitalize on the reemerging technology, some analysts out there haven't been all that positive about the technology's adoption. But, for one European analyst, it's not all Doom and Gloom. In fact, he believes 3D adoption is better than HD, at the same point in the technology's life cycle.
Panasonic has a bunch of different 3D TVs and other massive screened HDTVs in its line .The company has now combined a gigantic screen with 3D capability with the unveiling of its new 103-inch TH-P103MT2. The gigantic display supports full HD resolution with 3D capability and has no integrated TV tuner.
It's hard to not be a fan of Vizio TVs with their good performance and great pricing. The TV company has put a hurtin' on other major TV makers over the last few years grabbing up a large share of the market thanks to very competitive pricing. Vizio has announced that one of its most popular lines of TVs is now getting 3D models.
Gefen has gobs of hardware and accessories for getting your home theater all set up and running just how you want it. The company has unveiled its latest splitter for home theater fans needing to send a signal out to four different displays making this a great device for someone looking to build up a video wall. The splitter is the GTB-HDFST-144-BLK otherwise known as the 1:4 Splitter for HDMI with FST and 3D.
There are a few companies out there pushing for 3D technology to find nearly every facet of our technologically-focused lives. From our computers, to our video game consoles, and especially our TVs, the 3D revolution is an on-going push into the future from some of the biggest names in the business. NVIDIA is one of those companies, pushing for the 3D gaming experience as hard as they can, but until now mainly focusing on the computer end of things. Today, after unveiling the 3DTV Play Software all the way back in March, NVIDIA is announcing it's available now.
Getting 3D entertainment in your home isn't a hard feat anymore. As many TV manufacturers are making a hard push for the next level of entertainment, including heavy-hitters like Sony. However, the technology isn't loved by everyone, and for most it has everything to do with the glasses that are required to be worn while enjoying the 3D entertainment. While glasses-free 3D technology exists, and some companies are aiming to get test TV sets out in the market by the end of 2010, Samsung believes glasses-free 3D TVs won't be common in the home for up to 10 years.


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Customers of the For Our Furry Friends store in Burgaw will be shopping at a bigger space off U.S. 117.
Customers of the Pender County Humane Society’s For Our Furry Friends resale shop in Burgaw will soon be shopping at a bigger store in a new location off U.S. 117.
Norma Troutman, the group’s treasurer, said the shop has outgrown its 600-square-foot building at 1407 N.C. 53 and is looking forward to the additional space.
The group bought land for an animal shelter eight years ago and opened the fundraising resale shop in the small building, she said. “We opened that, and about four years later we were able to build our Humane Society animal shelter behind that building. People have been so generous to us over the years that now we just can’t cram anything else into that little building. So we have leased a 5,000-square-foot showroom building.”
Troutman said the new location at 102 U.S. 117 S. has an additional 2,500 square feet that can be used for warehouse storage. “Opening this bigger store is going to give us more items to sell and, hopefully, open up new avenues for us,” Troutman said. “It’s a big deal for us, and everything is donated from the public or either consigned for the public, and 100 percent of the profit from the store goes to the Pender County Humane Society.”
The group takes in homeless and unwanted animals, providing them shelter and medical care while trying to find new homes for the animals. Troutman said people often get the Pender County Humane Society’s animal shelter confused with the county-run animal shelter. But the Humane Society’s shelter is a no-kill facility.
“We rescue in New Hanover as well as Pender. Animals that we rescue don’t come with county tags …,” Troutman said.
Funds generated from the store’s sales help keep the shelter going. “We hope this (store) might help us toward other ventures in the future to help animals, but right now it will be used to pay the mortgage and operating costs on our animal shelter,” she said.
The store’s new name will be FOFF Resale and Consignment Store, using the acronym for “For Our Furry Friends.” It will open its doors at 10 a.m. June 14.
“If people love animals and want to support us, that would be a good time. We’ll be open that day to accept any donated items from the public,” Troutman said.
PCHS is welcoming more donated items for the store. To donate in Wilmington, contact Gloria at 799-5401 or Llefrog@aol.com; in Burgaw, contact Judy at 470-5122 or firstname.lastname@example.org; in Hampstead, contact Bernie at 270-9240.
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Cheyenne Community Bands Together for Fire Assistance
Multiple businesses in Cheyenne are currently accepting donations for firefighters working to contain the Badger Creek fire.
High priority items include:
- Bug spray
Other items requested are:
- Eye drops
- Lip balm
- Jerky, granola bars, and other snack items
- Wet wipes
There are two businesses in Cheyenne currently accepting donations. The first is Provisions, located at 1711 Carey Avenue. They will be accepting donations until 8 p.m. and all items will be taken to the Laramie Fire Department tomorrow morning.
Eileen's Cookies, located at 3757 Lincolnway, will be accepting donations through next week during store hours, but don't have an end date set in stone. Eileen's is open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.


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Today we can confirm that CP+B has lost the Vitaminwater account after nearly four years.
Crispin won the Coca-Cola property’s business in early 2011, leading AdAge to declare that the agency had achieved “a stronger foothold” on the parent company’s roster. That headline referenced the Coke Zero account, which went to Droga5 in 2012; Ogilvy won that business last August.
The matter of where the work will go next is less clear, but a source close to the matter tells us that, as in the case of Coke Zero, WPP can claim victory.
We cannot confirm which specific agency will handle creative, but Coca-Cola did recently expand its relationship with the WPP organization by both giving its Coke Zero account to Ogilvy (which had worked on the brand in the past) and assigning all PR/marketing work for the upcoming Uefa Euro 2016 football tournament to a group of WPP firms including Possible, Geometry Global, and Media-Com.
Also: this move only concerns the primary Vitaminwater account and not Smartwater or Fruitwater, which ran ads created by Zambezi last year.
CP+B’s most recent notable campaign for the now-former client starred Kevin Hart and debuted in May 2014.


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About a third of Britons do not know what the purpose of a credit history report is, new statistics show.
According to a study carried out by Garlik, 33 per cent of those surveyed are unaware that the file is used by credit lenders when judging whether to grant a personal loan to consumers and the amount of interest that they will be charged. Meanwhile, about one in five respondents did not even know that such a report is ever held in their name.
The findings also indicated that only a quarter of consumers have checked their credit history over the last five years, with about half of these said to have done so once during this period. Young adults were said to be the most under-informed about credit reports, with almost half (48 per cent) said to be ignorant on why the file is used.
Chief executive for the data protection company Tom Ilube said: “Credit reports have historically been used by financial organisations before offering individuals credit. However, online identity fraud is rapidly increasing, with the average person’s ID worth an estimated £85,000 to fraudsters, so it is becoming increasingly necessary for people to take matters into their own hands and ensure they remain on top of their credit files. ”
A Garlik case study revealed that a young mother had developed debts of some £9,000 after her identity was stolen as the thieves borrowed money on plastic cards, car finance deals and other forms of credit in her name and attempted to take out a mortgage. Consequently, she is now reported to be unable to get a car on credit. “Katie, like all of us, can best prevent identity theft by proactively and regularly monitoring her credit report, ” Mr Ilube added.
Meanwhile, Melanie Mitchley, director of industry relations for Callcredit, claimed in January that those whose credit history has been the victim of identify theft can find their financial pressures intensifying. “It can take many hours work over several weeks, even months, for someone to recover control of their identity and sort out their credit file, ” she claimed.
Earlier this year, figures released by Which? revealed that those who regularly check their financially history with all three credit reference agencies - Equifax, Call Credit and Experian - are more likely to get a cheap loan. The consumer watchdog reported that as loan providers use different information when making decisions on whether to approve borrowing consumers could secure a more competitive rate of interest by getting a copy of their file from each reference group.
Meanwhile, about a fifth of Which? Consumers who have recently had their credit file checked out were said to have found a mistake with their report. Figures from the company also revealed that seven out of ten respondents have never verified their files with a credit reference agency.
As a result, editor for Which? Money Martyn Hocking claimed that for the cost of £6 checking credit files could be “money well spent” for consumers looking for a low-rate loan.
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Hong Kong property sales have risen for the second month in a row this September. Sales volumes rose by almost 40 per cent in August, according to Land Registry data, reaching a total of 7,826. In September, sales continued to climb a further 34.4 per cent, taking the total sales volume to its highest level in four years.
Knight Frank attributes the rise mainly to new-build property, as a growing number of end-users and investors enter the market. Indeed, many new residential projects are over-subscribed, reveals the agency’s research, with 95 per cent of the 545 units in One Kai Tak, in Kowloon City, sold within a week of launching. Primary projects with small units are particularly popular, with developers expected to continue focus on launching smaller units to meet the strong market demand.
This improvement in sales performance, as well as land prices stabilising, is also seeing a number of major developers return to the market. Major developers, particularly those from the mainland, are now bidding aggressively to beat competition for land sales. Knight Frank highlights the sale of a residential site in Kau To Shan, Shatin, which was sold at HK$8,001 per square foot, 33 per cent more than even the highest expectations.
“The streaks of aggressive bids are expected to continue as land sales tenders have become more competitive because of the higher participation rate of mainland developers,” says Knight Frank. “Despite abundant housing supply and a potential interest-rate hike, strong residential demand and developers’ competitive sales packages have resulted in a significant rebound in transaction volume. Home prices, therefore, are set to remain stable over 2016.”
Prices, though, remain 8 per cent below their peak in September 2015.
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Hong Kong property sales slid this summer, with the volume of residential transactions dipping 8 per cent month-on-month.
New figures from the Land Registry show that the number of units sold in June 2016 fell to 4,243, reversing three months of growth. Total transaction value for residential units fell 8.8 per cent to HK$29.7 billion.
However, prices remained stable, notes Knight Frank, due to “sustainable end-user demand”. Indeed, developers enjoyed strong sales in recently launched new-build projects, with Park Yoho Venezia in Yuen Long selling 95 per cent of its 62 units and The Ascent in Cheung Sha Wan selling over 94 per cent of its first batch of 125 units in a single day.
The mood is upbeat, with Buggle Lau, chief analyst at Midland Realty, telling the SCMP that property sales will “rebound this month as the market warms up”.
“New projects have registered good sales responses in general,” he added, predicting that transactions will climb to a 13-month high.
Wong Leung-sing, associate director of research at Centaline Property Agency, predicting that sales will increase to 4,800 this month, with the estimated transaction value amounting to HK$35 billion.
“Residential transactions staying above 4,000 for four consecutive months indicates the market has stabilised,” he added. “The recent rebound in home sales is the result of investors seeking a safe haven for cash after the Brexit.”
Developers, meanwhile, are expected to continue offering discounts to entice buyers and offlaod inventory ahead of a possible US interest rate hike later this year.
Knight Frank predicts prime property prices will fall between 5 and 10 per cent this year, with mass residential prices dropping up to 10 per cent.
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Developers are accelerating activity in Hong Kong, as housing sentiment improves.
Government data showed that property prices rose in April and May 2016, with values up 0.73 per cent month-on-month. Now, house-builders are speeding up the launches of new projects.
“Developers are expected to rush to offload their stocks in the second half as they have failed to meet six-month sales targets, plagued by the declining desire to buy, and poor market sentiment,” Derek Chan, head of research at property agent Ricacorp Properties, tells the South China Morning Post.
Ricacorp estimates that as many as 2,500 new units could be launched this month – around 40 per cent of the first-hand homes sale in the first half of the year. Some are concerned, though, that the rush to attract buyers could fuel further incentives from developers, which could also drag the sector back down.
“We are monitoring for any price war between developers,” Chan comments.
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Hong Kong developers are increasingly offering discounts to draw buyers away from the existing home market.
The market for new units in Hong Kong is tough at present, following the yuan’s development at the start of 2016 and the stock market fluctuations, which deterred buyers from the market in general. Indeed, developers have deferred the marketing of some projects until more favourable conditions.
In the first five months of the year, though, companies enjoyed strong sales volumes, with developers racking up HK$44.6 billion in sales of new homes – making up 44 per cent of the total transaction value in the residential market, according to Midland Realty. This is the first time this has happened in 13 years.
This growth was largely fuelled by growing sales of luxury properties, however. Notable deals included Sun Hung Kai Properties’ Ultima phase two, in Ho Man Tin, where units were sold for between HK$18 million and HK$135 million. Overall residential sales, including both new homes and existing homes, totalled HK$102.3 billion between January and May 2016.
Buggle Lau, chief analyst at Midland Realty, tells SCMP that the overall number of transactions declined, with the sales that did take place due to discounts and favourable mortgage offers. Of the total 13,950 sales, new homes made up just 23.6 per cent, down on last year’s 29.1 per cent. Nonetheless, new homes have become more popular than they were in the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis: in 2008, new-build units made up just 9.2 per cent of total residential transactions.
“There will be bigger new projects scheduled to come to the market,” comments Lau. “Sales of new homes will pick up as long as developers continue to offer discounts and mortgage schemes to entice buyers.”Google+


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Release the latest update with One UI that comes with Samsung’s Android Pie 9.0, which today has been released for Galaxy A8 Star users.
SAMSUNG HAS RELEASED THE ONE UI (ANDROID PIE) UPDATE FOR GALAXY A8 STAR.
Samsung is starting to release the latest firmware of the Samsung Galaxy A8 Star in Vietnam with the latest version of the One UI or Android Pie 9.0. (Firmware number: G885FOLM2BSF8) This update comes with a bug update and comes with a May 2019 security patch. But it seems that the released firmware will be able to. How much does the update get? Because it seems that it is not complete enough(Vietnam is the first to have this update)
However, in the part of the Thai Center, our house will probably release updates soon and for those who are waiting for this update, it will be a bit of a wait.


text: In recent months, a number of restaurant executives have been seeing potential for rapid growth in the breakfast segment – particularly as people have returned to the office and to school with greater regularity after the pandemic. CEOs from brands ranging from Starbucks to McDonald’s to Wendy’s have spoken out about the strength of the daypart in earnings calls – and other brands are tapping into opportunities for both innovation and for showcasing fresh ingredients that the breakfast menu can deliver. Specifically, restaurant brands are offering creative twists on traditional breakfast dishes, featuring lifestyle-focused options for plant-based, gluten-free and high-protein diets, and even boosting check totals through new alcoholic beverage options beyond the mimosa. A recent Restaurant Dive report mentioned Snooze’s Bountiful Buddha Bowl, a plant-based concoction of a vegetables, black rice, quinoa, kale and golden raisins, as well as First Watch’s brunch-themed cocktails, including a Pomegranate Sunrise and Cinnamon Toast Cereal Milk. There is also room for growth in breakfast delivery as more brands adapt their menus and their technology to off-premise early morning diners.


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Video: Turns out, dropping a giant concrete block onto a car ends exactly like how you would imagine it would: The car gets completely obliterated and smashed to smithereens. Crash Zone pulled off this incredibly silly stunt and filmed it in slow motion so that you can see the damage in lovely, exacting detail. The concrete block pierces through the metal frame and sends shattered glass flying everywhere. The car basically gets bent out of shape. Everything about this is completely unsurprising but slow mo destruction is always fun to watch. They also threw a tiny block at the car first and dropped the car from high up in the air too.
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Two companies of two different sectors have received regulatory nods to float initial public offerings (IPOs). Those two companies are biscuit maker Mrs. Bector's Food Specialties and automotive and aerospace component manufacturer Sansera Engineering.
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REDMOND, Washington: Depending on which news source you might choose to read, Microsoft is now planning to buy online giant AOL ... or plotting with it to break-up the other object of its affections, Yahoo.
Executives from the software titan met with their counterparts at AOL's parent company, Time Warner, earlier this week.
British newspaper The Times reports that the purpose of the talks was to evolve a plan to split Yahoo so Microsoft ends up with its search advertising business, thereby putting it in a stronger position to challenge the might of Google.
An alternative scenario to this $40 billion (€25bn; £19.9bn) strategy is the one outlined by CNNMoney.com, which suggests Microsoft is looking to acquire AOL as Plan B to its hitherto frustrated pursuit of Yahoo.
Most recently the latter spurned an offer from Microsoft and interventionist shareholder Carl Icahn that would segment its search business to the software titan while the billionaire investor would snap up the rest of the company.
The summarily rejected proposal was conditional on the removal of Yahoo's entire board and senior management.
Meantime, all parties remain tight-lipped on the latest talks.
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Setting its precarious health risks aside, the coronavirus will most certainly impact the global economy.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the outbreak of the coronavirus to be a global health emergency, though it has refrained from naming it as a pandemic thus far. But keeping track of confirmed cases or deaths from the virus or even lockdowns and quarantined cities has been extremely difficult as the numbers and the facts have been changing at whirlwind speed.
The full global economic impact of the virus will depend on how well and how fast China can contain the outbreak. While China s recent measures to impede the outbreak have been hailed by many, they are also bringing the Chinese economy to a halt.
The Chinese government has enforced a quarantine system barring 100 million citizens from free movement in a bid to halt the spread of the virus. Flights from and to China have been cancelled. Public transport has been shut down; hotels, restaurants and even streets remain empty; and the lunar new year public holiday has been extended for several days to prevent people from returning to work, even if they may of course not have wished to go in the first place.
Upon the reopening of the stock markets, trading was suspended almost immediately as stocks plummeted. However, the global selloff that might have been expected did not materialise, and media outlets, economists and stock-market gurus urged investors not to panic. As with all crises, such as during the outbreak of the SARS virus in 2003 or after the events of 11 September 2001, the markets rebound quickly.
However, Mohamed Al-Erian, chief economic adviser to the European insurer Allianz, advised against “buying on the dip,” or purchasing stocks after they had declined in price. When it comes to the reaction to the spread of the coronavirus, the banks may not be able to “ride to the rescue” soon enough, he said.
Should the crisis stretch out for a longer period, possibly for several months, China s GDP will likely decline sharply. To confront this emergency, the Chinese government has injected $22 billion into the markets in the hope of boosting the economy and adjusting the downward trend.
Even so, the manufacturing sector will likely be hit hard. International companies operating in China have already shut offices and stopped production, among them Apple, Ikea, General Motors and Starbucks. Kaho Yu, a Chinese economic expert, said that “business interruptions and closures are likely to be especially devastating for many small and medium-sized enterprises.”
Now we come to the global effects of the coronavirus outbreak. In 2003, when the SARS pandemic hit China provoking a global economic loss of $40 billion, China s share of the global market stood at a miniscule four per cent. Today, it stands at 16 per cent, and this will make the ripple effect across the globe more profound.
Tourism will suffer immediately in China and across the world. According to the US outlet CNBC, 163 million Chinese tourists in 2018 accounted for nearly a third of travel sales worldwide. Should the travel restrictions as a result of the outbreak of the coronavirus continue, the hospitality industry as a whole will face massive losses.
According to the US financial service Bloomberg, “from Tokyo to London, hotels, casinos, airlines and retailers are already recording a downturn and are bracing for weeks, if not months, of plummeting spending after China curbed outbound travel and governments tightened border controls.”
The Diamond Princess, a luxury cruise ship, has been quarantined off the Japanese coast after one passenger who docked tested positive. The latest numbers say that 61 passengers on the ship have tested positive, and these numbers have kept climbing.
During the SARS outbreak in 2003, China was still mostly the maker of low-value trinkets and cheap toys and clothing. Today, China has evolved into a main supplier of parts and components to many international industries.
In addition to being an integral part of global supply chains, China also makes cars for General Motors, smart phones and computers for Apple and mobile phone chips for Qualcomm. With flights in and out of China restricted and factories halting production, China s production role in global supply chains will be drastically affected and production lines across the globe will come to a halt.
According to the New York Times, “all of this could play havoc with businesses that depend on China for components, from auto factories in the American Midwest and Mexico to apparel plants in Bangladesh and Turkey… A single part of an advanced product like a smart TV may be made of dozens of smaller components, with each of these assembled from other pieces.”
With factories remaining idle in China, and customers across the globe not buying what they need, Chinese factories will have to “slash orders for imported machinery, components and raw material – computer chips from Taiwan and South Korea, copper from Chile and Canada, factory equipment from Germany and Italy.” All this will affect global markets. Oil prices have already gone down by about 15 per cent, with Saudi Arabia contemplating a cut in its output to keep the price of oil from collapsing.
It is suddenly dawning on us all that the world is extremely small and that what happens at one end of the globe can have far-reaching consequences the world over, whether these are health risks or damaging economic fallout.
No one knows how long the coronavirus outbreak will last, how far it will spread, or how many lives it will claim. It is impossible to calculate the extent to which the virus will disrupt China s economy, but whatever happens in China will definitely resonate across the world.


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How wearable technology is changing the workplace
October 29, 2015
You'd be forgiven for thinking that wearables in the workplace is a recent occurrence but early adopters have been utilising the tech for over 20 years. Some of the first applications included belt- and wrist-mounted PCs for remote workers enabling more efficient working, and eventually devices became smaller, thinner and focused on wearer safety.
In 2004, one of the UK's largest supermarkets took up the wearables mantle, and began to utilise first-gen devices across hundreds of its stores. In its distribution centres, wearables tracked the speed and accuracy of employees collecting products off shelves, and in-store, the supermarket saw efficiency gains which led to a reduction in staff numbers.
Only a couple of years later, the first fitness device was born - a partnership between top sports brand and top tech brand which subsequently led to a rise in the use of wearables by professional athletes; coaches and officials were suddenly able to monitor athletes' physiology of performance, whether it be heart rate, speed or impact of a fall/collision.
Consumer-driven devices verses enterprise adoption
By 2024, IDTechEx predicts the wearable market will be worth $50billion. Market watchers tend to agree that the enterprise sector will be one of the largest consumer groups as more employers begin to see the benefits of wearables for productivity and efficiency improvements.
Consumers have seen how useful fitness wearables have been to track weight loss for example, but we're still waiting for the 'iPhone' moment - when your wearable device becomes invaluable. However, wearables offer solutions to specific workplace problems.
Smartglasses will soon be designed to display a patient's vital signs to the doctor while performing surgery, removing the need for the surgeon to look away from the procedure. On construction hands-free wearables will be able to provide workers with location and safety alerts, taking into account their location and the environment. Many of these, and future applications of wearables will require discreet sensors, that will not only assess the wearer's cognitive patterns, vitals or posture, but also prove to be robust and user-friendly.
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Lytro's light ray-based plenoptic camera technology, which enables post-capture selective focus on any particular depth region of an image, has received periodic mention on this site. Back in October of last year, for example, I covered the cameras' initial unveiling. And more recently, BDTI engineers Eric Gregori and Shehrzad Qureshi discussed the underlying technology in detail, in their technology trends presentation. Reviews have been mixed, and the camera didn't start shipping until the end of February. But the company has steadily added features to its first-generation product, while being simultaneously non-commital about rumored licensing deals and video-capture enhancements.
In mid-June, for example, the company unveiled the fruits of its partnership with Twitter; focal point adjustment from within the embedded-image Twitter stream, versus requiring a redirect to Lycro's photo-sharing site. More recently, in mid-October (and, I'd argue, more meaningful to embedded vision technologists), the company added manual control of shutter speed, ISO sensitivity, neutral density filter enable/disable, and auto-exposure lock. Shortly thereafter, company officials revealed that another firmware update due by year-end would add parallax-based 3-D photo support, including video output cognizance of 3-D displays. And nearer term, a few days ago Lytro rolled out updated desktop software that encompasses support for perspective shift capabilities, along with nine "Living Filters".


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FPV GT AND GS REVIEW For the first time in its history FPV doesn't have a naturally-aspirated powerplant in its entire line-up. The old 5.4-litre Boss V8 has been retired in favour of the all-new supercharged 'Miami' V8 based on the Mustang's Coyote 5.0 litre V8. It's this engine which now powers the GS GT GT E and GT-P. Click to read TMR's review of the 2009 FPV GT It's also the most powerful motor in the company's history with all GT variants enjoying a hairy-chested 335kW output. Even the 'lowly' GS boasts a 315kW output – the same as... continue reading
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We are living in extraordinary times, moving and transforming at an unprecedented speed. With the recent Covid-19 rearing its ugly head, businesses have had to grapple with extraordinary challenges. Needless to say, bakeries were not spared.
As early as April 2019, the team from e2i was already meeting up with many of us in the bakery industry to share the mission and vision of the Baker 4.0 initiative. In July 2019, e2i officially launched Baker 4.0 with the honoured presence of NTUC Secretary-General and Minister in Prime Minister’s Office, Ng Chee Meng, at the food bakery and beverage exposition, Chillax, organised by The Singapore Bakery Confectionery and Trade Association.
Baker 4.0 comprises key skills that will help bakers prepare for the digital age, and equip management and bakers of the industry with adaptive, technology and technical know-how. The new baker would need to have adaptive skills such as customer service experience, adapting to new operational practices and processes, and recipe costing. While the upgrading of baking skills are a constant need, being able to operate machines, equipment, and computer software is also a necessity for the modern bakery.
Since launching the initiative, the e2i team has worked with members of the bakery industry to conduct seminars and workshops with the aim to encourage those in the industry to not focus on just technical baking skills, but in tandem with adaptive and technological skills to battle with future challenges.
For example, Creative Culinaire The School, in collaboration with e2i, organized the Baker 4.0 Symposium for the industry in March 2020. Chefs Gunther Koerffer, vice president of UIBC International Union of Bakers and Confectioners from Europe, alongside chefs Richard Or and Judy Koh of Creative Culinaire The School shared tips on how to adapt traditional recipes to the modern bakery.
To survive and thrive, bakeries would have to be sensitive to customers’ changing needs and demands. Adjustments such as using lesser amounts of sugar and incorporating healthier ingredients are made to traditional recipes to satisfy consumers of today and keep them coming.
With the introduction of equipment, the baker is relieved of mundane and repetitive tasks meaning they were able to spend more time on developing soft skills such as problem-solving and innovating.
Learning how to use software and hardware in the bakery has also become increasingly necessary if we were not only to survive but thrive in the new digital world. A traditional bakery, for example, relying solely on the talent of individuals would be more productive and effective with the introduction of equipment.
Indeed, the Baker 4.0 initiative proved to be visionary. When the pandemic hit and restrictions were put in place, bakeries realised the need to swiftly adapt and transform for survival.
As more people stay home, offline marketing is no longer as effective as it used to be. Digital marketing and online sales have now become the key driving factors for revenue. With the surge in demand for delivery, issues such as the shelf life of baked goods required a relook to the processes and recipes. In turn, this has altered the way businesses intend to attract, train and retain Singaporean talent.
On this, the Place and Train program by e2i with education partners such as Creative Culinaire The School has been working hard to match and train Singaporeans looking for career opportunities in the bakery industry.


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Building a Better Australia – the Official IYC 2012 Year Book
23 January 2012
The UN International Year of Co-operatives has brought our people-centred business model to the world's attention showing that above all, that the co-op model is a serious business structure with scale - not just a ‘feel good’ alternative to business as usual - and one that came through the global financial crisis with flying colours.
"...because a lot of profit made from human effort is vanishing out of the local community where it is generated, we are becoming acutely aware that we need to join hands and protect each other by striving together to the benefit of our neighbours as well as our own family. We need to co-operate with each other - Bravo the co-operatives amongst you."


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Ireland's food, drink and horticulture exports reached €13 billion for the first time in 2019, up 7% from €12.1 billion in 2018.
Bord Bia said this marked the highest level of exports in its 25-year history and sees a decade of "consistent and extraordinary" growth in which Irish food and drink exports grew by 67% since 2010.
Irish food and drink products are now exported to over 180 countries worldwide.
Bord Bia said that EU markets accounted for 35% of exports last year, an increase of 1%. The UK accounted for 34% of exports - a fall of 3% - while the rest of the world accounted for 31% of exports - up 2%.
On Brexit, Bord Bia said that its analysis tool - the Brexit Barometer - continued to be a valuable resource across sectors.
It said it allowed Irish food and drink producers to avail of customised support services to accelerate Brexit preparedness and to protect and maintain their share of the important UK market.
Tara McCarthy, CEO of Bord Bia, said 2019 was a watershed year for Ireland's food and drink industry not only in the total value of exports achieved but also in the make-up of their destination.
"For the first time export levels to continental Europe exceeded exports to the UK. This result gives further impetus to the market prioritisation work undertaken by industry, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Bord Bia over recent years," Ms McCarthy said.
Tara McCarthy said the decade of consistent and significant growth points to the resilience and innovation that underpins Ireland's largest indigenous sector.
"Nearly half of that growth, 48% - €2.7 billion - came from exports to places outside of the EU and demonstrates the importance of continually looking to new horizons in Ireland's market diversification strategy for our world class food and drink produce," she added.
Bord Bia said the dairy sector grew in value by 11% last year to €4.4 billion. Despite weakening commodity prices, particularly in key categories like butter, it said 2019 was the third consecutive year in which the value of exports exceeded €4 billion.
With exports reaching €1.2 billion, butter remained the category leader last year. Bord Bia also noted that increasing diversification proved fruitful for cheese exporters, with an overall increase of 22% in exports derived from strong performance in continental Europe, as well as in the UK.
But 2019 was a mixed year for Irish meat and livestock exports, which recorded a 1% decrease in value to €3.9 billion.
According to Bord Bia, the decrease was driven by a challenging year for beef and sheepmeat, which was partially offset by strong category performances across both poultry and pigmeat.
Spearheaded by strong growth in Irish whiskey, Irish alcohol exports increased by 8% to €1.45 billion last year.
Driven in the US by strategic positioning in the premium and super-premium segments, Irish whiskey exports grew by 11% in 2019 to €727m, while the cream liqueur sector saw overall export sales of 7.9 million cases.
Meanwhile, seafood exports grew by 6% to €605m in 2019 on the back of Asian demand for high value products. Bord Bia said this growth was delivered despite difficult trading circumstances marked especially by reduced quotas and Brexit.
Edible horticulture and cereal exports were up 8% to €248m in 2019, despite a challenging year for mushroom producers, who account for over 42% of all Irish horticulture exports.
Bord Bia said that currency volatility, cost increases and uncertainty in the UK consumer market - the destination for almost all Irish mushroom exports - resulted in continued consolidation in the sector.
Finally, Irish exports of prepared consumer foods and prepared foods returned to growth last year after a challenging 2018.
Exports from the Prepared Foods sector increased by 12% to €2.32 billion, while exports of Prepared Consumer Foods increased by 2% to €2.66 billion, with the UK accounting for 67% of these exports.
Bord Bid noted that despite the uncertainty around Brexit, exports of prepared consumer foods to the UK rose by 1% in 2019.


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After days of researching I have discovered a company that should do fairly well in a slow economy. When you are stressed out about the economy, what’s the best thing to do. Professionals have always recommended exercising.
This is the best time to go out and lose some weight and get healthy.
UKMA develops innovative fitness DVD, which is marketed directly to consumers. UKMA Xflowsion DVD series is the only fitness DVD series to be filmed in high definition with 5.1 surround sound and feature a live band.
Every few years there's a workout guru that comes along that takes the industry by storm and UKMA has the new guru. The last one I can remember was Billy Blanks and his Tae Bo workout DVD which in a 5 year period sold $1 Billion in sales!!!
Celebrity Trainer and Xflowsion Creator Eric Paskel Offers Fun and Powerful Stress Relieving Routine, "With all of the anxiety over the economy and election, people are more stressed than ever and tensions are at an all time high," said Paskel. "We all need to find time to take a moment and alleviate building tensions. With this quick and powerful routine, you can begin to clear your mind, and work to become stronger and healthier in just 5 minutes."
UKMA just release some huge news after the close today!! Their DVD series Xflowsion will be sold on QVC. We all know what that means, sales will probably skyrocket, which means huge profits for UKMA!!
"We are looking forward to reaching new consumers through our new relationship with QVC," said Bill Glaser, CEO of uKarma Corp. "As the largest home shopping channel, QVC represents an enormous opportunity for increased sales for our Xflowsion brand. QVC's reputation as a trusted market leader provides another great outlet to reach consumers in addition to our national infomercial, online marketing, and publicity outreach."
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UKMA's popular Xflowsion DVD series is a revolutionary style of fitness created by one of the most sought after trainers in Los Angeles, Eric Paskel.
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Duran acknowledges that’s not an easy question to answer, yet next month at Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week (HDAW) 2020 in Grapevine, Texas, she’s going to give it a try.
During her breakout workshop, the Zilliant chief marketing officer says she plans to bring her experience and expertise regarding collecting and analyzing data for businesses to help distributor attendees better understand the data they have and how they can put it to use in their business. Duran says she knows she won’t be able to answer every attendee’s questions during her workshop — data is too broad of a topic to solve in a month, let alone 45 minutes — but she does plan to reveal some universal truths and misconceptions about data that she’s optimistic will be able to help attendees to take the right first steps toward answering their larger data questions.
Duran says one of those misconceptions is actually good news, and something she wants to convey to the aftermarket community before it even arrives in Texas. When it comes to data, Duran says nearly every business has loads more of it than they realize — though it doesn’t take a lot of data to be able to make a big impact on a business.
She says one of her goals next month will be to convey that reality to the aftermarket attendees and provide examples of “low-hanging fruit” data that can easily be harvested and used in a business.
“I will be framing my recommendations in terms of what companies are capable of taking on,” she says. “I think all too often people have this feeling that their data or IT systems aren’t perfect, so they can’t possibly begin using their data until they improve those systems.”
Duran says that’s not the case. Improving one’s IT department and data collection abilities are never a bad thing, but they’re also not a requirement for integrating data into business strategies.
Another topic Duran hopes to tackle at HDAW is how data can refute common business practices rooted in tradition.
“Companies should never accept something as ‘this is the way it’s always been done’ because no one has quantified if that’s the way things should be done,” she says. “How much money do companies lose due to things being done the same way they’ve always been done?”
In the aftermarket, Duran says this status quo business strategy is most harmful when it comes to pricing. Too many businesses are still using pricing structures and offering discounts based on antiquated business plans. Duran is quick to note that not all of these plans are wrong, but until they are evaluated using current business data, there’s no way for business owners to know if the plans they put into practice years ago are still working properly.
Duran also will touch on the importance of communication when integrating data analysis into a small business. Using pricing as an example, Duran says sales associates and their managers should understand why a pricing structure has been altered and how it will benefit them and the business. Failing to do so can reduce employee buy-in and minimize the benefits of the change.
“When you’re thinking about how [data] can help your team make better decisions, you have to give them very specific actions. Things they can take into their work every day to create sustained behavior changes,” she says.
Duran’s breakout session will be held twice, from 9:30-10:15 a.m. and 10:30-11:15 a.m. CT, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, during HDAW.


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Phoenix Brewing Co. likes to say that its tasting room — a former mortuary — is haunted with spirits.
Now, the Mansfield brewery has created a spirit of its own.
Phoenix has teamed up with Iron Vault Distillery in nearby Galion to produce an all-Ohio whiskey. The brewery will host a release party for Phoenix Fire Single Malt Whiskey at 5 p.m. Tuesday. (July 30) There will be limited-edition cocktails available and a visit by Iron Vault co-owner and distiller John Bassett at 6 p.m.
"The whiskey is rich and slightly sweet, with notes of toffee on the nose, and a bold lingering finish," the brewery said in a news release. "Delicious straight, with a splash of water, or a few rocks. It is also fantastic in variety of whiskey cocktails."
Phoenix Fire was distilled from a single malt mash brewed at Phoenix using Ohio grown barley from Haus Malts in Cleveland. The distillation, aging and bottling occurred at Iron Vault.
The collaboration came about after Scott Cardwell, co-owner of Phoenix, reached out to Iron Vault hoping to add some of its spirits to the taproom.
The limited batch whiskey will be served exclusively at the brewery, but bottles will be available for purchase at Iron Vault. While the official release party is still several days away, Phoenix Fire is available now at the brewery.


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The 2014 Licensing Expo is happening in Las Vegas as we speak – and while that might not sound like a particularly exciting thing in and of itself, it’s actually pretty cool if you’re into some early sneak peeks at coming attractions on the movie front.
Perhaps the most interesting thing uncovered at this year’s event is this model of a T-800 promoting Terminator: Genesis. Is this an early glimpse of what the killing machines will look like in the upcoming film? It seems likely. The new version doesn’t look substantially different from the older T-800s, but we get excited about giant murderous robots around here and wanted to share.
There are countless other properties with marketing materials on display, and here are a few of our favorites:
This new banner for Batman v Superman features the same logo we’ve seen for almost a year, but now it’s got the subtitle Dawn of Justice slapped on there too.
Speaking of giant robots, here’s your obligatory Transformers: Age of Extinction image, which features a robot on a robot dinosaur. We’re pretty sure the Internet can just close up shop now. It will be hard to find anything more amazing than this.
Finally, we close with this sort of abstract advertisement for G.I. Joe 3. Is it about brick laying? Your guess is as good as ours.
Swing by Coming Soon for an entire gallery of shots from the expo floor, covering things like the Peanuts movie, the latest Fast & Furious, and even some TV stuff like Gotham and Constantine.
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With All Elite Wrestling gaining steam and giving WWE its first real competition since the Attitude Era of the 1990s, Upper Deck has launched its first series of AEW trading cards.
The highly anticipated release is the latest in Upper Deck’s growing portfolio and offers wrestling fans and collectors of wrestling memorabilia an alternative to Topps’ WWE brand.
AEW has become the nation’s fastest growing wrestling organization thanks in large part to such former WWE stars as Chris Jericho, Cody Rhodes, Bryan Danielson (Daniel Bryan in WWE), John Moxley and such wrestling legends at Sting and Kenny Omega.
All are featured in Upper Deck’s first AEW series, along with new stars The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson), AEW World Champion Hangman Page, AEW Women’s World Champion Dr. Britt Baker, former AEW World Tag Team Champions The Lucha Brothers, Miro, Darby Allin and more.
“The response to our exclusive AEW relationship was overwhelming, so we are excited to release our highly anticipated inaugural set,” said Upper Deck Sports Brand Manager Paul Zickler. “We’re thrilled to put AEW’s renowned talent in the spotlight like never before.”
The inaugural AEW set features several rare and iconic cards, including shadowbox cards in Wednesday In Action, rare autographs in The Dotted Line and memorable moments from the legendary career of Rhodes in Rhodes to Success.
Upper Deck has also teamed up with Jazwares, the exclusive licensor for AEW figurines, to create a 100-card Yellow base set. The set features 3-card packs in select Jazwares figurines starting with the release of Unmatched Series 3 in early 2022. A second wave is expected to hit store shelves in the spring with with Unrivaled Series 9.
“This partnership allows us to bring another dimension to the AEW collector experience with this exclusive parallel set from Upper Deck, a long-time, trusted industry leader,” said Gregory Mitchell, Vice President of Brand at Jazwares. “The AEW fan base is extraordinarily passionate and the collaboration between the action figures and trading cards will be truly meaningful.”
Upper Deck AEW card sets are now available at hobby shops nationwide and through select retailers. The inaugural set will also be available at a later date through Upper Deck e-Pack, an online platform that allows collectors to buy, open, collect and trade digital and physical cards.


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Gloom as high street sales fall
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed retail sales volumes fell 1% in the four weeks from January 5 to February 1 - the biggest monthly fall for more than a year and reversing a strong surge seen in December.
While shoppers spent £29.2 billion in December they parted with just £16.5 billion in January.
The disappointing figures will put further pressure on Chancellor Gordon Brown, who was forecast by the CBI to miss his borrowing targets as lower economic growth hits tax receipts.
Economists are now predicting the Bank of England could even move to cut interest rates further this spring to boost growth. Earlier this month the Bank surprised the market by cutting rates by a quarter point to a 48-year low of 3.75%.
The most dramatic data today was the tumble in high street sales as shoppers tightened their purse strings following the Christmas rush.
Economists had always expected sales to fall back in January, but the decline was larger than expected.
Danny Gabay, economist at JP Morgan, said: "Everyone was expecting a drop but it was about double the size."
However, economists cautioned against reading too much into one month's figures.
Mr Gabay said when taking three-month figures as a whole - from November to January - sales were up about 1%, which was "not bad".
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Support payments for locked-down Australians have been boosted, with state and federal governments offering new financial assistance schemes for struggling businesses and workers in lockdown-affected states. These initiatives will offer recovery support for industry providers.
In Queensland, a new $260 million program will see grants of up to $5,000 available for small and medium businesses impacted by lockdowns and border closures. Applications are set to open within a fortnight for businesses with an annual turnover of more than $75,000 and an annual payroll of under $10 million.
Large businesses, those with greater than $10 million annual turnover, won’t be left out, said Queensland treasurer Cameron Dick. “We’ll also be providing support payments to eligible impacted large businesses in the hospitality and tourism sector in the 11 local government areas currently locked down.”
This is welcome news for hard-hit tourism providers. Queensland tourism minister Stirling Hinchliffe said: “What I’ve been hearing from regular meetings with operators and Regional Tourism Organisations is just heartbreaking.” Business support grants, coupled with the government’s $860 million direct support scheme for industry recovery, will provide relief.
New South Wales
In New South Wales, Covid-19 business grants of $7,500, $10,500 or $15,000 are available, along with disaster payments for people who have lost work or income as a direct result of lockdowns or public health orders. Weekly business support payments of between $1,500 and $100,000 will also be available to support eligible businesses in sustaining staff and operations.
“Whether you’re a worker who has lost their income or a business that’s suffering, even more help is on the way,” said Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
In Victoria, a joint $400 million package from the Victorian and Commonwealth governments will target small to medium business, operating alongside programs designated for heavily affected hospitality venues and alpine regions.
In addition to funding and grants, eligible Australian businesses have access to deduction schemes. Programs are available to allow asset write-offs and accelerated deductions of depreciating assets, and loans are available promote business recovery.
For workers affected by lockdowns and border restrictions, federal government disaster payments have risen. Workers who have lost fewer than 20 hours of work per week are eligible to receive weekly payments of $450, while those who have lost 20 hours of work or more are eligible for $750.
For more information on available business support, visit business.gov.au.
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