Business Operations Survey: 2009

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Businesses tough it out

Highlights

Of businesses surveyed in 2009:

  • 41 percent reported increased sales in 2009, compared with 57 percent in 2008.
  • 46 percent engaged in innovation over the past two years.
  • 42 percent said the greatest effect of not receiving full debt finance requested was no longer being able to pay all their bills.
  • 85 percent trained their staff.

Graph, Reported business performance, last financial year at August 2008 and 2009.  

 Geoff Bascand 23 April 2010  
 Government Statistician ISSN 1178-0711

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