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In the lead up to the end of the FBT year, it’s always a good idea to make sure that your FBT affairs are in order.
It looks like Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv need to welcome another member to their start-up club soon: Manila, Philippines’ thriving capital, is rising at a quick pace on the digital innovation map.
The World Bank confirms it: Singapore is the world’s top country when it comes to ease of doing business.
Employee share schemes (ESS) have come in and out of favour over the years, but improvements in the general economic climate in Australia combined with the recent introduction of a range of tax and company law concessions in this area mean that the time is definitely right for mid-size businesses to take another look at introducing a tailor-made ESS arrangement.
Vibrant and contrasting, Hong Kong is a mature economy with a similar growth rate to Australia’s. Asia’s World City brings together a diverse heritage, and makes for a fascinating, yet safe, place to do business.
It often happens that economic growth in the capital city exceeds that of the country in general. However, combine Jakarta’s 4.8% growth in 2016 with Indonesia’s ranking as ASEAN’s largest economy and world’s 10th largest market in terms of purchasing power parity, and you’ve got perfect conditions for a fast-growing, increasingly wealthy consumer market.
A unique city blending Japanese tradition with high-tech design, Tokyo is a fascinating destination for a broad variety of Australian businesses, and its almost 14 million inhabitants make for an attractive target market.