Industry Insights

Where it all started? ISD Australia started trading in 2016 when two experienced personnel Jason Carter (Contracts Director) and Carl Moon (Commercial Director) moved with their families from the UK, where they were employed by ISD Solutions, the UK’s largest coldstore design and installation company, to Melbourne to build the largest single envelope freezer. Eight...

The IP Marketing Team spoke with Chris Stavros, the founder of Essential Mining Solutions, to explore how they elevate the delivery of superior mining services.

The end of financial year is upon us and, as with all endings, it’s a time to reflect on what’s behind us as well as prepare for what’s ahead.

Jeff Bezos once said “your brand is what other people say about you when you’re not in the room”. As the founder of e-commerce giant Amazon and the second richest person in the world, Bezos is a man who understands the power of branding. But businesses of all sizes can benefit from building their brand and if you don’t know where to start, we can help you.

It’s been a challenging couple of years for the infrastructure industry. But even as we start to move out of the pandemic, one issue remains – the significant shortage of skilled workers in Australia. And as demand for labour continues to soar, the situation is only going to get worse.

After more than 18 months of lockdowns, enforced site closures and unavoidable delays, the Australian infrastructure industry is eager to move forward. And while it might seem that boosting workforce numbers is the easiest route to increased productivity, it’s just not that simple.

It’s an unavoidable fact of business – sometimes, things are going to go wrong. But it’s how an organisation responds to a crisis that decides whether it will be make or break. Do you dig in, stick to the plan and hope that you can ride out any upheavals by doing what’s worked in the past? Or do you see it as a sign that you need to make some big changes?

Almost 20 years ago, business strategist Gary Hamel and economist Liisa Välikangas coined the term ‘resilience gap’. It suggests that the world is becoming turbulent faster than organisations are becoming resilient, and that many struggle to survive in the face of rapid technological advances, strategic challenges to traditional business models and global crises like climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Co-Founders Robert Clowes and Robert Reeves reflect on our first 12 months supporting the construction and infrastructure industry with a business model that breaks down the barriers of traditional recruitment companies, and what the next year has in store.

The Effect of COVID-19 brought an abrupt end to Australia’s almost 30 years of economic growth. To push a strong economic recovery, the Australian government is looking to fast-track a growing network of infrastructure projects.