Bush beats city with innovative attitudes to business

Andrew Marshall
Updated April 5 2017 - 6:19am, first published 6:00am
Regional businesses, especially agribusiness and resources sector companies, are good at adapting to meet market needs and harvesting people power says Commonwealth Bank of Australia's new agribusiness boss, Grant Cairns.
Regional businesses, especially agribusiness and resources sector companies, are good at adapting to meet market needs and harvesting people power says Commonwealth Bank of Australia's new agribusiness boss, Grant Cairns.

Contrary to stereotypes about the bush, regionally-based businesses and their staff are more likely to be innovative and understand their markets than their city peers.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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