Tag: 2018

Stats Don’t Lie – Facebook is Still the King of Social – Especially in Thailand

By David Norcross, Managing Director of Lexicon It feels like only yesterday that people across continents, outraged by the company’s careless use of user data, banded together and in unison declared their intention to #deletefacebook. Articles swept the interwebs with how-to guides for deleting your account, and the brand itself was bruised and bloodied by the […]

How Digital Investments Can Create Strategic Value for Organisations

By Sanjay Sachdev, Partner, Grant Thornton Thailand The reluctance is understandable. Your business has showed good signs of health for years (or decades), in large part because you’ve concentrated on creating value in the field you know best. Within a short span of time, you’ve begun to hear plenty of talk about the need for businesses […]

Digital Disruption: What does it mean for accounting?

By Andrew McBean, CEO, PKF Holdings Thailand. There is a vague feeling of loss each time computers learn to perform a skill better than we can. Experts at the abacus no doubt felt it when calculators made their knowledge obsolete. Interestingly the first calculator, invented in 1645 by a supervisor of taxes in Rouen, was created […]

8 Ideas of Attracting and Retaining a Talented Workforce

By Amanda Oldridge, Human Resources Director at Linfox International Group Finding the elusive top talent when trying to fill an open role can be challenging. However, I would like to address and challenge hiring managers, HR practitioners and especially recruiters that tell me that there is a talent shortage in Asia. It is my point of view […]

How to raise a generation of accountable leaders?

By Sebastien De Stoop, Executive Consultant & project manager at Lee Hecht Harrison Thailand As yours certainly, many companies are going through periods of inflection and transformation, and it often means that they are pausing and reflecting on what kind of leadership they need in their companies to drive digital transformation and to make sure they’re able to […]

AustCham Thailand on ANZAC Day 2018

On Wednesday 25th April 2018, AustCham Thailand together with Australian community joined ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Hellfire Pass, followed by the Memorial Wreath Laying Service at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. Additionally, on the day prior to the Dawn service, the Australian-Thai Chamber of Commerce and the crews went to Ban Pu Toei School, a primary […]

Customs Alliance new acceptances: May 2018

Dear Members, Our Customs Committee recently had a meeting with Khun Kulit Sombatsiri, Director General of the Customs Department, and his team to discuss the new Customs laws and next round of the Customs Alliance. More details can be read here. Also, please see attached the paper submission to the Customs Department on behalf of […]

Uber retreats from ASEAN – how the tech giant was outplayed in SE Asia

By Chris Larkin, Managing Director, CLC Asia In what was probably one of the worst kept corporate secrets, Uber announced recently it would be selling its South-East Asian business to its major ride-sharing competitor, Grab. Its ongoing stake in Grab notwithstanding, what lessons can be learnt when a paradigm shifting company like Uber retreats from South-East […]

What is needed to know about CPTPP

By Tanva Mahitivanichcha, Partner, Grant Thornton The CPTPP: What is it – and Should Thailand Join? On 30 March 2018, the Bangkok Post reported Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak expressing his support for Thailand in joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Also known as the TPP-11, this amended version of the TPP […]