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training w ill no longer be here in Sydney but instead w ill take place in the Perth office, where 
new fa cilitie s have been in sta lle d .
Finally, we've looked at how to optim ise our back office adm inistrative functions. Currently, each 
office has its own admin departm ent. However, this is proving to be less efficient than we would 
like. In order to resolve this situation, a ll these functions w ill now be centralised here in Sydney.
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Chief Executive
Officer: 
So w hat does a ll this mean fo r the future? Well, a fte r ten years, I've decided that Benchm ark
needs a new vision fo r the future. I th in k it's tim e fo r us to divide up parts of the business into 
s m a lle r units. Therefore, over the next five years I aim to set up two s m a ll subsidiary companies 
in o rd er to focus on interna tion al expansion in Europe and A sia. There are many organisations in 
emerging m arkets which could benefit from our experience and skills.
Which leads me to the next point fo r fu tu re developm ent: that of increasing o ur w orkforce. It’s 
become clea r that a ll our departm ents are understaffed, so w e ’ll be taking on m ore employees 
over the next year. And the really good news is th at to make us a desirable employer, a ll 
positions, c u rre n t and future, w ill receive a salary increase of ten per cent.
Lastly. I know th a t some people are w orrie d about the fin an cia l aspects of having to move to 
another city as part of the restructure, so B enchm ark w ill be providing a relocation package to 
a ll employees thus affected. This is because we w ould like you a ll to rem ain w ith the company 
fo r the foreseeable future.
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