Repeat customers May 31, 2016 David Hadley I was reading an interesting article recently titled “Dentists revenue jumps with one simple process change”. The article was referring to ‘getting your customers to come back more often’. This is just one of four ways to grow your business. Apparently you should visit your pain free dentist every 6 months. Whilst in the article […] Read More
2016 Federal Budget May 18, 2016 Peter Cramer Some really good things coming out of the Budget announcements! I am sick of all the negativity from commentators and Politicians following the Budget. So I am setting some facts straight! Firstly of course – the Budget is a proposal, it is not law and won’t be until a Party gets elected and then their […] Read More
Will you be living on 30% of the income in retirement? May 12, 2016 Kerry Schultz I have recently listened to an interesting speech by Meg Heffron who is an Actuary and known within the Industry as a specialist. She was speaking about the level of retirement savings of different age groups and what kind of retirement income these will allow for. One of the age groups she spoke about was […] Read More
How have you dealt with your Digital Life in your Will? May 4, 2016 Rohan Brown I recently attended an excellent Estate and Succession planning seminar. A topic came up with regards to ‘How you have dealt with estate planning for the Facebook Generation’. This was presented by Craig Spink of Spink Legal. In the session it was raised the need to deal with issues such as control of your email, […] Read More
Understanding Your Breakeven Revenue April 28, 2016 Chris Foster A very important Key Performance Indicator in any business is its breakeven income. Simply put, a business’s breakeven is the amount of sales that a business needs to earn to not make a profit or loss. This can be measured on a daily, weekly, monthly or annual basis. However, as I said – this is […] Read More
The (Super) Times are a Changin’ April 25, 2016 Matt Richardson We are less than 10 days away from Scott Morrison’s first budget and one thing you can guarantee is there will be some proposed changes to superannuation. What will the changes be? We don’t know exactly as the Government has confirmed nothing at this stage, but the next guarantee I can offer you is the […] Read More
Happy New Year! Well almost… April 8, 2016 Peter Cramer It’s less than 12 weeks to the end of the Financial Year! That fact means that there are lots of things we should be thinking about putting in place before the tax year runs out. Put in place final salary sacrifice plans so that you make full use of the tax deductible super available to […] Read More
Boost Juice founder Janine Allis and David Bowie April 3, 2016 David Hadley I came across a great article the other day from Smart Company which I thought was worth sharing. Boost Juice founder Janine Allis talked about four things that she learnt from her experience of working on David Bowie’s yacht when she was only 21. 1. The importance of hard work Janine says the two years […] Read More
Four important steps in planning for aged care March 18, 2016 Chris Foster Getting old is one thing that those of us lucky enough will need to deal with. One of the more challenging and complex areas to deal with is aged care. Planning for aged care, although includes structuring assets so as to minimise the costs associated with aged care, needs to include being aware and understanding […] Read More
Retirement – Its not just about the money! March 16, 2016 Matt Richardson Over the last 20 years I have dealt with a large number of clients who have transferred from their full time working life to retirement. If there is one piece of advice I can give anyone who may be preparing for retirement it is this: It’s not just about the money! Don’t be fooled by […] Read More
