Are sales the key to a successful business? December 12, 2014 David Hadley Just read an interesting article in relation to small business and sales. There is a common belief that if sales grow, so will the business. Therefore revenue growth tends to be on the top of the list of priorities for a lot of small businesses. Whilst I do agree that revenue growth is very important, […] Read More
Reflections on Vietnam & Cambodia December 5, 2014 Peter Cramer A recent visit to Vietnam that covered South to North and a bit of East to West, then 4 days in Cambodia: Happy people, very friendly and yet many have very little Basically no social security – if you don’t work you don’t eat. Whilst there is a fall-back position – it is at a […] Read More
Xero November 28, 2014 Kerry Schultz As XERO is cloud software there are updates and additional features being added frequently and many users may not even be aware of the improvement which may have occurred that may be useful to them. So I have been through the software updates which have occurred this year and picked out just a few which […] Read More
Add-on Software November 21, 2014 Rohan Brown The current generations of accounting packages such as MYOB and Xero offer access to a wide range of add-on software packages or apps for a better term. These software packages are generally developed by other software developers and often fill specific niches. In years gone by, software users were often frustrated at the lack of […] Read More
What makes a smart property investor? November 7, 2014 Matt Richardson Buying one investment property does not make you a successful property investor. In fact, we unfortunately see some of our clients property investing mistakes due to not being smart with their property investing decision making (and don’t worry, we’ve all made investing mistakes – but these mistakes hopefully make us all better investors!). So how […] Read More
Andrew Demetriou – Insights into his time as CEO of the AFL October 29, 2014 Peter Cramer I attended a conference recently at which Andrew Demetriou spoke – and found him and his presentation very interesting. Let me share some of the information: The following is a summary of the progress made from 1987 to 2014 in the VFL/AFL development: 1987 2007 2014 Revenue $23.2m $279m $425m Club Memberships 71,000 532,000 804,000 […] Read More
Email Etiquette October 24, 2014 Rohan Brown Email is not a new method of communicating, but there are important etiquette issues to be aware of. Over time a number of usage concepts have evolved to become commonplace in using email. The efficient and appropriate use of email should be your priority. The inspiration for this blog was experiencing a major “no-no” in […] Read More
Putting an appropriate business structure in place from the start October 17, 2014 Kerry Schultz When clients are planning to start a business it is important to identify and implement an appropriate structure that will suit their commercial and personal requirements. In many cases there will not be a single perfect business structure and it will be necessary to weigh up a range of factors in order to arrive at […] Read More
GST on insurance claims October 10, 2014 Rohan Brown A common question we are often asked is about GST on insurance claims. This comes about when clients are completing their insurance claim form, where there are questions as to the ability to claim Input Tax Credits (ITC). The questions refer as to whether the business is registered for GST and if so, what percentage […] Read More
Wellness in Your Organisation October 6, 2014 Shane Bryan As an employer our team members health and well-being is extremely important to us. There are various organisation that offer support to employers wishing to implement and instigate wellness programs in the workplace for example the Beyond Blue Organisations Heads Up Program www.headsup.org.au The first step in the implementation process is to identify ‘what does […] Read More