It's almost Christmas – which makes this the prime time of year when everyone starts fantasizing about next year. What you'll change in your life, what new opportunities you'll explore. It might be a new home, new cars/toys, new jobs - or maybe starting a new...

How to make sure you're building a sustainable business Recent media reports, in almost every single Australian newspaper, about the catastrophically unsuccessful usage (and hence budget) projections for Australia's public/private partnerships on toll roads got me...

Business seems to move at the speed of light these days. Legislation changes, customer needs change, markets change, economies change, processes change and communication - well that's just turned on it's head over the last five or so years. In other words, the rules...

As an accounting firm, you'd be right in thinking that these are both critical measures for us when assessing a business. However few people understand the differences between them and what each can bring to their business - so we thought a review might be timely....

The RBA moved to drop interest rates at the last week to a low of 3.25% which represents a 'saving' of around $104 a month on a loan of $500,000. If you're a home owner or a business owner with outstanding loans - you're likely to be feeling just a bit relieved. If...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post on avoiding the business wind-up, which we've been hearing a bit about in the media over the last few months. This post I wanted to address how to make the best of it if winding-up your business is no longer a choice. Closing a...

As you might expect around the end of financial year and for a couple of months after is our office's (actually the entire profession's) busy season.  Everyone has one - yours might be Christmas, or maybe it's Spring or March. No matter when it is, when you're that...

When you're in the first couple of years starting a business - unless you're funded really well (and let's face it, these days, it's a rare occurrence), if you're anything like most start-up owners, you're probably scrimping and saving every spare drop of cash you can...

We've been hearing about it in the news on and off for years, but it seems to have amped up in recent months – businesses being wound up and going into administration/liquidation. Despite the media playing up those business owners that walk away, dumping their...

The carbon tax What you need to know as a business owner The carbon tax or the clean energy future as it's been euphemistically called of late – love it or hate it, will become part of the business landscape this week (on July 1). But according to a recent survey done...