Now is the time for business operators, medium-size and small, to be planning their business activities as best they can for 2021. Many of your clients are going to...
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Product Mix and Mark-ups Affect A Retailer’s Profitability
A fairly common problem that I’m sure retailers have discussed with you, as their accountant, is “Why, if we’re selling so much product, aren’t we making a profit?”
Sound familiar?
My...
Setting Charge Out Rates For Tradies’ Businesses
Many tradies encounter problems in setting charge out rates for their businesses. It’s dangerous for a tradie to be setting their charge out rates if all they’re doing is...
A Real Shift in the Accounting Marketplace
In my career as a Listed Public Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, Principal in an accounting firm and a Consultant for a major government program, I’ve noticed a...
Business Advisory Services” Expected to Be in Demand!
Many people’s expectations that “Business Advisory Services” would emerge as a prime business offering for accountants to supply to clients has been confirmed by the June 2020 “CommBank Accounting...
Take a Bow – But It’s Only Half Time!
COVID-19 coronavirus has certainly imposed additional work upon accountants during the last three months with many people wondering whether this will be the major event that ushers in a...
10 Point Checklist for COVID-19 Coronavirus and Natural Disasters Strategies
10 Point Checklist for COVID-19 Coronavirus and Natural Disasters Strategies
1. Check the list of government loans/grants that the business might be eligible to apply for.
2. Create a COVID-19 coronavirus/natural...
“Whatever You Thought 2020 Was Going To Be About, Think Again!” (Scott Morrison, Prime Minister)
By Peter Towers, Managing Director, ESS BIZTOOLS
When the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, made this comment about two weeks ago many of us had probably not given a lot of...
An opportunity for SMEs and accountants!
An accountant’s ability to supply a range of advanced business advisory services to small business and medium sized enterprise directors and senior managers to equip them with an understanding...
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SMEs AND ACCOUNTANTS!
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SMEs AND ACCOUNTANTS!
An accountant’s ability to supply a range of advanced business advisory services to small business and medium sized enterprise directors and senior managers to...
8 Point Checklist for Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising
55 companies have secured finance for their businesses without having to borrow money from a bank! This is a great achievement in these difficult times for dealing with banks.
The...
Crowd Sourced Funding: A Potential Nightmare for Banks
Having to go ‘cap in hand’ to banks for money is quickly becoming a thing of the past for many small and medium sized business owners looking to grow...
Potential of All-Female Companies Under-estimated
Former public company director, Andrew Geddes, is hopeful the recent $3-million capital-raise by the women’s ride-sharing company, Shebah, will encourage more female-owned companies to begin using Crowd Sourced Funding...
Crowd Sourced Funding: Knowledge is the Key
The former Chairman of Greencross Limited and Accountancy Industry Consultant, Andrew Geddes, believes Australia’s accountants and business advisors are not doing enough to stay abreast of new financial developments...
Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising Report Card
The other day I was speaking to an accountant that I met at a conference a few years ago and he asked me what I had been working on...
12 STEPS TO SUCCESSFUL SME CAPITAL RAISING
By now you will probably have heard about Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising (CSF) and just how powerful an option it is for your small and medium sized...
