Senate launches private equity inquiry The Senate yesterday voted to launch a public inquiry into Australia’s burgeoning private equity…
Senate launches private equity inquiry The Senate yesterday voted to launch a public inquiry into Australia’s burgeoning private equity…
Cutting costs to smarten up the figures of a business for sale can be counterproductive. Smart buyers will spot the window dressing for what…
The vast quantity of cash flowing into private equity firms from super funds is giving the firms a taste for big deals and leaving smaller c…
Business calls for migrant worker pay equalityForeign workers brought into Australia under s457 visas should be paid according to the same i…
We are a small-cap company. How do we get stockbrokers to cover us? DAVID PERRY has the answer. David Perry answers: In Australia, the ava…
Record keeping requirements hit as WorkChoices turns oneEmployers will face prosecution and increased fines if they breach record-keeping ob…
Above all else, employees want honesty in their leaders; they want to be able to trust them. I have surveyed hundreds of managers an…
There are more than 1000 different franchise chains offering businesses to potential owners throughout Australia, reports ANDREW KENT, but t…
Fortunes are being made and squandered in a virtual world that has al the trapping – and traps – of the real world. Are there opportunii…
PM holds line on WorkChoicesPrime Minister John Howard has re-affirmed his commitment to his Government’s WorkChoices laws and rebuffed su…
Australians trust small companies more – and they are happierOnly 7% of Australian consumers trust big companies, and 60% are more likely…
Every successful franchise has one thing in common – a cultural fit with its franchisees. Mergers and acquisitions can destroy it. Good …