CPA Australia’s PAUL DRUM has the answers. I am a director of several small businesses. My accountants are insisting that I take out audit …

CPA Australia’s PAUL DRUM has the answers. I am a director of several small businesses. My accountants are insisting that I take out audit …
It’s good to be small: employeesSmall businesses struggling to hire and retain staff in the current skills shortage environment can take h…
Discomfort in someone else’s business has given way to the discomfort of running my own. Are you having fun yet?At a barbecue once, whilst …
More global warming gloomThe impact of climate change on Australia will be greater than previously expected, according to the draft Inter-go…
News study says private equity creates value…top professions for 2007…and would you trust a computer to park your car? Private Equity …
Now is a good time to sell, for business owners seeking a change; there are plenty of buyers at strong prices. By MIKE PRESTON Small and …
It’s a good time to be selling a retail business: retail is attracting the strongest demand from buyers, closely followed by accommodation…
Doing an IPO? DAVID PERRY tells how to avoid being crucified by the market. “I am thinking of listing on the Australian Stock Exchange b…
Gen X has found a valuable resource in its oldies, who are often rich, retired and bored stiff. Gen X hires baby boomer parents Nick Caple�…
Understanding the new consumerThere are two types of customers. One group is a bunch of people driven by price, motivated by a deal, unhappy…
What’s it worth? Be wary of figures put up by a bank’s valuer. What’s it worth? The word “culture” apparently was enough to ma…
Is this drought a long-term trend, and therefore the death-knell for many regional businesses? Or is it better to view the big dry as an opp…