Business Development

FREE WEBINAR - Facebook for Business - Tuesday August 24 at 2pm AEST

If Facebook were a country, it would be the third most populous nation on earth - so is your business doing all it can to tap this growing, engaged market? While social networking sites like Facebook have traditionally been seen as a place to share photos and chat with friends, savvy businesses are building their brands and engaging with customers via Facebook and other sites.

A credit management lesson from 1936

The following article is produced with the permission of HarperCollinsPublishers of 25 Ryde Road, Pymble NSW 2073, Australia. Copyright © Dale Carnegie 1936.

Recently, I purchased Dale Carnegie's famous book, How to Win Friends & Influence People. I am always looking for better ways to market my products and an understanding of the psychology behind marketing is very important.

Formal Personal Insolvency Series

Instalment 1 – Part IX Debt Agreements

This is the first summary of a three part series looking at the benefits and disadvantages of formal insolvency procedures for dealing with personal insolvency from the debtor’s perspective.

The procedures for Debt Agreements are set out under Part IX of the Bankruptcy Act, 1996 and are designed to deal with debtor’s affairs that are smaller in nature in terms of the debts due and the assets they may own.

Managing growth Webinar: Thursday July 22 at 2pm

Growth is great. Right? So why do companies with uncontrolled or unmanaged growth fail? This webinar answers your questions in an easy to follow, practical way, and provides tips and tools to identify, understand and manage the risks and financial requirements.
Managing growth Webinar: Thursday July 22 at 2pm
Learn how to:

  • Understand the risks of growth
  • Understand the financial impact of growth
  • Learn strategies to manage growth

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Unpaid taxes a direct liability for SMEs

When cashflow is tight there is a temptation for business owners to find working capital by not remitting taxes such as GST, PAYG withholding or defer payment of income taxes that are due.

While SMEs might think that not meeting or delaying their tax payments is an easy solution to a shortage of funds, they need to understand that the ATO have a number of options to recover unpaid tax from directors or directly from the company assets.

Keep the cash flowing

My Business - The Magazine for Business Owners, June 2010

 

Keep the cash flowing

Overwhelmed is UNDER-PLANNED

Australia dodged the recession and we’re all geared up for growth again. Sounds good, but will we survive growth after the downturn? Surviving growth might sound like a crazy notion. One might assume that growth is good and therefore will solve any other issues such as cash flow.

More than 100 small business benchmarks now online

The ATO has continued to expand their range of small business benchmarks and have now published benchmarks for more than 100 different types of businesses.

10 strategies for micro-businesses: Webinar

Complimentary Webinar: Thursday June 17 at 2pm AEST

Running a micro or home-based business is an exciting adventure – it doesn‘t cost much to get started, it gives you lots of flexibility and if you‘re working from you're never far away from the office. But there are some important rules that micro and home-based entrepreneurs should be aware of to ensure they remain focused and keep some separation between their work and personal life.

In this webinar we will examine 10 key strategies for home-based and micro business operators, including:

Ongoing assistance available for small business

The ATO are committed to delivering ongoing assistance for small business and you may benefit from the free assistance options available, including:

  • confidential on-site visits by an experienced tax officer
  • a scheduled program of seminars and workshops
  • payment arrangements with no general interest charge payable for up to 12 months
  • deferrals of the due date for activity statement payments

For more information, see the ATO website

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