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Franchise File
July 18, 2012

Franchisors need to be prepared to defend their brand against one-sided media, says Simon Lord.If I run a headline on my website that reads...

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Employment Matters
June 20, 2012

Great CV? Check the ‘netprint’!Going online can be extremely useful for pre-employment checks.Erin Burke takes you through the...

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Don’t buy a lemon
May 15, 2012

Michelle Malcolm explains the importance of a thorough due diligence process when buying a business. Recently I was approached by an...

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Ask, listen and learn
April 18, 2012

Your staff may be good at answering customer questions, but if they don’t ask questions, they’re just order-takers. Dr Ian...

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Budgets and bottom lines
March 21, 2012

A lack of budgeting is often a likely contributor to business failures. Paul Moodie outlines what every good budget should have.Alarming...

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The truth about Trusts
February 19, 2012

  Should you have a trust? Naturally, the answer is dependent on your circumstances. The primary reason for having a trust is to...

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Understanding business debt
February 19, 2012

  For many small business owners, managing debt may have been exasperated recently by the slowing economy. Debt can either be good or...

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Don’t mess with our ACC
February 19, 2012

  For the past six to eight weeks the spin machine has been working overtime and spewing out half truths and misinformation about ACC....

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Are you investment ready?
February 19, 2012

  There are many steps or hurdles to overcome before your business may be attractive to an investor, and consequently achieve the...

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The customer loyalty myth
February 19, 2012

  This behaviour is not only counter intuitive it goes against the old 80:20 marketing rule – spend 80 percent of your marketing...

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Mentor a Guide for Tourism Business
February 19, 2012

  Ryan Kelly, owner of guiding company Southern Wilderness, is optimistic about the future of his business, despite the recent dip in...

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Half full or half empty?
February 19, 2012

  I am not one for astrology or predictions, especially when it comes to the economic outlook, other than to say I have learned that...

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Is marketing all about campaigns?
February 19, 2012

    Marketing is not all about campaigns. That is only a tiny bit of what constitutes the Marketing concept and it is...

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Tell them once, tell them twice?
February 19, 2012

Managers who deliberately repeat themselves are more effective at getting things done, according to research by Professors Tsedal Neeley of...

A look through the LTC regime
February 19, 2012

    On 15 October the Government released the much anticipated legislation in relation to the treatment of Qualifying Companies...

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Does Business Give a Damn.
February 19, 2012

  First, a warning and an apology. This is a rant.You would think, wouldn’t you, that as businesses struggle to cope with,...

Business: what’s the point?
February 19, 2012

  Is there a point to business? A purpose?If we were to conduct a street poll, what would people say in response to that question?I am...

7 secrets of fabulous businesses
February 19, 2012

  I am often asked what characterises a successful business versus an unsuccessful one. Despite the plethora of books on the...

Is Australia too franchised?
February 19, 2012

  An article in the Sydney Morning Herald a couple of months ago posed the question, ‘Is Australia too...