Financial Health

Which Is The Right Structure For Your Business?

When you’re starting out, the structure of your business is unlikely to be top of your list of priorities. You’re more likely to be focusing on finances, marketing and product development. But the business structure you select has important implications as it affects your tax, liabilities, growth and investment opportunities whether you’re self-employed or a company. And so, in this article we provide an overview of the three main structures.
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4 Steps You Can Take Now To Improve Staff Productivity

Improving the productivity of employees is a goal of all businesses, but how do you go about achieving it in your workplace? In this article, we share some easily implemented, practical ways that you can improve staff productivity today.
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Energy instability puts pressure on Australian SMEs

Small businesses and homeowners all over Australia have been faced with rapidly increasing energy costs over the last several years. The increase has been so drastic that the country went from being one of the lowest-cost energy markets a decade ago to compete with Germany and Denmark for the most expensive power bills in the world today.
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Why Your Small Business Needs an Accountant

As a small business owner you will be used to doing lots and lots and lots of tasks for your business. You are often the CEO, the financial controller, the head of operations, the warehouse manager, the receptionist, the delivery driver, the cleaner and every other role that is needed to keep a business running smoothly. But there are some tasks that are best left to the specialists. Finances are one of those tasks. If you get them wrong, you can land you and your business in hot water.
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10 Easy Ways To Lower Your Power Bill

Do you dread seeing the envelope in your mailbox with the power company logo, or the email that pops into your inbox with your bill? Your instant thought is – how high is it going to be this month! What if we told you there were 10 easy ways to lower the cost of your power bill. Read on if you are interested…
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8 Top Tips To Stop Fights About Money With Your Spouse

Money. Five little letters that can cause so much trouble. In fact, it is one of the things that couples fight about more than anything else. Disagreements over what joint funds should be spent on can even lead to divorce in extreme circumstances. Unless the world drastically changes, money will always be a part of your life. So, learning how to communicate about money is vital for a strong and lasting relationship.
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3 Things Every Business Needs To Be Successful

The backbone of any business is hard work and dedication. But to really be a success there are three factors that every business needs to have under control – content, visibility and technology. Content. They say that content is king. And they are right. Without great content, you will struggle to let people know what your business is about. What you offer, what you stand for, and what problems you can solve for them.
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10 Tips for B2B Marketing Success in a Digital Economy

The online world is so noisy. With so many players and so much information available, it can be difficult for a small service based business to be seen and heard. Gone are the days of calling a business to find out more information from them. These days people fully take their search online to find out all they need to know about a business. To keep up with the big players, you need to have a commanding online presence. So here are our top tips for being found in the business-to-business (B2B) space.
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Support For Small Businesses: When To Use An Accountant

For most small business owners there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to complete all the tasks that you need to. And with so many competing demands on your time, it’s important to know when to enlist help to get you through the various stages during the growth of your business. While it’s likely that you will have already engaged an accountant to help with filing your tax returns, did you realise…
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B2B Relationships: No Room For Complacency

There’s been a host of enlightening research recently which has been published on LinkedIn amongst other sources. It sheds a whole new light on B2B customer relationships and what’s important. Now, most of us conduct customer satisfaction surveys on a regular basis and when we get the majority ticking the satisfied box, we generally pat ourselves on the back and move on to the next task.
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