Lately, most of us will have been dealing with rising costs in our businesses. In particular, the rising cost of materials. This is not a new phenomenon, but the frequency of rises on materials has hit new highs and is not showing any signs of relenting any time soon. When it comes to dealing with …
One of the first questions we ask of our new business clients is, “when you started this business, what was your dream?” You would not believe the wonderful and exciting answers we get! The sad thing is that many we talk to have “lost their dream”. The worries of business ownership get in to their …
One of the first questions we ask of our new business clients is, “if there was one thing we could fix for you right now, what would it be?” You would be astounded the answers that we get! We all need to remember that when we go in to a new business, none of us …
In your business, are you the: Sewer? (The clothing type – not wastewater!!) Mower? Rower? The Sewer They are the fixers. They spend an extraordinary amount of their time (perhaps all of it) working on things in their business that are broken, or in need of repair. On the face of it, it would appear …
Most people have heard the terms “Can’t see the woods for the trees” or “becoming store blind”, but do you actually know what they mean? It is a common issue with a lot of SME business owners, generally because they are too busy on fire fighting to take a step back and try and look …
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One of the biggest reasons for business failure in Australia is not businesses not making a profit but would you believe bad cash flow management. This can be caused by several reasons. The most common are: The business is growing too quickly and does not have sufficient access to cash to fund the growth. Ignorance …
This may take you by surprise – a blog article by a business advisor that is NOT about business. Nor about work, or management, or profitability, time management, productivity, efficiency and so on. And especially not about a pandemic. No, I want to share a few words about child’s play….and how important it is. Recently, …
As our world starts to try and understand how to deal with Covid, we as Business owners start to try and understand a new way of going about our daily lives, and indeed how we run our respective businesses. Small to medium business enterprises (SMEs) are the lifeblood of Australia and New Zealand, the glue …
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Hopefully we are all soon moving to a position where we can go back to work and start making a dollar or two to make up for the recent difficulties here in some parts of Australia. Yes, you are right in your thinking, some businesses have done well during the Covid crisis, but sadly others such as Hospitality are …
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Hopefully we are all moving to a position where we can go back to work at normal volumes and start making a dollar or two to make up for the recent difficulties here in Australia. Yes, you are right in your thinking, some businesses have done well during the Covid crisis, but sadly others such …
