Make Your Business More Sustainable
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Recent bouts of extreme weather and now the devastating bushfires that have been sweeping the country have brought the subject of sustainability into sharp focus in Australia. For many businesses, being able to point to some ecological credentials, or at least a road to improvement, is now important from a customer and employee relations point […]
Five Ways to Stop Donating to the Bankers’ Bonus Fund
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SME owners across Australia have no doubt been giving generously after it emerged that Australia’s big four banks are down to their last $27bn in annual profits. Of course, businesses repay their business loans to the banks with considerable fees and interest every month. The warnings coming out of this year’s earnings reports and related […]
10 Tips for Smooth Invoice Financing
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Invoice Finance is a great way to manage cash flow as it provides a business with immediate and ongoing access to money for grow – at a very low cost! It is ideal for businesses needing working capital, investing in marketing and staff salaries, or even just for planning for steady growth. Businesses who trade […]
Why Cash Flow Finance is the CFOs Best Friend
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As a Chief Financial Officer, one of the hardest parts of the job can be managing cash flow. Everyone looks to you when bills need to be paid, but predicting when your own company’s invoices will be settled is not easy. Business plans rarely look at cash flow in a real, everyday sense, so your […]
How Mining Services Companies Can Expand
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Is there ever a stable year for commodity prices? No, but when government sources in mining states are talking about a rollercoaster ride… there is a definite opportunity for the many businesses who supply the mining sector! The Government of Western Australia noted in its recent statistical bulletin that “ccommodity markets were on a rollercoaster […]
How Invoice Finance can Help Struggling Businesses
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As a business owner, admitting that your business is struggling can be the hardest thing. But if your business really is in danger – or is going backwards in any way – it’s essential that you assess the situation rationally. There is almost always a solution if you know where to look. Two of the […]
New Year’s Tips for Your Business in 2023
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Cometh the New Year, cometh the tips for a healthier life, business, relationships and garden. And a few more too. The old adage has it that most resolutions will be abandoned by February 1, but for business owners that might not be the case. There is a real value in taking a new look at […]
Business Funding has Changed – the Options are Much Better Now
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Everyone knows that bank lending to small business has been on the decline in the last decade. What is less clear are the causes and effects – and whether business owners themselves even want a bank loan. Recent statistics sight just how most business owners think cash flow finance is better! If the drought in […]
Invoice Finance helps You Relax at Christmas
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Are you looking forward to the Christmas break? Or are you, like the majority of small business owners, dreading the effect that the annual hiatus has on your company? If you run a successful business, you should certainly enjoy a well-earned break: With suitable planning and a smart invoice finance plan, you could. The problem […]
How to Banish Bad Debts
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Bad debts are a nightmare for small and medium-sized businesses. You put in all the work for an order, incur all the costs – and pay them up front – and then your invoice goes unpaid: in the worst cases, this can put your business in serious financial difficulties. Depending on the size of your […]