Business Advisory

Previously in this magazine I alerted readers to the potential and actual pitfalls of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 ("PPSA"). Since its implementation, on 30 January 2012, the PPSA has changed the business landscape in Australia and with it, the rights and obligations of claimants to goods being dealt with in insolvency matters. In April of this year, the...

As this article goes to print, the final touches are being put to the first budget from the Abbott led federal government. The Treasurer, Joe Hockey, has been vocal about Australians having to do the so-called 'heavy lifting' in this forthcoming budget - meaning that there is likely to be fiscal restraint announced that will impact all of the economy....

A management buy out or MBO is a transaction where a company's managers obtain debt and/or equity financing from a bank or the existing owner to purchase the company's assets and operations that they are responsible for managing. Many business owners include senior employees in their succession plan, either because of previous commitments; because they feel the employees "deserve" the...

It is commonly understood that over 80% of businesses fail in their first 12 months of operation. A further 50% fail within the next 12 months. Is this symptomatic of business operators not being good at what they do? Not necessarily. What those statistics do not reveal is that often the idea that spawned the business is insufficiently supported by...

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