Colin Porter

ASIC is a necessary body to have, ensuring companies are kept in line and consumers, investors and creditors are protected, but it’s the compliance aspects that can easily catch businesses out.

The potential benefits with the PPSA are indeed obvious, but, as with anything relating to assets and property, the devil can be in the details.

You’ve got to get to the (succinct) point quickly, have kits of info ready to go for those who want to take it with them, and then… nothing.

Most people are not smart enough to invent a jet pack. I’m talking about a personal jet pack that actually flies.

It’s a disgusting notion, and in a way confirms our worse fears about imported food: that the handling practices overseas are subpar, and diseases lurk within the polished exterior.

Much like the whims of the stock exchange, politics and business alike are susceptible to rumours and dissent in the ranks.

I recently heard a great line that got my mind ticking over: “When you’re not paying for the product, you are the product.”

Having been conditioned to believe that things like ‘7 minute’ abs are possible, who could blame us for expecting to see our ‘brilliant ideas’ to be implemented overnight, and to see results quickly?

A good invoice is your first step to making sure you get paid. Issuing an invoice should be the first thing you do after you have supplied your goods or service. Here’s what your invoice should contain…

“Back at work(?)” they say, bug eyed, and waiting for you to say something negative. Words to the effect of “Wish I were still on the beach” coupled with a grimace or a strategic eye-roll tend to suffice.