Small businesses are pleading to be paid on time, with Ombudsman Kate Carnell urging big businesses not to use the COVID-19 economic downturn as an excuse not to pay up. The reports of big businesses using COVID-19 as an excuse to delay payments to their small business suppliers is disappointing. “Now is the time for […]
Have you ever struggled with cash flow as a result of late payments to your small business? We know this is an ongoing issue for small business owners, and so in today’s podcast that’s really what we are focussed on. We are going through the top tips to achieve a healthy cash flow and healthy […]
Prushka Fast Debt Recovery has revealed, through data sourced from court records, that 953 businesses issued Notices of Winding Up Application during the Oct-Dec quarter. This figure increased 5 per cent compared to the July quarter, and by 6 per cent year-on-year. The Australian Taxation Office continues to be the largest petitioner, with ATO and other […]
Only a few big businesses, such as Telstra and Rio Tinto, have done ‘the right thing’ according to Australian Small Business Ombudsman Kate Carnell, in terms of addressing late payments. Late payments is a huge problem for the Australian small business community, with a Xero report last June (2019) citing a loss of $7 billion per […]
Many small businesses take on jobs and incur costs in buying materials, even carry out work well before they get paid for the job. In an ideal world, your business would obtain payment upfront from the customer to cover significant job costs. However, a lot of the time this isn’t possible, particularly if your customer […]
Any small business owner will know the struggle of time – being short on time, and not getting paid on time. It’s often easy to forget the importance of back office functions, particularly invoicing and debt collection processes. Luckily, if you take the time to streamline these processes, the amount of time wasted chasing late […]
In three years Dominique Grubisa went from being millions of dollars in financial debt to having a turnover of $12 million dollars in the 2017-2018 financial year with her company DG Institute. Prior to 2008, Dominique and her husband Kevin were thriving with a seven figure business in renovating and selling property. The global financial crisis […]
This year we have seen a significant power shift for consumers, with the government investing heavily in heightened financial protections. Through thorough reviews of bank reforms and consumer lending policies, control is slowly being readjusted back into the hands of the Aussie public. In fact, the 2019 Coalition government’s budget pledged $640 million to continue […]
Liberal Democrats Senator Duncan Spender has slammed the Australian Tax Office for its mistreatment of small businesses, as exposed by the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman. “Unfortunately the Ombudsman has confirmed what I already suspected: that the taxman is enforcing its debt recovery actions on small businesses, despite appeals processes still taking place,” […]
Former company director, Christopher Edward Eric Skelly, of Lark Hill, Queensland, has been sentenced to imprisonment on one charge of fraud after an investigation by ASIC. Mr Skelly was sentenced to three years and six months imprisonment, to be eligible for parole after 21 months. Mr Skelly, a former director of C & G Group […]
