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My Term Deposit is About to Mature – What are my Options?
February 19th, 2021Term deposits have been a staple of many people’s wealth portfolio for a long time. However, with interest rates slashed in recent years, we are now seeing the banks (especially the “Big 4”) offering miserly interest rates of around 0.5% per annum. This is now lower than the rate of inflation, so term deposit investorsread more
JobMaker Scheme Update & Key Information
February 12th, 2021As we explored in a recent article, the Government’s JobMaker Scheme aims to incentivise businesses to employ those whose work status has been impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Under the scheme, businesses can claim $200 per week for eligible employees aged 16-29 years; or $100 for those aged 30-35 years. Now that payments areread more
WA Property Market – 2020 in Review
February 2nd, 2021What a year 2020 was. Last year threw more curveballs and brought forth more global issues than anyone would have expected – but how did the WA property market fare overall? Our previous pieces on the WA property market, looking at various months throughout 2020, painted a picture of uncertainty, adaptability, and perhaps most ofread more
6 Key Metrics to Understand Your Business’ Financial Position
January 28th, 2021As is the case in every aspect of business, the financial side of any enterprise contains a lot of moving parts and requires not only a great deal of understanding, but a significant portion of your attention as well. While the day-to-day workload can get in the way of analysing your business’ financial position, thereread more
McKinley Plowman Appoint Two New Associate Directors
January 22nd, 2021After several years of solid growth, the opening of a new location, and the acquisition of some fantastic financial services firms, McKinley Plowman’s footprint across Perth has increased significantly. With this sustained period of growth, we have seen two of our own go from strength to strength in their respective divisions. Will Lyons and Benread more
Your New Business Integration Guide
January 14th, 2021When businesses embark on an acquisition, the sheer amount of moving parts across things like contracts, purchase price, ongoing negotiations and much more means that the well-planned integration of a new business too often falls by the wayside. This is why around two-thirds of integrations fail. The fact is, onboarding a new business along withread more
MP+ Christmas Message 2020
December 22nd, 20202020 is nearly over – and with it, one of the most uncertain, challenging and exhausting years we’ve seen. Many industries and the businesses within them have suffered throughout this year, unfortunately with some of them having to shut up shop as a result of the pandemic. Overall, however, I am continually impressed with theread more
Developing a Small Business Marketing Budget
December 18th, 2020Developing a marketing strategy for a business involves a lot of moving parts. You must have established goals (that are, or course, SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable; Realistic; Time-Bound); a reasonable understanding of the different types of marketing activities that businesses can undertake; and perhaps most valuable of all – you have to have the timeread more
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