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Where to go when the bank says no….

Posted by NathanK on Sep 23rd, 2008

Even the strongest businesses are finding accessing credit through a bank difficult in the current environment. Below are some ideas that may assist businesses to continue the hunt when their bank won’t come to the party:

What a week in banking, but has anything changed

Posted by NathanK on Sep 20th, 2008

Commercial Lenders go back to basics, where perhaps they should never have strayed….

The ABC Sneers at Small Business

Posted by Greg on Sep 14th, 2008

As the self appointed mouth piece of state enterprise (is that an oxymoron?), it is well known that the ABC deeply dislikes big business. Now it is showing what it thinks about small business in their new program “Very Small Business”.
This is a missed opportunity. The program could have shown how the little guy puts [...]

Consumers Expect Inflation Rate to Fall

Posted by Debbie on Sep 14th, 2008

At the same time the Melbourne Institute released its survey of consumer inflation expectations. It shows that consumers are feeling quite positive about the direction of inflation. The survey tells us consumers believe inflation will fall in September to 4.4%. We will wait to see how accurate this survey is. In the same survey 9.8% [...]

5 things not to do when applying for business finance

Posted by NathanK on Sep 4th, 2008

Bankers are experts at finding investments for their shareholders. If you don’t know how they think, it is easy to find your application not receiving the reasonable attention that it deserves. here are a few tips to help business owners prepare for a business finance application…

A Vission for Success

Posted by Greg on Sep 1st, 2008

Many small business owners go into business by accident. They saw an opportunity and grabbed it. The original excitement of the opportunity and even some early success may have sustained them for a while, but sooner or later, the need for hard slog becomes necessary. What happens next can make a huge difference to your [...]

Buying and Selling on Price

Posted by Greg on Aug 29th, 2008

All businesses should endeavour to create points of differences for their product or service, but what about if you are selling an undifferentiated product, something that is truly a commodity, such as petrol or even bottles of Coca Cola (which of itself is not a commodity, but you will get exactly the same product whether [...]

A Criteria For Picking Profitable Stocks.

Posted by strudy on Aug 7th, 2008

This week our friend at ASXNewbie.com brings you a couple of smart tips on how to pick profitable stocks. The guidelines provided are brief and suitable for beginners and would serve as a good reminder to seasoned investors. Are there any other important tips you want to offer for the young’uns ? Let us know.

Turning Bad Publicity into Good

Posted by Greg on Aug 7th, 2008

Imagine you have a business which is constantly criticised by the politically correct who seem to be able to get airtime effortlessly. How do you compete? You can advertise, but this is just dismissed as self promotion, and of course the largest outlet for the politically correct, the ABC doesn’t allow advertising (unless you are [...]

Oil Companies Are Buying Back Their Shares

Posted by Debbie on Jul 29th, 2008

We received a note from a reader on Santos last week:
It’s interesting to note Al wonders if it is a good time to buy on the dip in stock prices for companies like Santos since revenues are up on decreased production.
Probably not.
While it is nice to see increased profit margins on current production- which [...]

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