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Is your accountant more interested in your cheque book than you? In our previous Blog, “The vital questions your accountant should be asking you”, we talked about your relationship with your accountant, and how it’s not just about the numbers.Today, we’re going to...

Let’s talk about forecasts. Weather? Nope, they seem to be frequently wrong. How can so many people using the same equipment be off point so often, and still be in business? Government economic forecasts? Another no. Strictly by the numbers, they get it right...

We’re getting the inside word on Managing Director, Jeremy Wilson! The first in a series, we talked with Shawn from Oculus on his journey and the upside of working with Jeremy. Shawn, tell us a little bit about your business, how it came about and what you do? Well,...

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE PROCESS - The time between debtor days and banking - that time will stifle out cash flow. There are many things and strategic things that we can do to minimise those debtor days, including typing up our terms of trade, our prompt payment discount...

It’s tax return time coming up, can you talk us through the steps to get ready? First things first, are you using a Chartered Accountant? We are trained in all the areas of business and can use this knowledge to assist in the filing of all your taxes and making sure...

What are the 5 principles of cash flow?Cash is king! Cash is the lifeblood of any business. Without cash the business won't survive, even the most profitable business can fail because of poor cash flow.Without cash your business will not surviveUnderstand your key...

ToolsThe 4 D’s is an email management system. For each email arriving in your inbox, you have 4 choices. Delete itDelegate itDate itDo itBy focusing on the four D’s, you will 100% free up time.The achiever matrix basically comes from Stephen Covey's Book, The Seven...

There’s a lot of heat on mindset currently and I’d like to discuss how important it is and what it means for a business. Mindset in a business sense, actually relates to everything in both life and business and it leads me to ask a couple of questions:Who is...

What is a B-HAG?A B-HAG is your Big Hairy Audacious Goal.It is long term, it's challenging beyond what you can currently do, it will move you from good to great. Specifically the term came out of a book, ‘Good to Great’ by Jim Collins, focusing on what businesses...

Business is actually really simple, but it’s often made more complicated than it needs to be. We think our business is unique from someone else’s business, but fundamentally they’re really not that different. Whether it is business or private life - you still need to...