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Most people in business are great at what they do, but when you talk to them about financial figures, they run for the hills. There are ten basic numbers and ratios every business owner just needs to know – and luckily, they are easy and quick. Don’t worry, I’m not trying to make you an […]

The first step in any successful corporate turnaround is acknowledgement and acceptance that a turnaround process is needed, and that management has the energy and strength to work with a corporate turnaround advisor to make the changes necessary. A few weeks into a turnaround process when turnaround activity is well underway and lots of different […]

Construction has the highest rate of company insolvency actions of any industry in Australia. When you add in sub-contractors and sole traders, the construction industry accounts for over half of all insolvencies in Australia. The high use of sub-contracting in the industry creates a unique challenge. The client will enter into a building agreement with […]

In September 2017, a new piece of legislation known as the Safe Harbour provisions was added to the Corporations Act. Safe Harbour provisions give company directors protection from insolvent trading penalties and an opportunity to pursue strategies that could save their struggling business. Historically, Australian companies faced strict, creditor-centric insolvency laws where directors would call […]

To know what to expect from a turnaround specialist, it is useful to understand what a turnaround is, and what a turnaround specialist does. A turnaround is everyday management, but it involves managing the process of rescuing a company in serious decline which will fail in the foreseeable future with no corrective action. Turnaround specialists […]

For someone that works with businesses in financial distress, determining whether a company is insolvent is almost intuitive. However, there are several signs and predictors of insolvency that different stakeholders can recognise. But first, what is insolvency? Insolvency is a state of being insolvent, whereby a company cannot pay all of its debts, as and […]

Writing a business plan when a business is in severe difficulties may seem like a luxury and an unaffordable waste of time, but it is an absolutely critical part of business restructuring. Plans help you stay organised and help you coordinate your efforts. Developing plans is difficult. For most small business owners, their preference is […]

It would be an understatement to say the world has changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But as often is the case, it is through adversity we see a person’s real character shine, and the same holds true for business owners. So as a business owner, how can you reshape your business and emerge from […]

It has been interesting being a New Zealander living in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been comments, cartoons and discussions that Australia should become the West Island of New Zealand, or that Australians wish that Jacinda Ardern could become the Australian Prime Minister (how quickly they forgot the 2018 dual citizen debacle!). There […]

As we have seen in the last few weeks, the world is changing at light-speed. Before the world was struck by COVID-19, a large percentage (over 60%) of businesses failed and went into insolvency in the first three years. I expect the same percentage will fail or go into insolvency in the next three months […]