Those Simple Bear Necessities: Setting Aside Reserves for Downturns?

Are you getting by on bear necessities? Dun & Bradstreet’s latest outlook survey for June showed that 43 per cent of businesses reported no change in their debt levels while 36 per cent [...]

There’s a scene in Master and Commander when an old salt holds his knuckles up to a boy sailor in the middle of a battle. His knarled fingers bear the tattooed inscription: HOLD FAST. Whilst I’m [...]

According to SMH columnist, Clancy Yeates: ‘ Despite the improving economy, the Australian Banking Association chief executive Steven Munchenberg signalled the months ahead could prove [...]

AR Trade Finance, a non-banking wholly-owned division of AR Cash Flow, has launched a new suite of products aimed at facilitating SME's – specifically importers - to have access to finance. [...]

The ‘worm may be turning’ for PM Kevin Rudd, but consumers and SME’s are still feeling the credit squeeze. Glenn Donaldson of Cash Converters Australia, says his organization (which is the [...]

The bottom line is that funding is becoming more expensive for SME business bank customers despite a backdrop of central interest rates and federal government rhetoric.’ PKM Group, a small [...]

Prevention is the best medicine In another familiar story just recently construction and development company Austruc Constructions has been placed in the hands of administrators.  (read the [...]

Ok so we have covered the history of invoice factoring in our last blog post, so now it's time to focus on how it all began in Australia. Factoring saw its beginnings in Australia in the early [...]

Never heard of invoice factoring before? Thought it was something new? You will be surprised to know it's almost as old as sliced bread! Get the history and learn if you might benefit from using [...]

The plug again for Invoice Factoring. Let's take a quick look at Invoice Factoring again, after all it is our main service offered to small businesses so we are allowed to plug it once and a [...]