Why SMEs Have To Look Outside The Box For Funding
It's time for business owners to venture outside the banks...Pre-election time in Australia. A sit and wait time for business. Both sides talking a big game. But what will come of it? Probably [...]
How SMEs Can Bank On Floating Assets and Imagination
Australian Banks aren’t immune to further attacks from the GFC… A read recently about Tony Abbott’s pitch for a small-business ombudsman. Basically a harmless piece of pre-election [...]
Why A Fall In Interest Rates Won’t Help SMEs
According to some new research from JPMorgan and Fujitsu, banks are more now more willing to finance SMEs. Gee, isn’t that big of them! Martin North, Executive Director industry group, Fujitsu [...]
How To Accrue Profit With Purchase Order Finance
PO Funding, is it a Voodoo financing option? Lack of affordable capital. The curse of small business. It stifles start-ups. Established enterprises struggle to expand without it. Banks will go [...]
How You Can Use Purchase Order Finance to Impress Your Friends
Don't get left behind in business...new funding options are the key to growth. This may come as a surprise to many SMEs, but there are products available that can fill some of the capital finance [...]
How To Grow Your Business Without Strings Attached
Don’t get tempted to give up your equity just yet… Since the GFC, banks have hit the reset button on lending to small business, especially to start-ups. So, unless you have assets, [...]
How Late Payments Are Damaging SMEs Credit Profiles
Beware the silent killer...late payments: Bills. They sit on your desk. They’re seemingly inert, but remarkably powerful. You’re stomach starts to do ‘The Lambada’ as you sift through them. You [...]
How Unstructured Growth Can Kill SMEs
Good times can also bring problems. The financial rumor mills are at it again. A quick surf today revealed warnings that the ATO is set to take an aggressive stance toward SME debtors after [...]
How To Develop A Basic Cash Flow Strategy For Small Business
Middle class Australia, where the poodles run free! I like small business. I like the people that work in it. They’re real. Most corporations are sheltered workshops for the middle classes. The [...]
Will Glenn Stevens Follow Ben’s Lead & Stand Up For SMEs?
Put your hands up for Detroit… Last Thursday in Detroit, Ben Bernanke spoke frankly about the plight of small business in the US. “Encouraging lending to small businesses that are well [...]