Some great consequensces of succession planning are • Eliminates claims to management rights of the business by the estate of departing owners; • Prevents unwanted introduction of new owners with incompatible philosophies and agendas; • Protects against control of the business being ‘frozen’ because of probate difficulties or legal restrictions
I happened to be flicking through channels last night and came across a segment on Today Tonight about Japanese banks moving into the Australian home loan market. One of the main banks sited was Mitsubishi UFJ which is one of the 5 biggest banks in the world. You can read
Every year is different, every year has twists and turns that were not expected, every year is full of surprises, some good, some not so good and every year is full of life long messages. What have you learnt from this year? What has been the number one message you
Yesterday, Jason, our Rockhampton manager made a quick trip to Emerald and back to get urgent lease documents signed so that his client could take delivery of his new mining equipment before Christmas. Rather than chance the post this time of year, he took time to drop in some Christmas
While swimming is a great form of exercise, the downside is that pools require vast amounts of water. Just to fill the average backyard pool takes 50,000 litres – and that’s roughly one third of the water used by an average person in a year. Even more water is needed
One of our clients cannot stop smiling after getting a New Hammer trailer which is custom made for side loading of 2 x 20 foot or 1 x 40 foot containers. These trailers use remote controlled Swedish made cranes to lift the containers on and off. In the port of
The Brisbane property market has been the worst performer of the capital cities in the nation with the median house price taking a tumble of 7 per cent. Australian Property Monitors released its annual State of the Market report this morning, which took stock of the performance of property markets
The directors and staff of australlending decided to give to others this Xmas rather than giving presents to each other in the office. Carl Weston is pictured with the two hampers before dropping them into the Gladstone office of Anglicare. We encourage all our clients, associates, peers and fellow lenders
We have been advised today that ‘….the Attorney-General’s Department announced that the PPS regime will actually commence on 30 January 2012. As a consequence many (state) registries will close and security interests will need to be registered on the Personal Property Security Register (PPSR) from 30 January 2012….’ Examples