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Passport to profit

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... linked to asset fees, have been... dramatically impacted by the market as it appears today. "And in these times, small businesses can make decisions that are not necessarily in the best interests of their businesses in the longer term," he said. The ...

Trustees should adopt system-wide policies: Sherry

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... plans to introduce an optional superannuation clearing house system - effectively one single admin system where small businesses with less than 20 staff can offer their staff choice-of-fund without the related time and cost issues. The scheme stands ...

No to double SG demerits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... late, but [the payment] gets into the employee's account faster." Denham said the proposed change would benefit small businesses because it was already a "heavy administration burden". "[Previously] a lot of employers realised they were late and pay ...

PI a priority at Paragem

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... the risk and compliance playing field as the firm launches its debut professional indemnity support service for small businesses. Paragem announced the launch of its new service following the introduction of new government legislation requiring dealers ...

No super for many small businesses

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
Four in ten small- to medium-size business owners have no source of superannuation other than their business assets, and 85 per cent of those have no exit plan, according to a new survey from RSM Bird Cameron (RSMBC). The survey, titled 'Think Big - ...

KNM appoints wealth head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... Victoria," he said. For 25 years KNM has providing insurance risk advice to more than 4000 clients including small businesses, SMSFs, accounting practices and individual clients in Queensland.

Clinton plans pension system overhaul

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
... unemployment, as well as take out loans in limited circumstances. Senator Clinton will offer new tax credits to help small businesses offset start-up costs and will finance them by dedicating a portion of revenue from freezing estate tax at its 2009 ...

Economic round-up: Wage wars

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
In Western Australia some small businesses have had to close because they cannot compete in the wage wars with mining companies who are offering premium pay packets to workers. There is increasing pressure on the hospitality, retail and manufacturing ...

Starved infrastructure will bite into growth

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... of regulatory changes and creating an optional superannuation clearing house for businesses. A big winner for small businesses is Labor's plan to allow them to charge Commonwealth departments and agencies interest on bills not paid after 30 days. This ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
... medium and small business groups all expected only a limited slowdown of the economy over the next year. Only small businesses which are defined as those with less than 19 staff expected wage pressures to ease and the best profit growth expectations ...