The October Winemakers’ Federation of Australia (WFA) Outlook Conference has provided a much-needed reality check for the industry, bringing focus to problems, posing solutions, and highlighting the need to better a now sadly underutilised potential that’s actually declining. Read More
Despite Australians’ increasing financial stress, insolvencies have decreased 10% since last year. While a Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) report says the stress is occurring primarily because wages aren't keeping pace with the cost of living, credit insurance organisations (providers of insurance against bad debt and insolvency) note the insolvency environment is generally improving across the world’s advanced markets this year. Read More
Investors blessed with a keen old fashioned sense have caught a whiff of inflation in the air and are taking defensive action. Read More
NAB senior economist David de Garis talks of a “mixed-picture economy” with an element of volatility that “should be treated with caution”. Read More
On April 16 this year the WA Supreme Court delivered judgement on a landmark case where the owner of Spiers Earthworks Pty Ltd whose assets included motor vehicles and trailers, lost them all to the receiver and manager appointed over the company that hired them. Read More
The key - identify and control the risks from the insolvency of a developer, contractor or sub-contractor Read More
