This month, ‘Safe Harbour’ legislation was passed offering protection to directors from insolvent trading exposure. Is this the big reform Australia that will encourage entrepreneurship and provide a platform to protect (or “harbour”) business value?
Summary of 2008-2019 Local technical and financial reporting alerts
Grant Thornton is pleased to congratulate the shareholders of Eptec, a leading specialist provider of corrosion solutions to the infrastructure and marine sectors on their sale to the Management Team backed by Alceon Private Equity.
Navigating the complexities of growth and maintaining previous success is a challenge for all mid-size businesses.
The announcement of a Royal Commission into Banking & Financial Services today caught many commentators by surprise.
‘Culture eats strategy’ has become accepted business wisdom. But is it possible for dynamic companies to maintain their unique culture and appeal as they expand and avoid the growing pains that affect so many firms?
The digitisation of the economy has had a profound impact on the banking sector. Online banking – which as recently as the 1990s was still a niche dominated by tech early adopters — is now at the heart of modern banking.
Across the world, tenants have increasing expectations of intelligent buildings, providing them access to technology and automated systems, from online storage to health and safety, communications, climate control, lighting, security and more.
Most employers that offer salary packaging, currently pay superannuation on the “pre-packaged” salary amount, ie. prior to the deductions for salary packaged items. This treatment, therefore, means that compulsory superannuation is based on an amount inclusive of salary packaged superannuation, so for these employers, the changes will have no impact.
As businesses continue to navigate the influx of Government reform, there’s also a lot of change coming from the ATO. Customer-Owned Banking Institutions – also known as mutual banks and credit unions – are the current focus.
The seven-year Technology Roadmap for Aged Care recently released by the Aged Care Industry Technology Council (ACIITC) talks about a technology enabled future for consumers, workforce and providers.
Your retail baby is growing up. The retail world is changing. You aren’t as young as you used to be, but you aren’t ready to walk away.