Dear Aunty B, I’ve been reflecting a bit on my business as the year winds down and I’ve got to say that I am a bit depressed. We’v…
Dear Aunty B, I’ve been reflecting a bit on my business as the year winds down and I’ve got to say that I am a bit depressed. We’v…
Shares in surfwear group Billabong have fallen 8% this morning over new doubts about the company’s latest takeover offer from former executi…
Dear Aunty B, I’m off for all of January (my first long holiday in 13 years and I can’ wait) but I am having a bit of trouble with the a…
The Commonwealth Bank has increased its stake in Aussie Home Loans to 80%, with the company saying it has plans to eventually gain full owne…
Dear Aunty B, I’ve got three Christmas lunches this week and I am determined to make an impression. So far, I’ve spent most Christmas …
ANZ is forecasting the Reserve Bank to cut the cash rate by a further 100 basis points over the course of 2013 to a rate of just 2%. This…
I write my final blog of 2012 from a hotel room overlooking the Las Vegas strip, and contemplate my franchising observations of the last few…
Dear Aunty B, We are a very small company. My second biggest customer has threatened to walk, as he is $7,000 over his $10,000 credit limit …
At the end of each year I write to the top 20 CEOs and leaders in the CROSSMARK client base. I’ve been doing it for almost a decade. I…
The OECD has recommended the Australian Government should be prepared to delay its promised budget surplus if the Australian economy continu…
Dear Aunty B, My head is throbbing, my mouth feels like sandpaper and the screen is swaying a little, but I feel I must get this email throu…
Look back to a year ago and compare the gloom and doom merchants’ predictions against the reality of the slow but steady recovery. Take …
