Becoming a Better Investor – Matt Richardson
As you are probably aware many of us at Green Taylor Partners enjoy the philosophy of Scott Phillips, Chief Investment Officer of The Motley Fool. Scott can be read or heard regularly in Nine/Fairfax press, Money magazine, Weekend Sunrise on Channel 7 or on the Triple M – Motley Fool podcasts (which I highly recommend). He recently…
Business Assistance Program Fact Sheet
What is the Business Assistance Program? The Business Assistance Program is being established in 2020 to provide funding and officer support to existing and new businesses in the Horsham Rural City Council. The program supports business skills development, provision of professional services, support through the regulatory process and other one to one in-kind support. This…
Green Taylor Partners January ’20 Elevate Newsletter – Business Gymnastics: Knowing and Acting on What Makes you Succeed
Back in July 1976, at the Montreal Olympics, Nadia Comăneci was awarded the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics for her routine on the uneven bars. It is controversial whether an athlete can ever perform ‘perfectly’ but that’s what the judges decided. Ironically, Omega, the provider of Olympic electronic scoreboards had programmed the scoreboard so it…
GTP Elevate Newsletter – November 2019
Management Buyout: What is it and does it suit your business? Business owners (especially those who are operationally involved) try to ensure managers’ goals are aligned with their own. If they are aligned, the prospects for the business are much more attractive because everyone is pulling in the same direction. Ideally, everyone should have ‘skin…
The Hedgehog Concept – David Hadley
Keeping with my theme of blogs; Fish, Eat the Frog, Sacred Cows, and Mice in Who Moved My Cheese, I thought it appropriate to discuss the “The Hedgehog Concept”. For those of you that have read “Good to Great’ written by Jim Collins, you will be aware of this concept. It refers to the tale of a hedgehog and a fox where…
Rental Property Investors & The Tax Man – Matt Richardson
You may have read in the financial pages of your weekend newspaper recently with the ATO confirming rental property investors will be firmly in their sights when submitting their 2019 tax returns. Based on recently performed random sampling the ATO has found 9 out of 10 income tax returns contain errors relating to non-compliance with…
GREEN TAYLOR PARTNERS – September 2019 Quarterly Newsletter
Pension Loan Scheme for Retirees – Peter Cramer Green Taylor Partners
I thought it might be useful to let Business folks and families know of the possible use of the expanded pension loan scheme (The Scheme) that is effective as of 1/7/19. It is a ‘reverse mortgage’ arrangement provided by the Government. It is available for people of age pension age who have property assets and…
3 TOP TIPS to consider when starting a building project in The Grampians
1.SHARE YOUR IDEAS Connect with locals. A local builder, working full-time in the industry, should be your No.1 guide. With LOCAL knowledge and experience, they will be able to provide the relevant contacts for planning and building authorities and give you your starting nuts & bolts. For instance, the Bushfire Management Overlay (BMO) has been…
Why are shops in Horsham vacant?
By Paul Atherton Vice Chairman Business Horsham & Owner The Athletes Foot Horsham Recently there was some local social media chatter about why there are so many vacant shop fronts in Horsham and this led onto some further discussion about retailing in Horsham in general. I don’t profess to know all the reasons why or…