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Qantas: What's going on inside the pouch?

By James Frank on Sep 22, 2023 12:08:08 PM

The TLDR 
  • Qantas broke the law and sacked people when they shouldn't have. 
  • Qantas might have sold flights that were already cancelled. 
  • Qantas’ board is in ‘economy’ rather than the Chairman's Lounge. 
  • Qantas needs to spend big on fleet renewal. 
  • The new CEO has an opportunity to enact change. 


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Thursday Thoughts for SMEs: Find a Niche.

By James Frank on Sep 21, 2023 9:38:31 AM

This week I attended the SRO technology board meeting in Brisbane. It was great. It was eye opening and confirmed a hunch I have for SMEs: There are opportunities in niches. 

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Demystifying the Business Sales Process: Step 3 - Appoint your advisors

By James Frank on Dec 15, 2022 12:20:43 PM

Over the last 2 months I have published 2 articles in our “Demystifying the Sales Process” series. The Series unpacks the key steps that a business owner needs to take in order to take their business to market. 

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Demystifying the Business Sales Process: Step 2 - Assess your weakness.

By James Frank on Nov 30, 2022 10:07:44 AM

Last month I published the first article in our Demystifying the Sales Process series. The Series unpacks the key steps that a business owner needs to take in order to take their business to market. 

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Demystifying the Business Sales Process: Step 1 - know your buyers.

By James Frank on Nov 1, 2022 12:32:29 PM

Over the next few months we will be demystifying the sales process and taking you through, in our mind, the key steps that a business owner needs to take in order to take their business to market. 

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Christmas joy spread for Liquidators and Insolvency Lawyers!

By James Frank on Dec 21, 2021 10:01:54 AM

The Full Court of the Federal Court - Allsop CJ, Middleton and Derrington JJ have given Liquidators and Insolvency Lawyers an early Christmas present in finding that a a statutory set-off under s553C(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 is NOT an available defence against a liquidators claim for the recovery of a preference under s588FA of the Act. 

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Turnaround & Restructuring

By James Frank on Oct 19, 2021 10:14:21 AM

Lots of good things have happened on Mondays. 

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The Problem with Oral Contracts

By James Frank on May 21, 2021 10:03:57 AM

Oral contracts exist everywhere. When you order a coffee or lunch, when you borrow your neighbour’s tools or when you agree to pay your friend back for that ticket to the NRL. Oral contracts are great for social settings however they are not suitable for business transactions.

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Extension to Insolvency Relief Measures

By James Frank on Sep 29, 2020 4:53:35 PM

On 7th September 2020 the Federal Government announced that they would be extending the Insolvency Relief measures that were legislated in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Managing Div7a Issues: how to not owe your own business money

By James Frank on Aug 25, 2020 12:43:00 PM

This is the second article in our 4-part series on 'Preparing for the Precipice: a post JobKeeper economy.'

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