Risk Management
In our last article, we explored what happens when you have the “Feels” for a Customer and how to avoid debtor heartbreak (check it out here). The “Funk” is that ensuing feeling you get when you realise the Customer you have supported, fought for, gone out on a limb for, and even (rarely) told little […]
The PPSA can be confusing, particularly where trading trusts are involved. We’re often asked ‘how do you create a Secured Party Group involving a trust’ and ‘how do you perform PPS registrations over a trust’? The answer is simple: Include both the Trust and the Trustee as Secured Parties within the one Secured Party Group […]
The Small Business Risk Review Q1 2019, found that court actions across Australia have increased significantly in the 1st quarter of 2019 in comparison to Quarter 1, 2018. It’s no surprise to see worrisome numbers in the first quarter. This is particularly due to the consequences of the holiday season. Despite the influx of […]
It’s unmistakable that we live in a digital age. So many of our processes are now automated and streamlined through innovative technology. Accounting, marketing, communication, databases and more are all digitalised now. However, many small businesses are still running processes in the old school way. A Small Business Insights Report by XERO found that two-thirds of […]
Do you review your customers on an annual basis? ApplyEasy makes this easy with the Credit Limit Reassessment feature. This new feature acts as a reminder tool to notify you when a customer is coming up to the anniversary of their initial approval. You are then provided with the ability to re-evaluate the customer’s credit […]
Welcome to January 2019, the anniversary of the 7-year PPSR registrations. Have you got your renewals sorted? If you need some further information to inspire you to get your registrations sorted or just want to scope out the statistics, AFSA has released the quarterly December 2018 PPSR stats. Highlights of the report As of December […]
The Personal Property Securities Register recently announced that they have hit 10 million registrations! Along with that news, the seven-year anniversary of PPSR is fast approaching in January, which means that there is going to be an influx in expirations and renewals. To give you a further idea of just how big the PPSR and […]
CreditorWatch’s Small Business Risk Review for Quarter 3, 2018, shows an improvement in conditions for the majority of Australia in comparison to Quarter 3, 2017. Download our infographic Court actions and dollar amounts have decreased from last year’s third quarter for all states except Victoria. Western Australia has seen its court actions and judgements decrease […]
Late payments are a constant source of stress and strain for Australian small businesses. Research from Intuit reveals that small businesses are left an average of $13,200 in the red by late paying customers. This can have a serious effect on cash flow. Not only that, but small business owners end up spending an average […]
Receivership, administration, debt agreement, liquidation, bankruptcy and insolvency. These all mean the same thing, don’t they? Kind of. Unless you work in the insolvency industry it can be easy to confuse these terms. This article aims to explain each term so if you ever come across it you know what it means. Insolvency Insolvency describes […]