How to Improve Your Credit Score
Your company credit score is a key factor in securing the finances you need to build your business. Learn how to improve your credit score and understand the risk factors that you need to be mindful of.
Risk Management
Coronavirus and Economic Uncertainty: How to Protect Your Business
Are you an Australian small or medium-sized business affected by the coronavirus? Find out how to protect your business and manage your supply chains with this blog post.
The Importance of Data Cleansing and a Portfolio Health Check
Perform an annual Portfolio Health Check to validate your information and identify your risky customers. Discover the benefits of data cleansing for your business and how CreditorWatch can help clean up your act.
Small Business Risk Review: Quarter 4 2019
Each quarter, CreditorWatch releases a Small Business Risk Review, using data from numerous public sources like ASIC as well as proprietary data from our 55,000+ customers. Discover the findings from Quarter 4, 2019 and what it means for industries around Australia.
How to Reduce the Risk of Bad Debt
Is it possible to prevent bad business debt? And what are the best debtor management strategies for your small business? Get the answers to these questions and learn how DebtorLogic can help maintain your business' financial health with this blog post.
PPSR and SMEs: An Introduction to Protecting Your Small Business
The PPSR (Personal Properties Securities Register) isn't as complicated or time-consuming as you might think. Learn how the PPSR can protect SME owners and the benefits CreditorWatch and PPSRLogic can provide to your business.
Small Business Risk Review Quarter 3, 2019: Topsy-turvy business conditions endure
Looking for data on Quarter 4? Read how the retail industry has fared at the end of 2019. CreditorWatch’s Small Business Risk Review for Quarter 3, 2019 highlights a large increase in the value of court actions in Queensland, concerning change for Western Australia and an increase in insolvencies across Australia. Quarter 3, 2019 continued […]
The Plimsoll Line: Are you or your customers going under?
Here’s a Fun Fact Who would have thought that a line marked around the hull of merchant ships could be such a lifesaver? In the late 19th century, Samuel Plimsoll, a merchant and shipping reformer, became increasingly concerned about the loss of life caused by the overloading of ships. He devised the Plimsoll line, a […]
Court actions increased in FY2019 in comparison to FY2018
Performing due diligence is more important than ever Court actions increased in FY2019 across all states, with the exception of WA, by 18% volume and 13% dollar amount. Victoria took the lead with the highest amount of court actions, followed by New South Wales. Victoria had the highest dollar amounts in July 2017 and April […]
Tax Debt Transparency Back in Parliament
Would you like to know when a customer has a significant tax debt with the ATO? A government proposal to allow the ATO to share information about business tax debt to credit bureaus like CreditorWatch was re-introduced to parliament this week. The legislation would improve the ATO’s ability to address the $10 billion small business […]