Hope Island is one of the Gold Coast’s most exclusive suburbs. Home to an enclave of exclusive housing estates, such as Sanctuary Cove and Hope Island Resort, with several world class golf courses meandering in between.
The property website Domain are currently running a series of articles on selling a property, covering aspects from presentation and market advise, to sales tactics and the conveyancing process itself.
Brisbane came alive this weekend for the annual Teneriffe Festival. The streets were lined with a festival of food, markets and entertainment.
So you’ve spent countless weekends scouring the suburbs of Brisbane, or the Gold Coast for that perfect property and you think you’ve finally found ‘the one’ and are ready to put in an offer and sign a contract of sale. It’s right about now that you need to tap the brakes every so slightly. There’s no point rushing in and signing your name, as the entire conveyancing process will be dictated by this contract, so you want to make sure you’ve got it right before signing.
So you’ve had your property on the market for a while and have now signed a contract of sale and sold your property. First of all congratulations on the sale! While getting that offer may be exciting at first, we’re sure that a bit of stress is beginning to creep into your mind as you start to consider the long list of things you now have to take care.
So your favourite band has finally decided to visit the Gold Coast, or it’s grand final time in Brisbane and even though you had the date tickets went on sale marked and highlighted in your calendar and you spent three hours hitting refresh on your browser in an effort to secure tickets, you unfortunately still missed out.
The new financial year always brings with it a raft of changes for business owners and this year is no exception. Your most important asset as an employer is meeting your legal obligations to your employees, especially when it comes to paying them correctly and from 1 July there was an update to the minimum wage that you need to ensure you have passed on to your employees.
Starting a new business is an exciting, exhilarating rollercoaster of a ride and in the beginning there are so many things to do and keep track of. One of the first things that many business owners do is register their business name and a domain name, in the belief that this is enough to protect their business.
Recent action taken by the ACCC against car company Kia Motors has again highlighted the need for companies to ensure their marketing material is accurate and clear to consumers to avoid breaching Australian consumer laws.
When deciding to purchase a Franchise the Franchisor is required to provide to the potential Franchisee a disclosure document, that among many other things details the current financial position of the franchisor. Under the Franchising Code of Conduct the franchisee is to be provided with a ‘current’ disclosure document, however the term ‘current’ is not defined in the Code. Generally a franchisor will update their Disclosure Document at the end of each financial year.
One of the most common small business structures in Australia is a partnership, whereby two people agree to go into business together and each takes a stake in both the businesses profits and losses. In most cases however, no formal agreement is entered into between the partners as they are usually close friends who don’t foresee anything going wrong.
Advertising your small business online is definitely the way to go these days, with potential to reach a large audience with a much smaller outlay than traditional media. With this in mind we thought we’d highlight a recent move by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (“ACCC”) as a word of warning to business owners.
