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.
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.
Running a business and managing employees is not an easy task and ensuring you have the correct policies and procedures in place to discipline employees, when necessary, is vital. If the correct procedure is not followed when terminating the employment of an employee the Fair Work Commission has the power to uphold an unfair dismissal claim against you, even if the reason for the dismissal is valid.
