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.
Entrepreneurs have a range of considerations when endeavoring to get their business up and running, from devising a viable business plan to securing work space to settling on a company name. Not the least of their concerns is the complicated legal process involved with setting up a business, which can be an intimidating pursuit for leaders of budding companies.
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.
It is vital that you review your terms of trade regularly and ensure that the terms and conditions are sufficient to protect the rights of your business. Terms of trade are the lifeline of your business and govern your interaction with your customers, ensuring you get paid for your good or services.
When starting a new business, or expanding your current business, one of the first things you will do is seek out an office or retail space to set up shop in. This will usually entail entering into a commercial lease for the premises. However there are a lot of considerations to be made before signing on that dotted line.
The carbon tax in Australia is no more with the Federal Government passing the Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2014. While the central purpose of this legislation was to remove the tax, it also introduced new powers to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (“ACCC”), which many business owners are not aware of.
