In the wake of the 2008 global recession, many countries continue to struggle with economic difficulties. Australia hasn’t been shielded from this hit. On the bright side, this can work well for innovative ideas in business. Larger businesses, weakened by [...]

Everyone who knows me knows I have a soft spot for family businesses. Family businesses are important entities in many societies all across the globe;in that they not only provide employment to people related to each other but also bring family members [...]

If I asked you what your credit rating was, would you know? No, seriously, if I called you up right now and asked you for your credit rating, would you know exactly what it is? Not if you’re pretty sure what it might be, but actually what it is. If you [...]

One of the problems facing women in the Australian business sector that, come retirement, they tend to be worse off than employed people. How is this? Wouldn’t running and owning their own business net them even more retirement opportunities than the [...]

The Australian Psychological Society (APS) released a study last year revealing that one of the greatest stress causing factors for Australians is money. Are we surprised? When you disagree with your spouse, isn’t it normally about money (or the kids?) [...]

This week I worked with a family who came to me quite financially stressed. They realized they have no money left pretty much as soon as their pays hit their accounts -- their entire income vanishes into just paying off debts, keeping the credit cards [...]

Allan and Simone (not their real names) are a de facto couple with three young children. Allan ran his own contracting business while Simone worked part time around the children. Allan had to purchase some major equipment for his business which ended up [...]

Paul and Lacey contacted me early last year. The couple were financially stressed, behind on their loan repayments and on the debt merry-go-round. They had a $20,000 credit card maxed out. This would take 16 years and 7 months to pay off in full at the [...]