Pool Registration Extension – what it means for you

If you own a pool or spa and are looking to rent or sell the property on which it is located, you’ve been given some extra breathing space.

Last month the New South Wales Government extended the deadline for pool owners to register their pools until 29 April 2015. A Compliance Certificate will be issued following the registration which applies to all rental and sale properties which will remain valid for three years.

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Tips to Accurate Cash Flow Forecasting

Cashflow

“Cash flow forecasting is an essential skill to learn. It helps you identify and prepare for hidden opportunities and risks, and make key strategic decisions with confidence.

“A cash flow forecast looks ahead at the flow of cash that could come in and out of your business, and the surplus working capital left over you can re-invest.  It’s the core tool for

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Walton and the Phoenix

Walton Construction collapsed over six months ago. Many of the unsecured creditors are still left wondering if they’ll get anything back. Unfortunately for them, statistics show that an unsecured creditor in the construction industry gets less than 1c in the dollar.  We feel for them. Cases like this are the  very reason we at CheckVault are so passionate about making sure businesses can get their payments secured.

Interestingly, according to one source Walton Construction had a record as

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Just one bad job from going out of business

I was reading an article on the Masonry Contractors Association of NSW & ACT website recently in which they published an article titled “USA low margin lesson“. The writer tells a great story of how, when chatting with friends who ran their own businesses across varied professions, they were all ultimately in the same situation.  From doctors to lawyers, accountants to contractors, they “are all just one bad job away from going out of business.”

A scary thought. And one CheckVault is changing.

Until recently the only option a contractor, builder, accountant or even lawyer, really had was

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