BNI Riverside Articles

New Definition of “Tax Practitioner”
Under proposed new legislation, a wider definition of “tax practitioner” has been formulated to
encompass bookkeepers offering BAS services. BAS Service Providers will be governed in the
same way as tax agents, but will provide a limited range of services relating to BAS.
New Definition of “BAS Services” Will Capture Most Bookkeepers
BAS services have [...]

The 80/20 rule has been doing the rounds now for many years, but what’s it all about? This rule first enunciated by Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto (hence the name Pareto Principle), states that 80% of results come from 20% of activity.
For example, practically and on a personal level, we only tend to use 20% of [...]

Have you ever looked at your list of things to do and just wanted to run away? Procrastination sometimes does get the best of us self-employed people. Everything seems to be a priority therefore we tend to put some things on the back burner. The point is, if the items on your to-do list have [...]

How many of you have got on the road and then realised you didn’t really have a clue where you were going?
Realistically – that’s not going to happen is it? Most of us get in the car with a clear understanding of where we are going and what we are likely to face on our [...]

As a specialist in Aviation Life Insurance, I am able to offer special pricing.
Please find attached a monthly premium guide for $400,000 Life Cover or $400,000 Life Cover with $400,000 Trauma Plus Cover. 
Trauma Cover provides a lump sum payment on the occurrence of a listed illness or injury whether caused by flying or otherwise.
If you [...]

Why do business clients need insurance?
Smooth sailing in a business is hard enough without adding the complications of injury, illness or even the death of a business partner or key person.
The probability of at least one partner dying before the age of 65 for a two-partner business structure is a significant 34% climbing to 71% [...]

One of the things I have noticed about many business people is that they have little idea of exactly who their target market is.
When asked who is a good referral for them will say something like…”anyone in the ………………. business”! Or on a similar track….. “someone in the …………….. business”!
In all my years of [...]

In his book “Raving Fans”, management guru wrote about having customers who became fans and raved about you…. to everyone!
And in a recent article about an iPhone accident, David Bateson of PR company NewsBusiness writes about the same concept – having a product or service that people “just want”!
So what is it that makes raving [...]

One of the cornerstones of organisations like BNI and Toastmasters is the importance placed on recognition. And rightly so! I don’t know anyone who does not like to be recognised for things they have done well.
Yet it is a skill sadly lacking in the business world today.
Somewhere along the road of experience I learnt the [...]

In these tough economic times, people may be tempted to ‘cut costs’ and consider not using the services of a lawyer to assist them in buying or selling a business. Our litigation division has plenty of ‘war stories’ of people burnt who have tried to cut costs and not obtained professional advice. For example, do [...]