From IN THE BLACK April 06 When it comes to succession planning, many business owners overlook the obvious: selling to their own employees. It’s the dilemma facing all ageing business owners. What to do with the company upon retirement? Many will choose a trade sale of the business. But few are thinking about a sale to their [...]

From the March edition of In The Black. More on the mutual evaluation report on money laundering at FATF. Australia needs to clean up its act on the money laundering front. accountants are being drafted in to assist the cause.

Commercial property from the March edition. The insatiable demand for office space, especially in Perth and Brisbane, is completely out of step with supply. So expect steep rent hikes over the coming years.

From the February edition of In The Black. More from Dave Allen, Lifehacker and 43 Folders. The finest organisation systems available to mankind may not involve technology at all.

For In the Black in December 2005. Ed Charles tells why reverse mortgages should be handled with care, and vetted by professionals. This is a story about how a new car or a cruise might cost pensioners their home. It’s about the lucrative reverse mortgage, where banks will lend up to 45 per cent of a home’s [...]

When workers own shares in their companies they are motivated and loyal. So why are Australian companies failing to catch on? From In The Black November 2005 Power to the people. Get them to buy shares. Even better, give them shares in the company for which they work. The staff are no longer revolting. They’re [...]

Only a short time ago the Australian commercial property sector was looking rather off-colour, but now for the first time in four years demand for office space is on the up. From In The Black October 2005.

Corporate blogs can have more appeal to potential clients than your company website alone. From the October 2005 edition of In The Black.

Life for the corporate elite is not as lonely as it used to be. Now CEOs have an abundance of mentoring options open to them. From In the Black September 2005.

Seeing the hardboiled Matt Moran being confronted with a restaurant critic in Heat in the Kicthen on SBS reminded me of  when I interviewed him for In The Black in 2004. Yes chef! Nowhere is teamwork and leadership more tested than in the fiery atmosphere of a top kitchen. In the first of a regular articles [...]