Month: August 2005

journalism

CFO: Don’t bank on it

From CFO Take time to review your financing arrangements but be prepared to pay for peace of mind. With interest rate hikes on the horizon, together with economic uncertainty, companies should review their property finance. Keith Rodwell, the managing director of GE Commercial Finance, says: “I think that one of the things that you’ve seen recently is a number of the banks talking about preparing for rising interest rates, preparing for potential tougher economic times, and I think that it […]

Chefs, Restaurants

Part 3: Bored of Bourdain? More on eating in Melbourne

Photography: Christina Simons Anthony Bourdain is having trouble finding enough white anchovies for the evening meal, but his mind is on his evening out with chefs. “I do my job, I’m having a really good time and when I finish dinner tonight I’ll probably go hanging round with a bunch of chefs and cooks and restaurant people and get really drunk. If chefs haven’t taken me there I haven’t been there. I put myself in the hands of the local […]

journalism

In The Black: Pressure Cooker

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 on the way different industries manage, I found out how the kitchen brigade tickGordon Ramsay’s recipes for business success (From Kitchen Nightmares) When you […]

Restaurants

Part 2: More from Anthony Bourdain, Ladro

Photography: Christina Simons This what what he had to say on Ladro being voted the best new restaurant in Melbourne last year: “I love that kind of reactionary vote. I mean was that a fair assessment or is it fair to compare Ladro to fine dining.I don’t care. I love the place. I’m a huge fan of that. It was a relief to me. It was an antidote to a lot of other places. “I spend to much time fine […]

journalism

In The Black: Who is paying their fair share?

Are the corporates paying their tax dues? Our average Joe and Josephines are forking out for nearly 50 per cent of the ATO’s total tax haul. What do the business giants put back into government coffers and are they taking social responsibility seriously? I investigated the tax system for In The Black a couple of years ago. With the current chat on tax reform again it’s worth revisiting.