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 […]
Month: August 2005
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In The Black: Crash? What crash?
I looked behind the C word headlines to see what was really happening in the property market for the August 2005 edition of In The Black.
In The Black: The power of three
When it comes to embracing the concept of the triple bottom line, Australian companies have a long way to go. From In The Black.
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.
CFO: Lend Lease chills out
Australia’s brightest and best new buildings use state-of-the-art technology to cut costs and make employees happy. CFO 01 April 2004.
CFO: KPMG gets smart
The firm’s commitment to sustainability has helped it to secure a new building for the price of refurbishing an old one. CFO 01 April 2004.