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.
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In The Black: Getting Things Done
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.
In The Black: The house always wins
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 value and compound the interest over a pensioner’s lifetime. It’s about the gap between compounded interest rates and increasing property values. And about […]
In The Black: Share and share alike
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 quite nice now, work harder and everybody is richer. That’s how it works in the UK and the US, where employees are raking it in. […]
In The Black: On the (high) rise
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.
In The Black: It’s time to enter the blogosphere
Corporate blogs can have more appeal to potential clients than your company website alone. From the October 2005 edition of In The Black.
In The Black: You’re not alone
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.
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 […]
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.