GETTING THE STRUCTURE RIGHT
Agreements can avoid pitfalls
By Justin Dowd
THERE’S a unique dynamic that exists in family businesses.
EXPERTS TALK STRATEGY
Guiding growing businesses
Anthony Moss (session chaiman): Good morning everybody – ladies and gentlemen. Thank you to Michael Walls, Publisher of Access News Australia for organising today’s event. Thank you to David Pring and KPMG for being our sponsor for the event, and also thank you to David for being our host of the event today, in this luxurious Sebel hotel, resort and Spa Hawkesbury which is excellent. We want to have a robust discussion today about strategy, it’s relevance to business, what’s a good strategy, what’s a bad strategy, how do businesses drive and develop new strategies, why should they bother anyway –. So, only a couple of Simple rules – which is: One, please jump in, please engage, and two, every idea is valid. Sound reasonable? Are we ready to jump in – everybody feeling pretty cool and relaxed and happy to share their ideas and their views? David Pring, can we start with you, with an introduction if we may?
HANDING OVER CONTROL
Legal side to be aware of
By Justin Dowd
FAMILY business owners work tirelessly to make a success of their commercial entity, often pouring their heart and soul into the job.
MARKETING SUCCESS STORIES
Time for the digital step
By Deb Jeffreys
SO, you’ve been in business a while. Got a decent sized team. Sweated hard to reach a turnover of a few million a year. Did it all without digital marketing.
KEYS TO COMMUNICATION
Do your FB meetings add value?
A COMMON misconception in family businesses is that if they can communicate effectively amongst the family members, they are well positioned for efficiently managing the business and achieving their goals.
DESIGN OR CONTENT?
Dancing all the way to the bank
By Deb Jeffreys
WEBSITE designers have done a great job of extracting money from businesses owners on the promise that a beautifully designed website will deliver leads and sales.
FOCUS ON SYDNEY HILLS
Roadblocks, Opportunities and Solutions
Anthony Moss: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome. Great to have you here this morning. A special thank you to Michael and Access News Australia for pulling together this august group of local business people, local leaders, local Council, to talk about the Sydney Hills Opportunities, Road Blocks and Solutions. And a special thank also to our host for today. Here we are in the lovely display rooms of Esplanade, Norwest Lake. Thank you to Jim Taggart for attending. Jim has often chaired these round table meetings and it’s great to have you as a participant in these meetings too, Jim. Ok we might start with introductions please. Shall we start with Steve?