2012 Blog Posts

Farewell 2012!

21 December 2012

Well it is that time of the year again as we close out the business end of 2012.

It has certainly been a challenging year with many ups and downs, with an assortment of complexities that I’m confident will weave themselves into 2013, but we will leave all of that for next year.

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Cash or cab?

18 December 2012

I am stunned at the comments, as reported in Financial Review, that were purportedly made by Reg Kermode relating to the future of Cabcharge or more pointedly the use of credit cards.

Clearly he does not fully appreciate what passengers see as actual operations.  Many of the Cabs I have travelled...

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That dark cloud looms again

14 December 2012

I was interested to note yesterday in a flyer on LinkedIn that indicated:-  Hackers Show How to Break into Leading Finance and Accounting Software System Programs”.  The headline alone blew me away, let alone the impact that such information in the wrong hands could do.  For...

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Directors responsibilities

4 December 2012

It is interesting to note that there is continued debate about the state of various items of State legislation that affect the rights and duties of Directors and the fact that it remains varied, dysfunctional and inappropriate.

Given what has become the forefront...

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Advertising for you or advertising for them?

23 November 2012

I can remember some time back when marketers deemed certain advertising locations as too valuable to make the placement of a single advertisement financially viable.  It was with that observation that we saw the creation of “rolling signage” that I think first appeared at football grounds and...

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Input or direction?

10 November 2012

The real power of the consultative process these days can often be missed because the process is either ignored and not bothered with, or it is stitched up into such a complex process that it essentially becomes completely ineffective.

Interestingly one of...

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