Easter school holidays are nearly upon us, and we will not be available for at least a week over the school holidays.  If you are planning to book an appointment, to avoid disappointment we suggest you book it in the next two weeks. Thank-you!! from Heather Smith ~ MYOB Certified Consultant

Grow Your Business features fitness professionals sharing their personal journeys of growing their business.  Business consultant and accountant Heather Smith talks to Geoff Starling, founder of Grizzly Personal Training in Sydney.   from Heather Smith ~ MYOB Certified Consultant

Free Swine flu protection for you and your family - The State Government is offering free swine flu vaccinations for every Queenslander who wants one, from age six months and up. The clinic for our area will be at Balmoral State High School on 13 March, from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm. For further information, ...

The Tax Office has a new monthly e-newsletter, SME Communicator for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs).   The newsletter provides information specific to businesses with an annual turnover between $2 million and $250 million to keep them up-to-date on: ·         key tax and super issues ·         new initiatives ·         information products and tools.   Businesses can access ...

I regularly attend the South East Brisbane Chamber of Commerce functions.  On Tuesday 2nd March I head Mr Peter Pontikis  Investment Management Specialist at the ANZ Bank talk about “The Economic Recovery and Investment Markets Opportunities into 2010”   Here are some gems I took away from Peters’ talk   “borrow to invest, not to ...

BRISBANE WOMAN Workshop and Networking Evening - Tuesday 9th March   Have you ever been kept awake at night thinking about what can go wrong?  Disasters of all kinds can happen to any business. Some you can prevent and others  you can do little about. The thing to remember is that no matter how serious, ...

Recently I have spent time learning and understanding a software product called XERO.  It is an online accounting product.  I see it as a ideal accounting solution for franchises and organisations with many branches, as it allows head office to access financial information online real-time.   If you are interested in talking to me about ...

Hello,   Heather Smith here.   Firstly I want to apologise for the outrageously long newsletter/email you recently received.  Truthfully I am not exactly sure what happened.  Feedburner/Blog had not been talking for months, and then Google notified me I needed to change something.  Frankly this sent me into a technology tizzy, but I eventually ...

  from Heather Smith ~ MYOB Certified Consultant

Improve your financial knowledge thru watching these compelling videos on The Corporate Collapse of ABC produced by @cpaaustralia.  Finance nerd David Koch goes into detail about how information could be found in the financial statements that should have lead to questions being asked.  He covers a lot of common questions my clients ask me, such ...