Family Business
Issue No. 40 - April / May 2008
Selecting your family business adviser
by Chris Johnston
At a recent Family Business Australia seminar, eminent family business operator Chris Johnston outlined the criteria family businesses should look for in professional advisers....
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Issue No. 39 - February/March 2008
Tucker out of the box in the US
Tucker Creative has won a series of brand identity contracts in the US which has sparked a major growth phase....
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Issue No. 37 - October/November 2007
Achieving fame at Family dinner
Four prominent SA family businesses have been inducted into the prestigious Family Business Australia (SA Chapter) Hall of Fame to take their place alongside some of our most recognised and successful businesses....
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Issue No. 33 - February/March 2007
Thinker on family business
A world-renowned specialist in family business management and succession planning is coming to Adelaide to help drive home the point that family business in this state is facing a revolution....
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Issue No. 30 - August/September 2006
One in four family firms unprepared to face succession
by Penelope Herbert
My impression is that SA resembles Victoria in that it has a relatively high proportion of family businesses in the third generation and beyond, compared to other states....
Read StoryTrusty way to smooth transfer of wealth
by Penelope Herbert
Succession planning that keeps the peace among the children and other key successors of a family business founder demands careful legal consideration....
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Issue No. 28 - April/May 2006
Never discount the pride and the passion at work
The “number crunchers” often discount family businesses as being fundamentally flawed because they’re such hotbeds of emotion....
Read StoryRainbow family’s patient prosperity
Back in 2002, offset printer Rainbow Press suffered a disastrous fire that gutted its plant at Dry Creek....
Read StoryThe Boomer brain drain
The Australian Financial Review reported in November 2005 that 2.7 million people aged between 50 and 64 — the Baby Boomers — are set to retire in the near future....
Read StoryWhen its time to hand over the reins
by Mr Paul Smith
Family business transition and succession management specialist, Paul Smith of the Carnegie Management Group can see tough times ahead....
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