Forget theory, small businesses want practical advice

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Geoff Meredith, emeritus professor of management at Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, gives advice to small businesses and small accounting firms.

Practice, Interview, Business consultants, Management consultants, Meredith, George

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It's nothing if not personal

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Issues are presented concerning the importance of compatibility among the partners of small business enterprises. The management of the accountancy practice of Owen & Plaistowe is discussed.

Accounting firms, Accounting services, Owen and Plaistowe

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An all-service franchise aims to ease the back-office burden

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Australia's Absolute Business Services (ABS) is an all-service outsourcing company that completes back-office paperwork for small business firms. Package services are available with hourly pricing, including weekly services for bookkeeping and monthly reports, as well as computerized accounting training systems and installation. ABS has ten mobile franchises for which franchisees pay about $40,000 for start-up costs. Franchise territories are developed to gain a 5% success rate of the small-business market.

Australia, Accounting, auditing, & bookkeeping, Accounting & Auditing Services, Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services, Business services, not elsewhere classified, All Other Business Support Services, Business Services NEC, Usage, Services industry, Service industries, Business services, Outsourcing, Roussety, Maurice, Tappouras, Darren, Absolute Business Services

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