Contract Chaos – Common Experiences Around Transaction Time

By Michelle Knights | June 30, 2015

Contract Chaos – Common Experiences Around Transaction Time Future vendors and purchasers beware. The sale or acquisition of a practice is not easy, with many pitfalls and occurrences that are likely to be unfamiliar to a party conducting this type of activity for the first or second time. Please don’t underestimate the stress such negotiations…

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The Double Edged Sword of having Future Partners within Your Firm

By Michelle Knights | June 30, 2015

The Double Edged Sword of having Future Partners within Your Firm Many firms would probably die to have this problem. All too often when we discuss the future succession options for a firm, we hear two predominate comments; ‘no-one currently in the firm wants to be a future partner’, or our favourite, ‘there is no-one…

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The Nature vs Nurture Debate Around Professionalism

By Michelle Knights | May 29, 2015

The Nature vs Nurture Debate Around Professionalism As some of you will no doubt be aware, the 2015 Roy Morgan Image of Professions Survey highlights a less than desirable trend for our specific professions of interest based upon a survey of approximately 600 people aged 14 years and over. Last year, the percentage of respondents…

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Is Spreading Your Wings Your Next Growth Strategy?

By Michelle Knights | May 29, 2015

Is Spreading Your Wings Your Next Growth Strategy? Historically the professions have been pretty good in terms of growth. The accounting profession would grow year on year, 10% or so, without much difficulty, until the last GFC. Now, if we think about how this event impacted the professions; our legal colleagues were probably a little…

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Two Words to Avoid at All Costs as a Vendor

By Michelle Knights | May 29, 2015

Two Words to Avoid at All Costs as a Vendor Our firm is continually asked what the market is like for practice sales and purchases. Our common response at present is that it remains very much a vendor’s market with the number of firms looking to acquire a practice or fee base far outnumbering those…

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By Michelle Knights | May 22, 2015

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BASW00841 – Successful Perth Practice seeks established fee base

By Michelle Knights | May 22, 2015

A well established, service focused, energetic second tier firm located in Perth has a strong desire to grow through‘tuck ins’, partial and/or regional acquisitions. Desirable prospects include sole practitioners with a minimum of $500K+ in fees through to multi partner firms with fees up to around $6 Mill, perhaps where only some of the equity holders are in search…

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NOW UNDER OFFER: PPQ03869 – Gold Coast Accounting Practice for Sale

By Michelle Knights | May 20, 2015

This practice is now under offer A highly profitable firm experiencing better than industry growth represents a sensational opportunity for an experienced practitioner or practice. Acquisitions of this calibre are extremely rare so DO NOT miss this opportunity. This established firm has traditionally offered general accounting and tax services to predominately small and medium business clients since…

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Mistiming Your Exit Won’t Necessarily Result in a Shorter Transition Period

By Michelle Knights | April 29, 2015

Mistiming Your Exit Won’t Necessarily Result in a Shorter Transition Period Trying to get the timing right for your departure from practice is often one of the most difficult aspects of succession or sale. People often say that by the time someone decides to resign, leave or otherwise change their circumstances, the decision in reality…

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