Cybercrime has spread like a wildfire as people working from home have become more vulnerable to online attacks. In the past year, Australia has seen a 13% jump in cybercrime with the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) receiving one cybercrime report every eight minutes.
Morgan Shaw Advisory was joined by cybersecurity expert Ross Sardi for a discussion about the current threat landscape and how to protect a small-to-midsized organisation.

As part of the 2021 ‘Power of Print’ webinar series, Graham Morgan ran a session on ‘Selling and Buying – Ensuring your business puts the right foot forward’.
The Real Media Collective delivered the 2021 ‘Power of Print’ webinar series running from June through to August and providing knowledge and expert speaker content for members and the broader industry to build strong sales and business skills throughout 2021 and beyond.

In this article, Darren Shacknofsky, Head of Transaction, provides an overview of the six types of potential buyers and why compiling a list of likely acquirers early in the process will help maximise the price you achieve.

First came ‘WFH’ (Working From Home), then ‘The Third Space’ (working from Starbucks etc) and thanks to the impact that Covid-19 has had on all business models (both traditional and modern), we are now entering into new territory.

Every department can put a strong case forward as to why they are the most important and critical function to the business success. Though, does any of it really matter without engaging the customer and ultimately converting them into a sale?

In the era of COVID-19, the hybrid workplace — one in which some employees are co-located in an office and others are doing their jobs remotely — presents a number of challenges for managers.

Conventional wisdom says that the smart move when a crisis hits is to pivot quickly and decisively. But pivoting isn’t always the right move for every company.

The year 2020, where many of us are feeling fragile, will go down in history as one of the most challenging for mental health at work and at home, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

An Information Memorandum is one of the most important documents in the business sales process. It doubles up as the key marketing document and the key financial document.

COVID-19 is changing consumer behavior in at least six important ways.
Here’s how marketing leaders can adapt.

As SMEs face an uncertain future with reduced JobKeeper payments looming, they must look to growth for survival, experts warn.

There has never been a more important time here the statement “Cash is King” rings true. How will you go through to the end of FY21?

To navigate the ever challenging business (and life) uncertainties, it helps to get your business Game Ready. Being Game Ready means to maximise the opportunity when it arises, whether you’re selling, buying or merging.

Selling a business is a huge achievement, as only a few of the businesses marketed for sale actually sell. You’ve done very well to get this far… but what happens next?

It takes more than a discounted health-club membership to move the needle on employee well-being. But what does it actually take to improve employee wellness?

As soon as the NBIO (Non-Binding Indicative Offer) is signed, buyer(s) will start their Due Diligence Process, checking and testing the business in order to be satisfied that the business is worth the price they offered in the NBIO.

By now you will understand the gap, have a plan in place to bridge it and have provided buyers with enough information to answer their questions.  This enables any buyer to value the business, determine if they want to submit an offer and what they are prepared to pay.

When it comes to selling your business, preparing and sharing information is a frequently underestimated area in the process. There are generally two approaches to providing a potential buyer with information about your business.

Once we understand what a business is worth, what an owner wants (or, more often needs) from the sale and, the gap between the two numbers we can start to bridge this gap.