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The Australian Taxation Office has made 3 significant changes to the simplified depreciation rules that apply from the 2012-2013 income year for small businesses.

Your website is usually the first contact method most of your potential customers will have with your business, so it shouldn’t look tired or old. Here are nine tips on how you can effectively refresh your website.

Here are five of the finest resolutions to help you kick off the new year in high financial style.

Research has shown that over the years, sometimes having too much choice makes us less happy. This may be true when it comes to medical treatment. Baba Shiv, director of Strategic Marketing Management Executive Program at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, studies how “liking” and “wanting” shape the choices we make, and what that means in the world of marketing.

He shares a fascinating study that measures why choice opens the door to doubt, and suggests that abandoning control – especially on life or death situations – may be the best thing for us.

Our client in focus this month is Kwik Kopy Gosford and passionate owner, Peter Clarke.

Peter shares his enthusiasm for the region and how he took control of the opportunity to build a stronger, smarter business model that could “bend and flex” as market conditions changed.

A Gallup survey shows that 10 years ago almost 60 per cent of people believed they would have enough money for a comfortable retirement. Last year, the portion of survey respondents who told the Gallup survey they would have enough money was less than 40 per cent.

Now the summer holidays have come to an end and the year is fresh, use this period to reflect on what’s really important in your life and how you could better ensure your family’s financial security.

By now many Australians have had their tax returns prepared and are either happy with their refund, or disappointed or annoyed with themselves for having been so disorganised again.

As you head off on holidays don’t forget to pack your finest financial habits along with your swimmers and sunscreen. Here are five ways to help prevent the silly season from ruining the great financial work you’ve done throughout the year.

Here’s a stat worth knowing – In the UK, 63% of men who finish short-term prison sentences are back inside within a year for another crime. Helping them stay outside involves job training, classes and therapy. And it would pay off handsomely – but the government cannot find the funds.

Toby Eccles shares an imaginative idea for how to change that: the Social Impact Bond. It’s an unusual bond that helps fund initiatives with a social goal through private money – with the government paying back the investors (with interest) if the initiatives work.

Toby has created a radical financial instrument that helps private investors contribute to solving thorny public problems.