Federal Budget 2020-21: 3AW Craig Whatman
Craig Whatman, Partner of our Melbourne firm, spoke on 3AW regarding the Federal Budget 2020-21
The Federal Budget takes the path of least resistance
Investment and jobs creation sit at the heart of the 2020-21 Federal Budget, with a raft of measures designed to boost business confidence and keep companies hiring and spending. National Chairman of the Pitcher Partners National Association John Brazzale says the quickfire measures announced tonight are to encourage firms to spend, including allowing the full […]
Building Australia’s manufacturing future
Ahead of next week’s Federal Budget the Prime Minister has announced the Federal Government’s modern manufacturing policy. The package allocates grant funding related to priority sectors including resources technology and critical minerals processing, food and beverage, medical products, recycling and clean energy, defence and space. David Knowles, Partner at Pitcher Partners’ Melbourne firm, said there […]
Capital Gains Tax a sensible reform, despite misinformation and hysteria
The broadening of the income tax system under former treasurer Paul Keating to encompass capital gains tax from September 20, 1985 represented a profound structural shift in Australia’s federal income tax system. It was done at a time when the Hawke-Keating government canvassed an astonishingly wide range of other tax reform proposals: in his ministerial […]
Road to recovery: No mean taskforce
Pitcher Partners Melbourne congratulates the Victorian Government on their initiative to support the building and development industry, through the establishment of the Building Victoria’s Recovery Taskforce. The property development, building and construction sectors of the property industry have been cushioned to date by pre-COVID-19 pipelines of work and because the construction industry has been allowed […]
Prepare now for next phase of COVID investing
The pandemic has been an accelerant on many fronts – the end of the growth of globalisation, the rapidly greater use of technology and significant changes in our working patterns and consumer behaviour. For investors, it has also shaken up the way we are investing now and will in the future. There are three distinct […]
What brokers need to help their clients consider right now
Despite the economic challenges we’ve seen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s still demand for finance in the market, from residential lending to large commercial transactions. There are key things, however, that brokers need to ensure their clients are aware of throughout the financing process. Key considerations for mortgage lending Australian banks have […]
Business Radar: Understanding the businesses that drive Australia’s economy
The Pitcher Partners network has released its first independent national research report, canvassing the trends, challenges and opportunities faced by mid-market businesses across the nation. The Pitcher Partners Business Radar: Understanding the businesses that drive Australia’s economy report is an independent research report conducted with strategic growth consultancy Forethought. The research canvassed 400 businesses using […]
Three ways to get through this shock lockdown
Pitcher Partners partner Mark Harrison advises Victorian fashion retailers to communicate, think nationally and reconsider distribution mechanisms to survive lockdown. Heavier restrictions in Victoria are forcing fashion retailers to close their brick-and-mortar stores again and immediate communications with customers and suppliers are crucial. Staff numbers at Victoria’s distribution warehouses are being reduced to two-thirds of their workforce, […]
Administrator reveals now is the time to make a move
We ask Andrew Yeo, a partner in Business Recovery and Insolvency with Pitcher Partners, to discuss the next phase of 2020. He is currently handling the voluntary administration of teen chain Pavement. There’s a key question to ask if you want to know whether a retail business will survive the next year: what’s the landlord doing? […]