What Summer Means to Me

by Dr April Armstrong | Dec 1, 2017 | Advice, Business advice, Uncategorized

Its December 1st and the festive season is bearing down on us. So are the long hot summer days. As an Australian business owner I often view the changing of the seasons as an opportunity to reflect. Summer adds a special touch to business ownership with multiple...

Why Should You Take Risks?

by Dr April Armstrong | Aug 11, 2017 | Advice, Business advice, Insurance

Shaun Clements from North of River Financial explains how a financial planner views risk. What is Risk? As a financial planner, the concept of “Risk” is one that is front of mind every time I speak with a client. Let us for a moment take away the...

What is your business?

by Dr April Armstrong | Aug 9, 2017 | Advice, Business, Business advice, Start-up

Identifying who you are in the market place and how your customers (patients) identify you is key in planning your business. Medical practices are not homogenous in the services they provide or the practitioners that provide them. Medical practices can adapt the...

Identifying your Medical Business

by Dr April Armstrong | Aug 8, 2017 | Advice, Business, Business advice, Start-up

Who are the business owners? In medicine practice owners have traditionally been seen as small business owners. A small proportion of these owners understand business. Most have fallen into opening a practice due to necessity rather than by entrepreneurship with...

When Insurance is not Insurance

by Dr Jonathan Brown | Aug 2, 2017 | Advice, Financial advice for Doctors, Insurance

Paul Fitzgerald writes for us this week on Cybersecurity and the possible effects of the new legislation that comes into effect in February 2018 Recently, I had a discussion with a medical doctor about privacy, security, insurance and other things. For this blog,...

Banking mysteries explained

by Dr Jonathan Brown | May 22, 2017 | Advice, Banking

[apss_share] In this short podcast, Dr April Armstrong discusses Banking Mysteries and how it may affect lending/borrowing capacity. Topics covered include: What is LVR? What is risk?