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  • Rules for scaling your business – Join the Elites with Bruce Coombes

    Our Managing Director, Bruce Coombes, was recently invited to participate in the first-ever episode of the webinar series Join the Elites. Host Taryn Holman, National Sales Manager at Seamless SMSF, is joined by a different accounting industry expert each episode to hear about their formula for success and seamless profitability. The post Rules for scaling…

  • How can you help Australia’s disadvantaged youth?

    QuickFee makes an annual Christmas donation of $5,000 to the Smith Family. This donation aims to provide immediate support to the established programs to deliver long-term positive benefits for impacted children and their families. The post How can you help Australia’s disadvantaged youth? appeared first on QuickFee.

  • Tips & Tricks: How to recruit & retain talent

    Tips & Tricks: How to recruit & retain talent

    What does the Great Resignation mean to Australia’s Accounting Industry? There is no denying that the Great Resignation is a hot topic as Australia navigates shifts in the job market. In a recent industry discussion, accounting experts Bruce Coombes (QuickFee), Craig West (Succession Plus), Alistair Barr (Striver), and Stephen Watts (TOA Global) shared key insights…

  • Glenn McGrath: Building Resilience

    Glenn McGrath: Building Resilience

    How one of Australia’s greatest cricketing legends maintains composure, overcomes adversity, and manages pressure. Any life event that causes us stress can have a significant impact on our ability to thrive and succeed at work and home. Having a strong understanding of resilience and calling upon tried and tested management techniques would undoubtedly help us…

  • Fintech Happy Hour – Episode 2: Top 7 companies or start-ups for accountants in Australia

    It is no secret that competition to win accounting clients is getting fiercer and fiercer. With accountants acting as the gatekeepers of small businesses, we look at what technology has come into the market for accounts over the last few years? The post Fintech Happy Hour – Episode 2: Top 7 companies or start-ups for…

  • How To Best Tackle Payment Objections

    You’ve probably been faced with payment objections more than once. We’ve all heard it before: “The price is too high for me”. This can be one of the most frustrating situations for businesses. But you don’t need extensive training to learn how to handle payment disputes. You simply need to further investigate the reasons behind…

  • How including flexible payment options in your marketing strategy can help grow your legal practice?

    The 2020 annual benchmarking study conducted by the Australasian Legal Practice Management Association (ALPMA) has identified revenue growth, cashflow and lock up as the main financial challenges for law firms, with work in progress (WIP) and debtor days often exceeding 90 days. The post How including flexible payment options in your marketing strategy can help…

  • Fintech Happy Hour – Episode 1: 5 things businesses can do in lockdown

    At some point, we all go through a challenging time, and these are especially exacerbated during lockdown. Here are five things you can do during a lockdown or testing times with your business. The post Fintech Happy Hour – Episode 1: 5 things businesses can do in lockdown appeared first on QuickFee.

  • CEO Sleepout 2021 – Bruce Coombes slept out again!

    The Vinnies CEO Sleepout is an annual event that aims to help change the lives of Australians experiencing homelessness. This year, QuickFee Australia’s Managing Director Bruce Coombes took part for the 4th time, raising over $13,000 to provide food, accommodation and essential services to people at risk of experiencing homelessness. The post CEO Sleepout 2021…

  • Bridging the Advice Gap: Why Accountants Need to Shift to a Client-Centric Model

    Last month, CPA Australia released a report on The Value of Advice. As many financial advisors already know, the chasm is widening between those who have access to professional advice – and those who don’t. Now CPA Australia has shown exactly how this “advice gap” impacts our economy. Australians could expect an economic uplift of…

  • The things you may not have thought about when making WFH permanent!

    Remote working from home as a flexible work arrangement was the exception rather than the norm for many office based workplaces pre – COVID-19. It’s now the default arrangement with restrictions focused on physical distancing and staying safe from the risk of exposure and transmission of COVID-19, with a potential second wave and further lockdowns…

  • Covid-19 impact on the Australian accounting and legal industry

    How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected accounting and law firms in Australia? Are firms seeing an increased or decreased demand for their services? How are they fairing when it comes to workloads, cash-flow, salaries, and even partner drawings? What is their general prognosis on the future? QuickFee surveyed thousands of our member firms in the…