Should You Review Your Business Structure This Year?

When starting a business, choosing the right business structure is a critical decision. The structure you select, whether a sole trader, partnership, company or trust, shapes your legal obligations, tax liabilities, and level of control. Often, the chosen structure is appropriate at the beginning. However, as your business grows and evolves, it’s important to regularly…

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Could Your Business Benefit From a Board?

Originally Written: 11 Jul, 2022 | Last Updated: 11 Aug, 2023 Advivo Managing Partner, Leon Stephen, explain the different types of board structures and how they can benefit your business. When we start our businesses, we have a skill, passion and a desire to “have a go” and make a solid future for ourselves and…

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The Importance of Structuring Your Business Right

Advivo presents some scenarios for business structures At Advivo, we find when we start looking at structuring businesses for clients, there are two great drivers behind the discussion. These are:  Tax minimisation; and  Asset protection.  In the course of evaluating their circumstances and making recommendations, it is fairly rare that a trust structure fails to…

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5 Tips to Successfully Apply for Government Business Grants

Advivo Partner, Chris Morris, shares his top tips to increase your chances of successfully obtaining funding for your small business through Government Business Grants. With the new financial year kicking off, people are often looking for ways to fund their businesses or projects. Depending on your business, your industry, and ultimately your goals, Government Business…

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Support Is Available for Flood-Affected Businesses

As the extreme weather conditions continue along Australia’s eastern coast, small businesses in the region find themselves facing yet another crisis and in need of support. Thankfully, government assistance is available for businesses affected by flooding. In Queensland, Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) have been made available in the following local government areas: Barcoo, Boulia,…

Advivo Business Navigator April 2019

–  There’s More Than One Road to Success  – That’s a wrap! The first quarter of 2019 is now behind us, and we only have one more to go to hit our goals for the financial year. April is an incredibly important month in many ways: religious celebrations with Easter, Australian heritage with ANZAC day,…

Government Grants for Business

Business Grants for Start-ups or Financial Support Starting and running a small business requires passion, fortitude, and time — but it also requires money. Obtaining the funds to start your business and then managing ongoing finance can be a big task for small business owners. Fortunately, grants come in all shapes and sizes, from funding…