"BiziNet Magazine #105 - Dec/Jan 2021" BiziNet™ Articles

Four-legged, two-legged, no-legged companion creatures, great and small, John Grima loves them all. Born in the rural outskirts of Sydney, John's passion for any animal or fish was obvious from the beginning. It's no surprise that from that early love, John now owns and runs one of the largest pet store operations in Australia - a superstore that offers support to all pet owners at every stage of their pet's life cycle.

The Federal Government announced reforms in October 2020 aimed at assisting small business to restructure when they are in financial distress, which has been particularly evident during the Covid-19 pandemic. The reforms have been designed to reduce the complexity and costs of the small business in restructuring their financial affairs with a view to continuing into the future when compared to the present option available, that being a Voluntary Administration ("VA") process.

Your business revenue has stagnated, or worse it has reduced. Now what do you do? How do you increase revenue and make sure you are also doing this profitably? This is a common situation facing business owners right now. In fact, it's a key issue business owners everywhere constantly need to address. Right now, for many businesses it has become critical.

Sydney is Australia's largest city. Its population exceeds 5 million people and it contributes over 24% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Australian economy.

The cluster of activities in Sydney city and its surrounding town centres creates an economic engine and a symbiotic relationship amongst its businesses. It generates competitive value for the businesses in this area and in return businesses benefit from increased connectivity, access to labour and talent, infrastructure, and the flow on effects of innovation.

Value is what Etienne Lawyers provides. Value is a challenging thing to sell and appreciate. We have methods of serving you where you get value for money.