Insights

In our latest Building Your Business podcast episode, Chris Lewis hosts Andrew Staehr - Director & Partner, Archers - the Strata Professionals and Smiljan Jankovic as they provide in-depth insights into body corporate and community management within the developer engagement process for the Building & Construction industry. Alongside this, each provide a focus on building realistic body corporate budgets and what this means following the completion of a project.

As we approach the end of the Fringe Benefit Tax year for 2021/22, it is important for SME businesses to continue to maintain obligations ahead of the 31 March Year-End date.

For QBCC licence holders of Self-Certifying Category 1 (SC 1) and Self-Certifying Category 2 (SC 2), a reminder you have until 31 March 2022 to submit your annual financial information, outlining compliance with requirements.

For operators within the Building & Construction industry, maintaining regulatory compliance and financial reporting is essential in complying with obligations set by the Queensland Building & Construction Commission, ensuring continuation of QBCC license and the ability to complete and undertake new projects & work.

In response to the impacts of the recent South-East Queensland rainfall and flooding, the Queensland Government has announced the release of its ‘Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants’, designed to support affected small businesses in their recovery.

Following the ‘Disaster Recovery Payment’ program released in support of those affected by the South-East Queensland floods, further financial aid has now been released through the ‘Disaster Recovery Allowance – February 2022’ payment program.

We would like to extend our thoughts to those facing hardship or who may have been impacted by the recent floods throughout areas of South-East Queensland & NSW.

It’s been the question on everyone’s lips for the past few years, will the global pandemic result in the “death” of the Central Business District as we know it?

In our first guest episode of the Building Your Business podcast for 2022, Chris Lewis hosts Robert Dunne - Director, Commercial Sales at Savills Australia, alongside Ian Walker (AGR Executive Chairman) as they discuss the current trends in the Commercial Property market. In the episode, each will give their attention to the macro & micro-environmental factors impacting property across the year.

For businesses managing a vehicle fleet, or using fuel for business activities, the Fuel Tax Credits scheme can be an excellent route for operators to claim full or partial credits for the fuel tax (excise or customs duty) that's included in the price of fuel.