Broker Insights Series – Edward Moore
PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THE NATURE OF YOUR BUSINESS. I work at Queensland Finance Group (QFG) as a commercial finance broker, and have for over 20 years. I specialise in commercial property, mainly construction and development transactions. At QFG we strive to consistently deliver great customer service and negotiate the best deals for our customers. […]
Submission To The House of Representatives
03/08/2021 Mr John Alexander OAM MPChairThe House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport and CitiesPO Box 6021Parliament houseCanberra ACT 2600 Dear Mr Alexander, Inquiry into procurement practices for Government-funded Infrastructure I wanted to draw your attention to a serious issue we are seeing in our business, which is impacting a large number of SME […]
MEDIA RELEASE: Research Reveals SMEs Caught Between Cash Flow Pincers
03/08/2021 Mr John Alexander OAM MPChairThe House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport and CitiesPO Box 6021Parliament houseCanberra ACT 2600 Dear Mr Alexander, Inquiry into procurement practices for Government-funded Infrastructure I wanted to draw your attention to a serious issue we are seeing in our business, which is impacting a large number of SME […]
Invoice Finance for the Civil Construction Industry
With record government investment in the civil and construction industry, there has never been a better time for SMEs to make the most of such lucrative opportunities. However, the rewards that come from taking on big business contracts are not without risk. In Illion’s latest Late Payment Analysis from December 2020, it stated that Australian […]
Broker Insights Series – Terry Ellis
PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THE NATURE OF YOUR BUSINESS. Finance New Zealand is New Zealand’s leading commercial, business and asset adviser business. We provide finance solutions to companies throughout the country. We have access to a wide range of funding partners, which ensures the best available lending solution for clients. We work for clients, using our […]
Apricity helps NZ civil company through covid-19 with invoice finance facility
We are a New Zealand based tier 2 self-performing civil company whose clients include local government and tier 1 construction companies. Apricity provided the business with a flexible invoice finance product superior to that previously held with an NZ retail bank. This superiority is due to the greater funding and draw down limits, whilst also […]
Apricity delivers flexibility and good cashflow to contract business
Our business specialises in project management, labour hire, engineering as well as commissioning/close out of major projects in the heavy industry sector. As a smaller supplier to some very large players we quickly found ourselves in the backbreaking position of having a labour force and equipment in place for a project, but then waiting anywhere […]
Apricity Finance underpins business growth for mining services client
We are a NSW based multi-disciplined engineering, construction and mining services company. When we started out, we had one very substantial client that formed the backbone of our business. However, over the last few years we have expanded our reach to include large-scale civil works and infrastructure projects across the State. Issues began to arise […]
Broker Insights Series – Jared Beckett
PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THE NATURE OF YOUR BUSINESS I specialise in asset finance, predominantly looking after agriculture, forestry, transport, and construction (craneage, earthworks, underground services). I’m a partner in CrediFlex – one of New Zealand’s largest and longest standing commercial finance broker networks. Crediflex is accredited with an extensive list of commercial and consumer […]
Crisis, Reinvention and Recovery
‘Lockdown’ has been declared Word of the Year in 2020, however another close contender must have been the word ‘pivot’. The verb has moved from a boardroom buzzword to a key survival tool for businesses across the globe. Successful pivots can be attributed to the creativity, resilience and entrepreneurial nature of SMEs and represent anything from […]
