The Square Orange Blog

Australia seems to have coped with the economic effects of Covid better than some other countries, but small businesses will still have a long haul to get back to where they were. This is especially true of some industries like the hospitality and tourism industries which suffer from a lack of demand, and the agricultural industries suffering from lack of supply (labour). Other industries may have fared better and are probably starting to look at new strategies and even opportunistically looking at merging or acquisition of another business. Whatever their situation there will soon be a need for more capital in Australian small businesses, and the need to manage cash flow and working capital. In this blog post, I will look at short-term cash and liquidity initiatives as well as cash flow forecasting. But before we start, I'd like to invite you to take a look at our revamped website at otsmanagement.com.au where we have clarified our focus on our two areas of service. Please take a look and explore our special focus areas of Small Business Advisory services and Managing Indigenous Organisations. We specialise in only these two client sectors and we invite you to take a look at what we...