The Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) offers migrants already in Queensland on a temporary visa a route to obtain an extended visa and permanent residency.  If you already own and operate a qualifying business then find a professional advisor and apply asap before the laws get updated. If you are considering purchasing a … Continue reading →

We are often asked about share sales or asset sales. This is a tricky issue and we recommend you get direct written advice from your tax advisor. This article by our partners at Legal Vision will definitely help!  By Matthew DeRusha Lawyer Updated on July 21, 2020 Reading time: 5 minutes When a business owner sells … Continue reading →

There are usually two situations when a tenant will transfer (also known as an assignment) a commercial lease to another party (the assignee) before the end of a lease term: the tenant is selling their business, and the purchaser agrees to accept the existing lease rather than enter into a new lease with the landlord; or the tenant is proposing to exit … Continue reading →

Part of understanding your business value is to understand what assets are part of the operation of the business and which items are sold to generate revenue. This is also known as equipment and fixed assets on one hand or inventory and stock on the other.   A business is generally priced as “Plus Stock”. … Continue reading →

Our clients often ask about this and luckily LegalVison, one of our legal partners, has dopne a great job in explaining this in a recent article…. February 16, 2018 (Updated on July 21, 2020) When a business owner sells their company, they have two options: a share sale or asset sale. A share sale where … Continue reading →

Removing Limits, Expanding Service As we all continue to monitor the novel Corona-virus closely, as a company, we’ve been observing and thinking deeply about what actions we can take to be as helpful as possible to all Australian business owners who wish to sell their business. Here is what we came up with: 1) Unlimited … Continue reading →

Conducting Your Business Sale Remotely vs Face-to-Face Bonza Business & Franchise Sales have been successfully selling businesses nationally from our head office for many years. From the start, we have utilised virtual connectivity, combined with cloud-based systems to deliver a highly effective business sales process. This tried and tested, flexible business model, delivers real people, … Continue reading →

Buying a business can be a very good way to take control of your own future and get rewarded for your efforts rather than reward the company you work for. However this is outside of many people comfort zone. This is understandable as there are manmy moving parts to not only acquiring a busienss but … Continue reading →

One of the tends we see in business is that buyers are finding third party finance hard to achieve as the banks are unwilling lenders currently. Vendors are stepoping up to meet this gap providing vendor finance. If you are looking at vedor finance, what should you consider? Our legal partners LegalVision  offer this advice…. … Continue reading →

A new driver of Sea Change And Tree Change….This last week we saw three regional businesses settle, one regional hardware store, a regional cafe and an online store. Regional businesses seem to be in demand as following a slower time during the lock down people are looking to maintain the pace of life they have … Continue reading →

Its now mid June an we are seeing clear signs of everyone getting back to work, which is great! At Bonza we have noticed that the level of serious buyer enquiry has increased and we are getting more offers on businesses and more businesses sold than pre-Covid. Why? From our discussions we have found that; … Continue reading →

At Bonza, we have noticed an increase of buyer enquiry after a notable slow down in March. We have also noticed more buyers asking questions and talking to us about specific opportunities they are looking for. Of course by being advertised across 8 sites our buyers benefit from any increase in enquiry, however i thought … Continue reading →