News/Media Announcements: July 2019
How did we get together?
Circa 1980... John Clark and Fordham Williams & Co
Chris Alp sat in front of John in 1980 hoping to be chosen as the little firm’s 1981 graduate. Having completed Bachelors of Arts and Commerce, like most eager graduates, he figured he …
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Koblenz and the train!
15 June 2014. Huge day today!
(Originally posted on Facebook that night over a beer and dinner with lots of potatoes)
Got up really early this morning to head off to Koblenz. I am on my own this week. I quickly ate some muesli, yoghurt and …
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Networking in a Professional Services Firm
A word of mouth introduction or recommendation to a business is a powerful weapon in the sales and marketing toolbox of any business. Compared with a ‘cold’ approach to a some unconnected target, a ‘warm’ introduction to a prospective …
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I dodged a bullet… and a big one too!
I had just arrived home when Mike (not his real name) called. Mike manages my Self-Managed Super Fund for a large fund manager.
He rang to double-check on the payment … the urgent transfer of a very large amount of money from my super into my …
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Andrea’s Philosophy
Driving clever outcomes … with a passion!
Andrea is not your typical Chartered Accountant. She may well be a highly experienced tax whizz, a guru with corporate structures and extremely capable of fixing all sorts of muddled affairs that she …
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Chris’s Journey
Crunch!
That sickening sound changed my life. Just 12 years old, my father and I decided to accept an invitation to join 2 family friends in a short flight from Melbourne’s Moorabbin airport. At 1000 meters on our landing approach, we hit a …
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