News Articles by Jason Gray
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An Australian bean counter in Bali
When you are an accountant and you tell someone that you work for a coffee roaster, you are usually greeted with the same joke every time. “Oh, so you’re a BEAN counter”. Ha Ha. Not funny. Trust me, when you hear this joke for the 5,000th time, it’s incredibly unfunny.
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Small Business and General Business tax break
Have you always dreamed that your dinosaur of an espresso machine would one day turn into a Synesso? Well, it may be the time to capitalise on the Government’s tax break incentive for capital purchases. As part of the last Federal budget, the Commonwealth Government announced a special Small Business and General Business tax break.
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Price increase
As of today we have increased the prices for our coffee. We regret the need to do this but over the last 12 months we have been absorbing a number of increased costs due to downturns in exchange rates and the increasing costs of coffee as a commodity. We can no longer continue to just absorb these increased costs and so we have now needed to increase our prices.
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The pick of the 80's
Now, I consider myself to be a bit of an 80’s expert. I was a child of the 80’s, growing up in the sprawling suburbia of WA. To this day I still frequently use the word mint. I still have my full set of ‘Return of the Jedi’ collectors’ cards. I can’t play a musical instrument, but if I did, it would most definitely be a keytar. I am the 1980’s!
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Coffee and the economy
During the last few months, the economy has dominated the news, both in Australia and overseas. Share values across the world have tumbled and economic forecasts seem to be becoming increasingly pessimistic. Major economies, such as the United Kingdom, are forecast to be in recession by the end of this year, and, in Australia, industries such as banking are making major staff cuts.
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