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What Does It Take to Run a Brokerage Firm?

For Buyers

“I had bad experiences with brokers – so I became one”

How to Run a Hotel

For Buyers

Advice for maximising exposure, hiring staff and staying abreast of the market.

• How to Buy a Business Brokerage

  For Buyers

  A business broker gives tips on appraising a brokerage for sale and the merits of the franchising model.

• Sector Spotlight: Hotels

  For Buyers

  Growing numbers of tourists and business travellers mean the hotel trade in Australia is thriving. But do you have what it takes to succeed?

• How to Run a Pub

  For Buyers

  How to keep staff and regular customers happy after buying a bar, as well as optimising your offering to maximise your appeal to the local market.

• Case Study: Running a Pub

  For Buyers

  What’s the most important trait for running a pub? We asked Courtney Jones at the Beach House Bar and Grill, in sunny Maroochydore.

• How to Run a Bookstore

  For Buyers

  How can you prosper in the age of Amazon and the e-reader? We look at the value of expert, friendly advice, recommendations and organising your book club events.

• Sector Spotlight: Bookstores

  For Buyers

  The demise of the independent bookseller was greatly exaggerated, despite daunting competition from Amazon, the ebook and chains like Dymocks.

• How to run a farm

  For Buyers

  Recently bought a farm? This guide offers advice on maximising your chance of success in the business. Hostage to unpredictable variables like weather patterns and the price of agricultural commodities, shrewd farmers prioritise prudence, sustainability and keeping abreast of climatic trends.

• How to Buy a Farm

  For Buyers

  From arable farming to raising livestock or growing grapes for wine production, your first step in buying a farm is deciding which type of farm you want to own.

• How to buy a coffee shop

  For Buyers

  This article explores the process of buying a coffee shop or coffee shop franchise. Topics covered include: finding the right coffee shop, business valuation, how to find value, due diligence, the merits of professional help and tips for buying a coffee shop franchise or van-based coffee franchise.

• How to Buy a Hotel

  For Buyers

  So you want to buy a hotel – how do you make it happen? We take you through the steps involved.

• My Life as an Award Winning Hotelier

  For Buyers

  We talk to hospitality veteran Dave Allan about his first foray into the hotel business, The Rose Hotel in Bunbury, WA.

• How to Buy a Pub

  For Buyers

  Now that you’ve made the decision to buy a pub, we can take you through the steps involved in acquiring licensed premises, whether freehold or leasehold.

• Sector Spotlight: Pubs

  For Buyers

  Often providing accommodation and exploiting the casual dining boom, the pub sector is coping well with falling alcohol consumption. We examine this fiercely competitive industry and what it takes to thrive.

• How to Buy a Bookstore

  For Buyers

  With the bookstore sector resurgent after a few years of decline now is a fascinating time to get into the bookshop trade. But what’s the process for buying a bookstore? Here is our 10-step path to ownership.

• The Bookstore Buyer: "You Need Retail Experience and a Passion for Books"

  For Buyers

  As the current owner of 40-year-old Grub Street Bookshop in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Liam Jose has ushered the second-hand book seller through a tricky transition. Broadening its appeal beyond an older demographic to a more diverse crowd.

• My life as a dairy farmer

  Case Studies

  He doesn’t underplay the hard work and challenges involved, but few stay in the business this long without enjoying a significant measure of satisfaction.

• Sector Spotlight: Farming

  For Buyers

  If you’re contemplating buying a farm then you need to think long and hard about whether you have what it takes to prosper – and indeed enjoy – a lifestyle business spent out in the open. This article recounts a brief history of Australian agriculture and examines how the sector is adapting to a changing climate, as well as what it takes to prosper in this highly physical vocation.

• Coffee franchise Q&A: “Coffee-making was my weakest point – but food was my strongest”

  For Buyers

  Rohit Rishi’s success suggests that running a successful coffee franchise is more about a positive attitude and less about a barista background.