A tell-tale our family is on holiday is a jigsaw puzzle. A Stackpool holiday isn’t a holiday without a tricky new puzzle. The puzzling can take all holidays, with the puzzle spot remaining frustratingly off-limits for non-puzzling activities until the puzzle has...
I’m an Elton John fan. Have been since about 1972 when he released Crocodile Rock. In early 2020, Anna and I saw him live in Coffs Harbour. I had bought front row seats for her birthday – Ok, really for me, as she isn’t as big a fan. While the seats...
A while ago I facilitated a pricing review session for a Adelaide firm with a number of senior advisers. The firm was an amalgam of a couple of firms over the previous few years with each of the principals well-known to each other and motivated by the benefits of...
What to assume when a good client suddenly goes missing? Trying to arrange needed meetings to finalise new estate plans, a firm’s calls, emails and texts were unanswered. A meeting scheduled for a week back was postponed without a new date being set. The advisory...
