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Working from home, and the desire for social interaction
A vast majority of employees surveyed voiced opinions of their desire to regain daily interaction with colleagues, along with wanting to maintain relationships with clients and stakeholders. However, to return safely to the workplace, protective meas…
Preparing for FY20: How to ensure AASB 16/IFRS 16 compliance this EOFY and beyond
Accounting standard AASB 16/IFRS 16 is effective for reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2019, meaning that for many companies in Australia reporting begins from July this year. Already it has become widely accepted to be one of the mo…
4 reasons no-code AI is the future of real estate technology
What if your real estate business could leverage technology powered by artificial intelligence without requiring coding skills on the part of the user? This is the potential that “no-code AI” offers – the ability to let non-technical experts utilize …
Minimising the complexity of AASB 16/IFRS 16 compliance with support from a development of a new compliance module
Way back in 2006, the IASB announced the concept of a new project into lease accounting, and the implications for businesses with multiple lease holdings were potentially significant, but focused it seemed, on larger and publicly-listed companies. Si…
How flexibility is driving the reinvention of the workplace
In March 2020, when the pandemic hit and a state of emergency was declared, a large portion of the workforce, especially office-based staff, decamped and quickly transitioned to working from home. Business processes pivoted to embrace paperless proce…
3 trends to consider when planning the return to the office
Real estate occupiers have been rethinking the traditional workplace even before the COVID-19 pandemic. A year into the “new normal” of working from home, attitudes and market trends have shifted dramatically, and it’s become increasingly clear that …
Creating business-wide efficiencies with healthy lease data
As the old saying goes, “You can’t fatten a pig on market day.” So too is it with systems. If you are not ready now, then it is already too late. With the increased level of business planning and reporting that occurs at the change of the financial y…
Leveraging facilities management software to reopen commercial properties
2021 has started with more uncertainty than many had hoped for despite the development of multiple COVID-19 vaccines. The spread of new, more transmissible variants of the coronavirus has left many who were looking forward to a return to the office n…