Author Archives: Craig Whitton

Craig has over 15 years experience working with small business. He has spent the last ten years working in senior roles including accounting, financial control and general management. Craig has worked in several industries including retail, wholesale, professional firms such as accounting and solicitors, advertising, property, education, manufacturing and technology. Craig's expertise is accounting and has a special interest in strategic planning and has specialist skills working with start-up business and growth businesses. Craig is committed to working with you to bring your plans to reality. Whether you are a start up business that wants to expand or you have a single project that you need project management assistance. Craig is a member of the CPA Australia, Australian Institute of Company Directors, Australian Institute of Management and Australian Human Resource Institute.

Newcastle Bookkeepers provide an Industry specific alternative

By Craig Whitton | Published January 23, 2011

Cafe Books provides Newcastle based bookkeepers that specialise in providing bookkeeping services to business people working in hospitality. Our client [...]

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Accounting in the Clouds

By Craig Whitton | Published June 5, 2010

Cloud computing refers to the range of shared services that can be provided over the internet to many users in [...]

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Sydney claims bragging rights with Australia’s best restaurants

By Craig Whitton | Published April 27, 2010

Four Australian restaurants have received honours in the 2010 S. Pellegrino World’s Best Restaurant Awards. The awards are regarded as [...]

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Bookkeepers face change with introduction of Tax Agent Services Act 2009

By Craig Whitton | Published April 11, 2010

The bookkeeping industry is facing a period of change with the commencement of the Tax Agents Service Act 2009 on [...]

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Business 101, with Andre Rieu.

By Craig Whitton | Published November 2, 2009

Andre Rieu is currently winding up his Australian tour and I was fortunate to go to one of [...]

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Play … like the big boys

By Craig Whitton | Published October 7, 2009

Our role as Newcastle’s leading financial control firm is to help our clients get the most of their business which [...]

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Passion is … the real difference

By Craig Whitton | Published October 5, 2009

A prospective client asked me “who cares about passion, everyone has passion”. I must admit I was lost for words, [...]

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Financial Control not simply Bookkeeping in Newcastle

By Craig Whitton | Published July 19, 2009

Our parent company Real Balance Business Consulting provides a financial control service that is the most comprehensive “in-business” financial [...]

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Dealing with the loss of a client

By Craig Whitton | Published June 16, 2009

It is never easy when a customer decides that they no longer wish to work with you. Unfortunately, it [...]

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The Great Coffee Experience (Chapter 1)

By Craig Whitton | Published May 20, 2012

The coffee culture has exploded over the last 10 years and even Newcastle has got in on the act. Ask [...]

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