Sam’s Seafood distributes and processes a wide range of fresh and frozen seafood for the local and export markets.  In addition, Sam’s operated restaurants on the Gold Coast and Brisbane, as well as a chain of fast food franchises located in Queensland and New South Wales.

Mr Greig said during his initial investigation into the business he uncovered significant stock shortfalls which had compromised his ability to trade the business in the short...

A-IFRS, the AASB’s Australianised version of International Financial Reporting Standards will be applied by Australian entities from 1 January 2005. The proposed changes will reinsert exemptions for a critical range of so-called ‘business combinations involving entities or businesses...

This survey is the first assessment in Australia of the performance of directors and executive management in physical asset control and valuation - a notoriously difficult and neglected area of corporate governance.

Macquarie Collins Managing Director, Stuart Hayes, said the survey found that basic controls such as physical inspection...

Sam’s Seafood distributes and processes a wide range of fresh and frozen seafood for the local and export markets.  In addition, Sam’s Seafood operates restaurants on the Gold Coast and Brisbane, as well as a chain of fast food franchises in Queensland and New South Wales.

Headquartered in Brisbane, Sam’s Seafood has an annual turnover of approximately $70 million and in excess of 340 employees throughout Queensland and New South...

On June 1 Wayne Goss will take over the reins from outgoing Chairman Harley McHutchison who is retiring after two years as Chairman and 44 years with Deloitte.

"I look forward with pleasure to Wayne becoming Chairman of the Deloitte Board and leading us into an exciting new era," Deloitte’s CEO Giam Swiegers said.

John Brumby outlined the Victorian Government’s approach at a breakfast forum hosted by Deloitte and attended by over 100 senior departmental heads, departmental secretaries, CEOs, CFOs, senior representatives of major statutory authorities and attendees drawn from the private sector.

Commenting at the forum on the State’s IFRS preparedness, the...

Deloitte’s innovative approach to its clients has been spearheaded by its web and software development company, Eclipse, who also created the festival’s dynamic and interactive website.

The BRW-St George Client Choice Award was decided after the business magazine polled 6,500 professional service clients and asked them to rate 150 professional services firms across a range of industries. Deloitte was selected as the “standout winner” in...

The business magazine polled 6,500 professional services clients who were asked to rate 150 professional services firms across a range of industries. Deloitte was the “standout winner” in the area of innovation, according to judges.

“The award supports our decision to do things differently at Deloitte,” Deloitte CEO Giam Swiegers said. “The award validates the decision we took a couple of years ago to retain our consulting business and develop innovative solutions to the big, complex challenges...

Peter Bars joins Deloitte from Gartner Australasia where he led the consulting team as Group Vice President Australia and Asia Pacific. Peter has over 20 years’ IT and management consulting experience in Australia, Asia and Europe. He has previously held senior positions at KPMG and Coopers & Lybrand.

Peter joins the CIO Services team providing consulting services to clients in areas such as IT strategic planning, system selection and vendor...

Bruce Porter, Partner Technical, National Assurance & Advisory Services for Deloitte Melbourne, has been appointed to the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) for a term of three years. The AASB is empowered to issue legally binding Accounting Standards for entities regulated by the Corporations Act,...