Something remarkable has happened in the Australian construction segment over the past eighteen months. Building materials businesses that barely rated a mention are attracting billion-dollar bids. Multinational players like Saint-Gobain, CRH, and Seven Group have recently written cheques that have made everyone sit up and take notice. If you own businesses in infrastructure maintenance, building […]
Kevin Lovewell is an accountant specialising in Business Valuation.
When evidence of financial misconduct surfaces during divorce proceedings, the immediate instinct is often to call in the forensic accountants. After all, if fraud has occurred, surely it must be uncovered and quantified with precision. Yet in the vast majority of family law matters we encounter at Negotia, this instinct leads clients down an unnecessarily […]
Kevin Lovewell is an accountant specialising in Business Valuation.
When most business owners think about valuations, they imagine a present-day snapshot of their enterprise. Yet some of the most crucial valuations have nothing to do with today. They require us to turn back the clock and reconstruct the value of a business as it stood months, or even years, in the past. This is […]
Kevin Lovewell is an accountant specialising in Business Valuation.
Four Strategic Routes from Resource Integration to Asset-Based Differentiation Following last week’s examination of supply reliability as a pathway to competitive advantage, I received questions about “other ways” and “alternative approaches” to moving off the bottom rung of my Strategic Position Matrix. Today, I examine four distinct strategic pathways that transform standard resource coordination into […]
Kevin Lovewell is an accountant specialising in Business Valuation.
Even if you’re selling something everyone else already sells? For one small business, it was. They didn’t invent something new. They didn’t cut costs. They didn’t even scale. They simply made 30 perfect deliveries in a row — and became impossible to replace. How a subtle mind shift initiated a long-term business relationship, transforming a […]
Kevin Lovewell is an accountant specialising in Business Valuation.
How Two Different Businesses Move Up The Strategic Position Matrix After last week’s blog describing The Strategic Position Matrix, the question was asked: “How do I actually move up the levels?” Today, I’ll show you exactly how through two electrical contractors who started approximately the same time but ended up in very different places. This […]
Kevin Lovewell is an accountant specialising in Business Valuation.
Following our discussion on making pricing decisions during uncertain times, I have been asked to revisit and explain the building blocks of competitive advantage. This issue sits at the core of every business assessment we undertake. Applying International Valuation Standards has enabled us to refine our modelling of businesses. Through our valuation work, I have […]
Kevin Lovewell is an accountant specialising in Business Valuation.
Every business owner confronts the same dilemma during uncertain economic times: how do we increase prices when the market is exhibiting the same fear, uncertainty, and doubt that we feel as costs continue to climb relentlessly? The conventional wisdom suggests freezing prices during a recession is the safe option, perhaps even reducing them to maintain […]
Kevin Lovewell is an accountant specialising in Business Valuation.
The pandemic fundamentally altered how businesses operate, and consequently, how they should be valued. Yet many business owners remain unaware of how these changes have affected their enterprise worth, positively or negatively. Consider this: when did you last examine how your lease arrangements, supply relationships, or customer inquiry patterns have evolved since 2020? If you […]
Kevin Lovewell is an accountant specialising in Business Valuation.
As a professional business valuer adhering to International Valuation Standards, I have witnessed the transformation of family law business valuations through single expert witness appointments. This approach delivers substantial cost savings whilst eliminating adversarial battles between competing experts, creating a more collaborative environment where accurate valuation methodology takes precedence over partisan advocacy. Courts Favour Independent […]
Kevin Lovewell is an accountant specialising in Business Valuation.
