Imprest Business Services Pty Ltd

27/03/2026

🚨 Fuel prices are hitting Aussie small businesses hard 🚨
With the 2026 fuel crisis squeezing margins across Australia, small businesses need to act fast......not panic. A smart, three pronged approach can help protect cash flow and keep operations moving.

💰 1. Protect Your Cash Flow:

✅ Claim Fuel Tax Credits where eligible
✅ Review customer contracts and add or increase fuel surcharges
✅ Talk to lenders, banks or the ATO about short term relief
✅ Use fuel cards to access discounts and track usage

⛽ 2. Cut Fuel Use Immediately:

🚚 Optimise routes with GPS & telematics
🧠 Train drivers in eco driving (smoother driving = less fuel)
🔧 Keep vehicles well maintained and tyres properly inflated
📦 Reduce vehicle loads and combine deliveries

🔄 3. Make Smarter Long Term Changes:

⚡ Transition to hybrid or electric vehicles where possible
📍 Source from closer suppliers to cut freight costs
🏭 Improve storage to buy fuel strategically
📊 Consider an energy audit to uncover savings and rebates

👉 Fuel costs may be out of your control—but how you respond isn’t. Small changes now can make a big difference over the year ahead.

23/03/2026

Heads up, Aussie businesses! Payday super is almost here, meaning employers must now pay superannuation for staff at the same time as their wages – no more waiting until the end of the quarter. To stay compliant, make sure your payroll systems are updated and your processes are ready for regular super payments. It's a good time to chat with your bookkeeper or accountant to ensure you're all set. Keeping your team’s super up to date is not just good practice – it’s the law.

04/04/2024

Great initiative, it can be really tough looking after your mental health when you are a small business owner.

NewAccess for Small Business Owners is a guided self-help mental health coaching program. Free, confidential and convenient, no GP referral needed.

16/05/2023

The 2023 Federal Budget provided support for SMEs, with aid for hip pocket and cashflow considerations as well as compliance burdens and staffing issues.

29/04/2023

Ever struggle with procrastination? Can't stick to one productivity system? Have trouble with deciding what to work on? Get overwhelmed by your to-do list?

There's one method that just might help...
Eat the Frog!

Step1 to Eating a Frog - Identify what your most important task, or frog, for the day is.
Step 2 - Eat it! Do that task first thing in the morning. Don't allow yourself the chance to put it off later or get side-tracked.
Step 3 - Repeat the above steps every day!

Its amazing how small steps every day can add up to big accomplishments.

28/04/2023

Imprest are now Xero Adviser & Payroll certified. 😊
Xero, like most accounting software, is ever changing, so its good to know that here at Imprest, we take the time to educate ourselves and stay up to date with product changes.

Want to know if you are getting the most out of Xero?
Contact us at Imprest to see how we might be able to help you.