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Chinese New Year, The Spring Festival, would have to be one of the most significant dates in the calendars of importers and exporters and it approaches fast on the heels of the Western holiday ...

The widely welcomed cut to the small business tax rate has come with a sting in its tail. The changes will put pressure on business owners to pay out retained earnings sooner than they might have ...

Five honest questions advisers and owners should ask yourself when faced with a great growth opportunity Whether it’s a favourable exchange rate, a supplier discount, earlier shipping, an ...

Aside from the myriad challenges of forecasting demand for products and services, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that import goods can face serious risks when dealing in foreign exchange ...

Trade finance is a burgeoning opportunity for finance professionals, as more and more of their SME clients venture into international markets, empowered by new generations of smarter communications ...

The festive season can be a challenging period for SMEs particularly when it comes to managing cash flow and working capital. The combination of higher sales activity, purchasing stock to rebuild ...

Smart finance solutions can mean the difference between a business securing major contracts and sales opportunities, or missing the boat. In rapidly changing global markets, businesses often have to ...

For Australian importers, the potential for business growth from international markets is huge, but success depends largely on your purchasing power. If you have to fund this growth using your ...

An import business is really only as good as its suppliers.This truth underscores the importance of ensuring your trade negotiations with overseas suppliers are professional and informed while ...

Consider the following scenario. The business is an importer of goods from China which are highly sought after. The business has placed a large order to ensure stock is sufficient for the festive ...

Cultural Faux Pas To Avoid For Chinese people everywhere, eight is the lucky number. It’s no accident that the Beijing Olympics started on 8/8/2008. So here are the eight big things you need to ...

Scottish Pacific Tradeline has been supporting the growth of hundreds of business clients over the years with a flexible and responsive form of finance which helps them purchase goods as and when ...

Understanding and managing freight and logistics costs are critical to enhancing competitiveness in global markets – yet are too often ignored, or put in the “too hard basket” by many Australian ...

Tradeline is proud to announce a new partnership with Cargohound! It is the first true online marketplace for international freight. This revolutionary tool connects exporters and importers with ...

Earlier this year Trade and Investment Minister, Andrew Robb, and Chinese Commerce Minister, Gao Hucheng, signed the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA). China is Australia’s largest ...

Scottish Pacific Tradeline recently hosted a trade information evening for many of our clients, suppliers and prospects at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, China. The cocktail function was held at the ...

In recent months we've seen an increase in the number of alternative lenders offering trade finance solutions. More businesses are sourcing overseas suppliers for both quality and cost efficiency, ...

Now that we are into the new financial year, we can allow ourselves a little time to reflect on the past 12 months. Scottish Pacific Tradeline is now assisting more SMEs than ever, in fact we have ...

For the first time this year, manufacturing in China is back in expansionary growth. The official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) as released by the National Bureau of Statistics came in at 50.1 – ...

Recently we completed an analysis of our Tradeline business across the globe. The outcomes have provided us with some great insights as to how best to assist our introducers to deliver for their ...

So you have just secured a contract from a new customer and after what seemed like an eternity you have received the finalised order. With great excitement you enthusiastically call your bank manager ...