SPLASH! Podcast

Who Grew You

Send us Fan Mail The swimming pool and spa industry is a land of professional growth and development but you have to earn it.  In this episode we hear of three current i

Quote Me

Send us Fan Mail We catch up with expert in all things stone and tile, Carl Yench from Europe Imports in Sydney about the upcoming ban on engineered stone and ask if the

Who Regulates the Regulator?

Send us Fan Mail In a world where nothing stays the same for long we have come to accept that change is inevitable and our industry is no different.  So, what happens wh

Don't Shoot the Messenger

Send us Fan Mail None of us like complexity but we all benefit from compliance to current legislation, if in the very least is serves towards staying solvent and out of

Government Making Atax on Small Business

Send us Fan Mail The ATO says unpaid tax from small business has more than doubled in the past 4 years and they are not happy.  Today we look at the exposure, the risk a

I'm Sorry Dave

Send us Fan Mail The new issue of SPLASH! is out and ready to read.  The cover feature  is AI in the Pool Industry and today we try to engage AI with limited success.   

Luke Who?

Send us Fan Mail Very special to be joined by full time pool industry champion and sometimes podcast host Luke Daly. In this episode we take a look at how consumers are

When Fortune Favours the Foolish

Send us Fan Mail With stagnating or arguably contracting economic conditions continuing for the foreseeable future, is it really worth investing in advertising, branding

Who Said Tax Talk Is Not Sexy?

Send us Fan Mail 'Time Sensitive Tax Planning' are probably 4 words that have not considered compelling or sexy.  Today with the help of Ben from Inspire Accou

New Year to Cheer or to Fear

Send us Fan Mail What a privilege to launch into a new year full of hopes, plans and no doubt it's share of challenges to be overcome.   In our first SPLASH! Podcas

Safety Standards and Sustaining Beyond Summer

Send us Fan Mail Today we discuss safety and standards, in particular the AS1926.1 Fencing Standard. We look at an unfolding story about potentially flawed processes wit

SPLASH! Turns 100 and a Half

Send us Fan Mail We are celebrating the 150th issue of SPLASH! just released and coming out to all of our valued subscribers.  If you are on subscribed get you latest di

Rates, Races and Returns

Send us Fan Mail Another week and another public holiday for the hard working sports obsessed citizens of Victoria as they celebrate the 'race that stops a nation&a

The Business of Old and New

Send us Fan Mail We continue our dive into the changing landscape of business.  A new release from the 'Small Business Matters Report' reveals some alarming st

Change, Construction and Changing Construction Contracts

Send us Fan Mail It's always a good week when the latest and by default greatest issue ever of SPLASH! shows up on my doorstep and in the inbox!   Today we discuss

Sunny Hours Summer Days

Send us Fan Mail There has been a lot of talk about a constricted, reducing, restricting, reducing (insert negative synonym here) economy and consumer spend.  Yet, house

Clark Rubber CEO - Anthony Grice

Send us Fan Mail Clark Rubber CEO, Anthony Grice joins the podcast from the recent Clark Rubber Franchise Convention in Cairns. Anthony explains why Clark Rubber are so

Aqua-sitions and New Things

Send us Fan Mail In an industry that loves the big story, have we got news for you with the biggest acquisition in several years now underway.     We uncover the detail

Creating Cut-through in a Contracting Economy

Send us Fan Mail Should you increase your share of budget allocation to marketing spend in a retracting market space? The answer according to research and best practice 

Who Wants to go Insolvent?

Send us Fan Mail It seems every other day another builder is going bust.  The economy changed during covid and is changing again rapidly post.  Why are some business fai