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Bruce Sheppard, managing partner of Gilligan Sheppard, talks about 2018, the year ahead… What does it ‘feel’ like… no urgency, no real momentum either way and the river of life and business continues to flow slowly by. In short, the cattle are contentedly grazing. Life goes on, good, steady business as usual. A little bovine, […]

As you know we are active property investors, usually in a partnership arrangement with a party that will add value to the real estate thus securing better returns for our clients than they would otherwise be able to achieve through acquiring property that has fully developed potential, or potential that has to be realised by […]

Three years ago, we established a separate division which was tasked with solving client problems, optimising solutions and generally doing what it takes to make a material difference to our clients lives and businesses. This division is known as VAS (value added services). Strategically as a firm we have successfully positioned ourselves as a wealth […]

For those of you who have talked to us about managing talent and culture to drive business value or succession in SME’s, our current initiative in Gilligan Sheppard to introduce an Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP) will not come as a surprise. What is surprising, it’s that it is the first to have been introduced […]

I was advised in October last year that I was being considered for an honour, and surprisingly I managed to keep that very quiet. Before they give it to you they ask you to confirm if offered will you accept it, clearly, they don’t want the humiliation of someone turning it down. In my case, […]