Growing your business

So you’ve started your own business and now it’s time to start thinking about growth. We’ve put together some effective ideas, tactics and tools to help you manage your staff, grow sales and market your business.

Getting the right banking essentials

We understand that running a business at the same time as juggling your personal commitments is tricky. To make your life easier, we want to make sure have access to the right resources.

Our Business Banking Essentials brochure covers the information needed to help keep your business running smoothly. It covers a range of ways you can better manage your cash flow and your day-to-day banking needs. It covers:

• Transaction Accounts
• Savings Accounts
• Banking Access
• Payment Solutions
• Superannuation

Business planning and management tools

Starting your own business can be daunting. That’s why we’ve put together a range of information to make the transition from employee to employer easy. Our information includes:

• How to run a business which takes you through:
  • Take your business places
  • Business health check
  • Business basics and essentials
  • Cash flow
  • Business growth and investments
  • Online business
  • Managing people
• Keeping on track with KPIs
• Effective time management
• Systemising your business

Planning your business

The following sites offer tips, templates, links and other information useful when starting your new business:

• Australian Venture Capital Association
• The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) offers extensive information and detailed reports on business types, outcomes, demographics, and more, that can greatly increase the quality of your business planning.
• The Commonwealth Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has a small business section, including a wide selection of links.

Getting your business licences

The Business Licence Information Services can tell you what sort of permit, licence or registration your business will need.

State and Local Government websites

• Victorian Government
• Business Victoria
• local councils
• Small Business Commissioner