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Be Your Own Boss - Starting out in Small Business
Turning your ‘good idea’ or hobby into a viable business takes more than just passion and hard work. It takes the insight to ask the hard questions about the concept’s viability and potential long-term return versus the risks. So, what are the ‘hard questions’? Statistics show that most start-up business fail within the first 5 years. Planning is therefore, a core ingredient for success. This…
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Building Your Own Import-Export Business
Guides you through the steps involved, including choosing a product, setting up your business, making overseas contacts, coming to grips with trade documentation and foreign currency, navigating the customs maze and much more. A must if you are attracted by the exciting potential of international trade and travel. Course description If you are attracted by international trade’s exciting potential and…
Business Plans Made Easy
A good business plan is integral to the success of a business and increasingly important to financiers, suppliers and clients, when they decide whether or not to work with a particular business. Learn the principles of developing a business plan, their format and the all-important content. Course description Having a good business plan is essential for every business regardless of size. It greatly…
How to Start & Succeed with a Home-Based Business
Provides a step-by-step guide on how to set up a business at home and examines opportunities for home-based businesses in Tasmania. Course description The Australian Bureau of Statistics reports that 67 per cent of all small businesses in Australia are now home-based. The micro business sector (businesses that employ fewer than five people) is growing at the rate of four per cent a year. How to Start…
Introduction to OH&S for Small Business
Occupational health and safety is an important part of managing any business. Do you know what your legal obligations are? Do you have a thorough understanding of hazards in your workplace? Are you effectively managing them? Designed for the business owner or manager, there will be an opportunity to discuss OHS in your business, if you’d like. Course description Legal requirements, the…
Starting Out in Small Business
Course Description Statistics show that most startup businesses fail within the first 5 years. Most ‘do not know what they don’t know’ nor what questions to ask prior to commencing their venture. Planning is therefore, a core ingredient for success. This practical 24 hour course ensures participants leave with key information and a sound basis for considering and evaluating a…
Tax for Small Business
Course description what income is taxed and how it is taxed? choosing a business structure – how different business structures are taxed – ie Sole Trader versus Partnership, Company or Trust how the new Pay-As-You-Go tax instalments system works and how to budget for any likely tax bill what can I claim? what are common deductions and how much you can claim, including a closer look at…
Tax: GST & Record Keeping
Better understand GST and the associated record-keeping. You will be taken through a range of transactions and shown how to record them and the GST details, in cash receipt and cash payment books. You will also complete a Business Activity Statement (BAS). It is recommended that the Tax for Small Business course is completed before this one. Course description This session provides an understanding of…
To Be or Not to Be a B&B
Is a Bed & Breakfast (B&B) a good investment or just a romantic notion? Take a realistic look at starting and running a B&B, the time involved, the financial outlay and the expected income. Session includes a presentation by a successful B&B speaker. Tasmania is increasingly becoming known for its boutique and B&B style accommodation and running a B&B is a lifestyle to which…
Your Business, Your Staff
Learn the ins and outs of employing staff – from recruitment, through to performance, appraisals to termination. Find out about awards and your rights as an employer. Course Description recruitment: advertising, selection and contracts award: how they work policies and procedures” Do you have them, do you need them? counselling and termination understanding about the employment…
