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Major References
Business Start-Up Guides
These guides comprehensively cover the basics of establishing over 100 small businesses. Samples of businesses considered by these guides include, arts and crafts, baking and patisserie, car detailing, carpet cleaning, desktop publishing and lawn-mowing. Types of areas covered in each guide include identifying your customers, market research, price strategies, record keeping and taxation, and writing a business plan.
CCH Business Benchmarks Classic for Accountants
Provides financial profiles of Australian small businesses and professional practices. Covers an extensive range of sectors.
Australian Business Advisers Guide
A two volume publication that covers, in considerable detail, the essential elements to be considered in establishing a business.
Census Data 2006
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is releasing a new suite of online products to present the data collected from the 2006 Australian Census of Population and Housing. The following products are free and currently available:
Forthcoming products are:
Journals
Entrepreneur
Magazine devoted to business ideas and how to establish them.
Franchising and Own Your Own Business Magazine
Official magazine of the Franchishors Association of Australian and New Zealand.
Awards
Telstra & Australian Governments' Small Business Awards
Australia's premier small business awards, providing a showcase for outstanding small businesses in four size categories and with an overall winner drawn from finalists in each category.
Telstra Business Women's Awards
These awards bring outstanding small businesses owned or operated by women entrepreneurs to the attention of the wider business community, creating further business opportunities and confidence in those who enter. Winners provide other emerging small businesses with examples of excellence to use as role models as they work to establish their own place in the competitive small business sector.
Conferences
Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand (SEAANZ)
The objective of the Association is to advance the development and understanding of small enterprise.
Interest Groups
Small Business Development Corporation
Small business information and training facility. A range of services are offered to assist small business.
Small Business Centres (formerly BECs)
Small Business Centres are located in city and country areas of Western Australia to assist you to expand your existing business or explore new business ideas. A management committee with representatives from business, private sector organisations and local government, support a full time manager who will work with you to achieve your goals.
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia
An independent, non-profit organisation representing Western Australian business. The CCI site has separate member and non-member login procedures.
Net Links
business.gov.au
Business gateway to government information and services
Australian Security and Investment Commission (ASIC)
ASICs small business section provides information especially for small businesses from a securities perspective.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
ABS collects and makes available a huge range of statistical data that would be very useful to the small business.
Department of Consumer and Employment Protection
The Western Australian government department that provides advice and information on trading matters.
Department of Industry and Resources
The Department of Industry and Resources is the lead economic development agency in Western Australia. The Department facilitates business in Western Australia by providing services to the mineral and petroleum sector, investment services, business and trade services and state development strategies.
Innovation Gateway Western Australia
The Gateway provides infrastructure and services to support emerging innovative enterprises. Includes a patent search facility.
Western Australian Government - Home Page
Home page to the Western Australian government.
Small Business Development Corporation
Small business information and training facility. A range of services are offered to assist small business.