Starting a Business

Overview

A broad range of assistance is offered to new businesses by Federal, State and territory governments. The following pages contain useful links that will provide you with more business information, grants, services and support from across government to help your business succeed. 

Council is supporting businesses of all sizes, in all sectors, and at every stage of development.

Visit Council's for business advice and referral to business advisors. 

Business Advice

• Advice and support
• Business Advisory Service
• Business Events
• When a hobby becomes a business
• Western Sydney Business Centre 
• Easy to do Business

Planning for your Business

• Planning for your business
• What is a Business Plan?
• What is a Marketing Plan?
• What is an Export plan?
• What is a Succession Plan?
• Emergency Management and Recovery Plan
• How to obtain finance
• Grants and Financial Assistance
• Intellectual Property
• Tenders and Contracts
• Standards and Codes of Practice

Business Structures, Registrations and Licences

• Business Structures
• Independent contractors
• Registrations and Licenses
• Registering your Business Name
• Buying an established business

Administering your Business

• Record Keeping & accounting system
• Insurance
• Taxation Obligations
• Home Based Business
• Online Business 
• Exporting and Importing
• Employing people
• Your ongoing employer obligations

WHS and Emergency Management

• Work Health & Safety (WHS)
  Knowing and understanding the WHS laws in your state or territory will help you avoid the unnecessary costs and damage to your business caused by work related injury and illness.    

• Emergency Management & Recovery
  Did you know that up to 40 per cent of businesses affected by a natural or human-caused disaster never reopen? Natural disasters such as flood, fire and earthquakes can strike without warning. Even if you are not directly affected by a disaster, your suppliers or buyers may be affected, or road closures elsewhere may reduce traffic to your area and reduce sales. Emergency management planning is more than just planning for natural disasters, it can help your business survive through any emergency. Planning for the impact of an emergency rather than the emergency itself will give your business a greater chance of survival. Emergency management plans are a requirement of work health and safety legislation in most states and territories.
  Read more about how to prepare your business for the impact of natural hazards, human-caused hazards or technology related hazards.