Tasmanian Business Advice Service

• Do you have a great business idea you want to explore further?
• Are you in the early stages of starting your business and need some help?
• Are you running an existing business and need to find more customers, expand your offering or consolidate your market position?
• Are you thinking of selling or setting up a succession plan?

If you answered YES to any of these than we can help you with up to 5 hours of free assistance. We work with businesses from Huonville to Bruny Island to Sandy Bay to Glenorchy.

Get started by registering online with Business Tasmania:

The topics our advisors can cover include:

How to get started in business

• Evaluating business opportunities
• Whether to buy or start a new business
• Marketing, finance and compliance issues
• What registrations licences and permits you need
• Putting it all together in a business plan

How to promote your business

• Understanding the best marketing tactics for you
• Developing a marketing strategy that works
• Using the web and online tools successfully
• Indentifying the best target markets to go after
• Building stronger customer relationships.

How to plan for business success

• Understanding how and why you should plan
• Reviewing your business for opportunities
• Business planning tools to build on your offering
• Preparing an action plan and timetables
• Financial management and budgeting

How to effectively manage a business

• Basic book-keeping to keep on track
• Ways to manage cash flow
• Meeting compliance requirements
• Staffing and human resources
• Developing your own business skills.

Come and talk to us.  Also visit the Business Tasmania web site which has lots of information for small business and useful business templates www.business.tas.gov.au