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PRACTICAL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
If you want to start a business with a solid foundation, or improve an existing business the Business Development Officer has a wealth of business experience and can relate to your requirements, providing practical solutions to your business problems.
The following are links to information sheets that are also available at WEDB
- Starting your own business - Planning to start - Why Plan - Feasability Study - Home Business - Family Business - Buying a Franchise - Buying a Business - Business Names - Business Structures - Partnerships - Companys - Co-operatives - Incorporation of Association - Business Licensing - How can an Accountant help your business - Insurance - Employing people in your business - Selecting the right employee - Your new employee at work - Employment contracts and Remuneration - Employee or Independant contractor - Sources of Information about employment - Ideas and Inventors - E-Commerce - Help for Small business - Leasing commercial property - What makes an opportunity commercial - Export Development
WEDB can also assist startup and existing businesses to access funding through various programs. This funding assistance is limited and dependant on the type and scale of the business involved.
The following are links to information sheets and relevant grant sites.
- New Enterprise Incentive Scheme only - SA Regional Funding and Grants Register - Federal Government grant link
The Business Development Officer is available for free assistance and support on (08) 8645 7811
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Good Employment Practices
The Upper Spencer Gulf Common Purpose Group recognises that for employment growth to occur a strong, vibrant and employing small business sector must exist. A HR advisor was appointed and has prepared a range of information guides which are available free of charge to small business.
- Workforce Planning - How to Design a Job, Determination of Classification and Advertising the Job - Position/Job Descriptions and Person Specifications - Recruitment and Selection - Appointment and Induction - Managing people in your workforce - Employment Law-Equal Employment Opportunity and Privacy Law - Counselling of Staff - Written Warnings and Reprimands - Termination of Employment and Exit Interview - Employment Law-Occupational, Health, Safety and Welfare Legislation - Awards, Employee Remuneration and Terms of Employment, Enterprise Agreements and Australian Workplace Agreements - Training - Employment Law-Contracting, Apprenticeships and Traineeships - Employment and Group training companies contacts - Human Resource Advisory Service Program - Helpfull Small Business contacts - Negotiation - Quality Management - Example Safety Handbook - MS Word version to use as a template - Example HR Manual only - MS Word version to use as a template
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