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Business Plans

Business Plans – Public Relations When preparing a Business Plan for a small/medium enterprise, consideration should be given as to whether the business is seizing available opportunities to promote the business by: issuing news releases to the media; producing blog...

The “5S” System Can Improve Efficiency

Many manufacturing businesses have established procedures and practises with a view to reducing wastage in the workshop by initialising the “5S” system. The “5S” system (a structured systematic approach to housekeeping and a cornerstone of any world...

Government Grants For SMEs

Enterprise Connect Grant for Manufacturing Businesses Enterprise Connect is a Federal Government programme that is available for a number of industries including the Manufacturing industry. The definition of “manufacturing” adopted by the government is:   “The...

Marketing/Sales Hints

Slow Moving Stock – If you have slow moving stock in your business, is it possible to package the slow moving stock with other stock items to sell them as packaged products?   Joint Marketing – Have you explored the opportunities of marketing your...

Leadership Inclusiveness

One of the seven points made in the study into Leadership, Culture and Management Practices of High -Performing Workplaces in Australia, conducted by Christina Boedker of the Australian School of Business, was – “Higher performance is created through...

Different Economy Levels Cause Problems

Small businesses in some parts of Australia, primarily in Western Australia and Queensland and in the mining industry, are achieving considerable growth whilst the rest of the country struggles and in some areas businesses are going backwards financially. This is the...