Starting and Growing a Business

Research, Planning and Preparation

These guides are very helpful when you are wanting to build your business idea from scratch. They will guide you through building your team, testing your idea, communicating and pitching your idea, and how to turn your idea into reality.

• Australian Government
  • Starting a Business Guide
  • Starting a Business Checklist
• Business Victoria
  • Setting up a Business
• Hatch Quarter Playbook - The Startup playbook for migrants and refugees in Victoria
  • English
  • Arabic
  • Chinese
  • Hindi
  • Spanish
• (ASIC) Australian Securities & Investments Commission - Running a Small Business in Australia Guide
  • English
  • Chinese
• Thrive Refugee Enterprise
  • A Guide on Operating Small Business in Australia

Execution – Starting your business

After you have done your research, planning and preparation and you are now ready to start your business, the below sites are a great support to help you begin.

• ASIC (Australian Securities & Investments Commission)
• ATO (Australian Tax Office) - Starting your own business
• Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business (NEIS Program) – Starting your business
• Workforce Australia - Starting a business
• Service Victoria - Business Self Service - Start a business
• WAiS - Starting a Small Business Guide

Tools – To help you start your business

These supplementary tools will aid you in starting your business.

• Register for an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• Business Name Availability & Register a Business Name
• Running a Small Business in Australia
• Checklist for starting a business
• Translation and interpreting service
• StartUp Creative - Free resources to help you stay focused and work on your business
  • Business Planning Template
  • How to Start a Business Checklist
  • Guide to a Profitable Website
  • Time Management

Funding & Grant Opportunities

Raising capital to startup your business and grow is an important part of starting your business and there are many options to choose from. below are just some of the many options available to businesses.

• Hume City Council Grants:
  • Hume City Council - Grants and awards
  • Hume Grant Finder
• Victoria Grants:
  • Business Victoria – Grants, vouchers, assistance programs
  • Victoria – Grants and programs
• Federal Grants:
  • GrantConnect
• 3rd Party Grant Search Sites:
  • Bulletpoint
  • GrantGuru
  • GrantReady
• Angel Investor Groups:
  • Angel Investment Network
  • Australian Investment Network
  • LaunchVic Funded Angel Networks
  • Melbourne Angels
• Financing:
  • Many Rivers Microfinance Limited

Hume City Council Business Support

If you are looking to open your business or relocate it to Hume, we offer some of the best logistics infrastructure, business environments, lifestyle and workforce availability around.

• Hume Statutory Planning and Planning Permits
• Reasons to invest in Hume
• Hume Economic Profile and Statistics
• Visitor Economy Resources
• Workforce Support - Local Jobs for Local People

Other

Here are other links to information that can help depending on your needs

• Entering into a retail lease
• Business dispute resolution