Small business

Assists and advocates for small businesses and family enterprises. Provides access to dispute resolution services to assist businesses to resolve disputes.

Are you new to business? The 'Starting your business checklist' covers many of the basic issues you need to consider. The checklists will be updated on a regular basis; please check that you have the latest version.

An online tool that makes it easy to find the most appropriate low cost dispute resolution service to help small businesses resolve disputes. Also provides information to better understand and manage disputes.

Provides information for business relating to advertising; anti-competitive behaviour; exemptions; rights and protections; franchising; industry codes; mergers; pricing; professional services and treating customers fairly.

Provides information for setting up and running a home-based business including: advice and support; planning; registration and licences for home-based businesses; taxation and insurance.

Provides information about the different types of insurance that may be required for running your business and compulsory insurances such as workers' compensation.

Ideas and unique creations can exist in every business. Intellectual property (IP) laws allow for protection of these through patents, trade marks, copyright, designs, circuit layouts, and plant breeder's rights.

Provides a guide for Australian small business owners to assist them in gaining a broad understanding of legal issues they may encounter.

Provides practical small business training, business mentoring and financial assistance to job seekers interested in starting and running a small business.

Provides guidance about cash flow, tax, retirement savings and income protection for people who are self-employed.

Provides information on the NSW Government's small business programs and other resources. It contains ready-to-use, relevant information for people who are starting, running and growing a business.

A free online superannuation payments service that helps small businesses with 19 or less employees make their superannuation contribution payments in one transaction.