Foundation for Research, Science and Technology
With the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology
- Before you decide to start a business
- Assess if you are ready to start up
- Starting a small business - frequently asked questions
- Do you have what it takes to run your own business?
- Is your business idea viable?
- Will your business idea work?
- Resource consents for new businesses
- Training options for owners and employees
- Getting business advice
- Selecting the right premises for your new business
- Business structures
- Buy or start a new business
- The basics of buying a business
- Advantages of buying an existing business
- How much should you invest when buying a business?
- Due diligence when buying a business
- Buying a franchise
- What to ask when buying a franchise
- How are businesses valued?
- Writing a business plan
- Why is business planning important?
- Preparing a business plan
- An easy way to keep business records
- Free business plan template
- Cash flow forecasting
- Setting up and keeping a simple cashbook
- Pricing your product
- Dealing with cash flow problems
- Calculating your break even point
- Setting terms of payment
- Tax obligations when setting up a business
- Sources of capital
- How much money do you need when starting a business?
- Main sources of finance
- How to raise capital for your business
- The Investment Ready Guide
- Business grants for Kiwi businesses
- Work and Income Enterprise Allowance
- Tips on applying for a loan
- What banks are looking for when you borrow money
- What investors look for in a person
- What investors look for in a business
- Understanding financial statements
- Building a promotion plan
- Market your point of difference
- Avoid common marketing mistakes
- An introduction to public relations
- How to encourage word of mouth
- Protecting your brand
- Take a campaign approach for better results
- Getting online
- Develop a website for your business
- Making the most of your website
- Developing and maintaining a website
- Tips on designing your website
- Choosing a domain name for your website
- Managing staff
- Becoming an employer
- Recruiting
- Supporting your staff
- Resolving employee disputes
- Staff exits
- Holidays and entitlements
- Staff skills and training
- Managing finance
- Managing cash flow
- Setting prices and controlling costs
- Managing debtors
- Getting help with finance
- How to reduce your financial year-end stress
- Five tips for surviving the current economic turbulence
- Three ways to combat rising interest rates
- Marketing
- Plan your marketing
- Market your point of difference
- Avoid common marketing mistakes
- Advertising
- Market research
- Delivering great customer service
- An introduction to public relations
- Using PR effectively
- How to encourage word of mouth
- Encouraging repeat clientele
- Making an effective sales call
- Tips when pitching for business
- Protecting your brand
- Assess the health of your marketing
- Assess the health of your product or service
- Building customer loyalty
- Getting started with direct marketing
- Email marketing
- Creating a customer database
- Selecting gifts for your customers
- Driving traffic with email newsletters
- Maximising seasonal sales
- Management practices
- Increase workplace productivity
- Delegating effectively
- Fostering innovation
- Goal setting for business success
- NZIM training
- Effective time management for small business owners
- How to have a stress-free holiday
- Tips for a better work-life balance
- Running a part time business from home
- Working from home as part of your crisis management solution
- An Internet policy for your employees
- Business mentoring
- What is mentoring?
- Why have a board?
- Putting good boards together
- How a board of directors helped my business
- Business Mentors New Zealand
- Systems and processes
- Developing efficient systems
- Save time with systems and processes
- Using technology
- Creating an advantage with technology
- Setting up a network
- Preventing data loss
- Basic Internet security training for your staff
- Protecting your business from cyber attacks
- Saving costs with technology
- Cloud Computing for your business
- Simple guide to password security for your business
- Using technology to keep business records
- Health and safety
- Improve workplace health and safety
- Prevent pain and injury
- Workplace emergency planning
- Preparing an emergency plan
- Preparing a building evacuation plan
- Working from home health and safety
- Recovering from a disaster
- Recovering after a disaster - Mediterranean Food Company
- Crisis management
- Preventing crime in the workplace
- The Internet
- Creating a website
- Website Marketing
- Social Media
- Your website health check
- Future trends
- Sustainability
- Healthcare
- Lifestyles of health and sustainability
- Clean technology
- Halal
- Environment and efficiency
- Benefits of a sustainable supply chain
- Monitoring your energy use
- Becoming energy efficient
- Becoming environmentally sustainable
- The sustainable business model
- Six ways to green your vehicle fleet
- Planning for growth
- 10 tips for growing your small business
- More growth tips for small business owners
- Assess the future health of your business
- An unfog-getable winner
- Five ways to improve your profit
- New markets and customers
- Recognising and meeting customer needs
- Finding major project opportunities
- Making the most of one-off events
- Personalised direct mail letters
- Seizing opportunities in the supply chain
- Financing growth
- The Investment Ready Guide
- Using angel investors to fund your business growth
- Using venture capitalists to fund your growth
- Options for growing your business when funding is tight
- Preparing for due diligence
- Capacity and capability
- Business assessment
- Assess your business's capability
- Regional Business Partners
- NZTE Capability Development Vouchers
- Getting business advice
- Increase workplace productivity
- Fostering innovation
- Goal setting for business success
- Training options for owners and employees
- Business capability case studies
- How to increase your profit
- Research and development
- Grants and advice for research and development projects
- Swiftpoint Ltd - from micro-mouse to macro success
- Researching international markets
- International market research
- Advice on export planning
- Is your business ready to export to China?
- The logistics of exporting
- How New Zealand Trade and Enterprise can support your business
- Starting to export
- Going out of NZ for business purposes
- Exhibiting at trade shows
- Strategic alliances and joint ventures
- Manufacturing overseas
- Assess if you are ready to start exporting
- Breaking into international markets – Autogrow Systems
- Export finance
- Financial guarantee products for New Zealand exporters
- Importing
- Ten tips before you import
- Customs import clearance & entry procedures
- Customs import charges & concessions
- What biosecurity means for importers
- Business tax
- Introduction to business taxes
- Business income tax
- GST
- Fringe benefit tax
- Business structures
- Choosing a business structure
- Operating as a sole trader, partnership or company
- Protection of business names
- Why form a company?
- What is a company
- Choosing your company name
- Limited Partnerships
- Tax implications for different business structures
- PAYE and employment regulations
- Becoming an employer
- PAYE and payroll
- Holidays and entitlements
- Resolving employee disputes
- Staff changes and exits
- Health, safety and ACC
- KiwiSaver
- Consumer laws
- The Fair Trading Act
- Complying with the Fair Trading Act
- Consumer Guarantees Act
- Consumer Credit
- Credit (Repossession) Act
- Accurate measures
- Product safety
- Developing a complaints policy
- Consumer legislation for your business type
- Intellectual property
- What is intellectual property?
- Protecting intellectual property
- Intellectual property and your business plan
- Copyright in New Zealand
- Copyright protection overseas
- What is a trade mark?
- What is a patent?
- What is a design?
- Financial reporting
- Obligations as a company director
- Financial reporting for small business
- How to file your annual return
- Environment
- Resource consents for new businesses
- Resource Management Act guide
- Get help with resource consents
- Getting professional advice on resource consents
- Applying for a resource consent
- Assess your environmental performance with Envirostep
- Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme
- National environmental standards
- Understanding ecolabels and sustainability claims
- Other regulations
- Shop opening hours
- Information Privacy Principles
- Privacy training for businesses
- Local regulations information
- Regulatory Authorities
- Inland Revenue
- Register for Inland Revenue online services
- Arrange a business advice visit from Inland Revenue
- File fringe benefit tax quarterly return
- Register for GST
- File GST return or GST and provisional tax return
- Register as an employer with Inland Revenue
- Provisional tax estimation and re-estimation
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Last updated 23 April 2012
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