Help in Starting a Business

Services available:

Tasmanian Enterprise Workshop Business Licence Information Service

Business Point Enterprise Centre Program

Business Guides:

Are you ready for the challenges of business? Be your own boss Is it feasible? Should I go into business? the mechanics of starting business

Researching your market Financing your business Choosing an ownership structure more

Help for Existing Businesses

Services available:

Tasmanian Enterprise Workshop i-cubed Network and Business Over Breakfast seminars Mentor Resources Tasmania

TradeStart Export and Market Skills Development Finance and Facilitation Program

Business Guides:

Planning your business success Safeguarding your business The mechanics of starting business Managing research, development and innovation in your business

Growing pains Controlling your business Marketing your business more

Grants and Skills Development Available

IST has two programs to assist entrepreneurs and inventors to develop the necessary skills to commercialise new products, processes and services.  These are the Market Ready Commercialisation Program and the Tasmanian Innovation Program. To promote the uptake of R&D by business, financial support is available through the Research Partnerships Program.

Other financial support programs available through the Department of Economic Development and Tourism are:

New Market Access Program Women in Business Program

Export Marketing Assistance Scheme