Need inspiration for your home-based business?
Get thinking
Good information can lead to more informed decision making for you as a home-based business owner. Current demographics, local data and business information can all help to direct your thinking.
Many home-based business owners are keen to find out more about marketing opportunities. You may want to know about other businesses in your area, how you can find out about new businesses establishing locally, or how you can raise your profile within the local business community. Perhaps you need information about the permits required for your home businesses or how you can best work with the various departments within Council to establish your business.
Get informed
A business visit with Council can equip you with a range of contacts, data and information that can help with your ongoing decision making. Council has a good understanding about new business activity and can share that information, helping you to become better informed about upcoming business opportunities, and identifying new leads.
By accessing ABN data in the area, Council has geographically coded over 30,000 businesses locally, so you can look at a map and visualise where other businesses like yours are across the region, for example, where all the accountants, nurseries, child-care centres etc are located. Often this type of information can be useful if you’re looking to locate your business in terms of matching your capability to where your competitors are located, or to where your customers are likely to be, both now and in the future.
Get connected
Networking is important if you’re running a home-based business. It can connect you with like-minded people to share resources, access various complementary skill sets, and have discussions with others who are experiencing similar issues.
Council can connect you with Government Departments like the NSW Government Trade and Investment, as well as organisations like the Sydney Hills Business Chamber, Success Women’s Network, the Independent Business Network, and more.
A variety of business workshops are also run through Council aimed at empowering you through skills expansion and knowledge building, with topics including social media, business continuity plans, website advice, sales and marketing, mentoring programs and more.
Get together
We are waiting to hear from you. For a free, confidential business visit contact The Hills Shire Council’s Economic Development team today on 9762 1108 or make an appointment
online at www.businesssydneyhills.com.au