Business Plan Articles

21/10/2017
Business Planning: What’s the point? How a plumbing business found the path to growth.
Richard’s Plumbing is based in Melbourne’s bayside suburbs, with a long history of more than 20 years and client base that includes builders, mainte… Read more

13/10/2017
Suppliers: what to do when they don’t hold up their end of the deal
As a business owner, the relationship you have with your suppliers is vital to client satisfaction and ultimately, the success of your business. If you promise … Read more

31/08/2017
Partnerships: How To Avoid A Nasty Breakup
In the early stages of starting a business, you and your business partner work tirelessly to set-up the business to hit the ground running – brainstorming… Read more

27/08/2017
Buying a business - explained by a lawyer
Buying a business involves a number of important legal, financial and commercial considerations. If you are looking to buy a business, this article sets out thr… Read more

25/08/2017
Missions, Visions: corporate flatulence or business doctrine
Time for a quiz. To what organisations can we attribute the following statements, components of the published statements about themselves: “Integrity. … Read more

09/05/2017
Stingy bosses strangle company culture
Money in small business feels like Australian weather, either drought or flood, always unpredictable and not knowing when the season will change. It’s is … Read more

03/05/2017
What is a business plan?
The most common perception of a business plan is a formal, structured, professional document that describes all parts of a business, ordered in a sequential and… Read more

19/02/2017
Use Guzmania to grow your business
Recently, The Business Plan Company completed a research project on Guzman y Gomez, the highly successful taqueria chain that is steadily growing across Austral… Read more

04/01/2017
On the lookout! Stop your business getting eaten alive.
Working ‘on’ your business is one of those things that we know we should all be doing, but it’s so easy to put off in the day-to-day hubbub of… Read more

03/07/2014
Snake oil for small business - get it here!
Picture this: a new business owner, just the first few months but getting impatient to get results and with almost no funds to spend. What does he do? Pays a so… Read more