This introductory level workshop will teach you how to create graphics for your social media, marketing materials and website using Canva.
Learn how to navigate hiring your first employee, from ensuring legal compliance through to gaining access to essential resources and documentation that will set you on the path to success.
This workshop will help businesses feel empowered to tell their story and connect the dots in their brand and marketing strategy.
The City of Canning has been Small Business Friendly since 2016 and offers local businesses the opportunity to participate in a range of programs to build capability and capacity. These include the Canning Business Mentoring Program, City of Canning Grants Centre and a range of business events. The Canning Business Mentoring Program is in its...
Have you been wondering how you can take paid parental leave from your business and what you may be entitled to? As a small business owner, you might have experienced how hard it can be to take any kind of break from your own business. Taking a day off can sometimes feel impossible, let alone taking a holiday from your business – or parental leave...
People respond to images, so when marketing your business on social media, photography is an essential skill. This workshop teaches tips and tricks to improve your skills to better promote your business.
Taking a few small steps towards developing a sustainable business can deliver long term benefits for not only the environment, but also your business’s bottom line, contributing to your long term profitability and building customer loyalty. It can also help you win tenders and contracts, with sustainability increasingly becoming a focus and...
You’ve probably spent some time working out what to put on the home page of your website, but how much time have you invested in planning what goes into your shopfront display of your bricks and mortar business? Your shopfront will quite often be the first impression you get to make – so make it a great one! You want to encourage people to enter...
The rapidly unfolding coronavirus pandemic is creating unprecedented disruption and concern for small businesses across WA. Here is what we are doing.
As we transition out of our week of lockdown here in WA, I’d like to take a moment to recognise and commend small businesses for the part they have played. Over the week our thoughts have been with many members of the community, including small businesses, who have been impacted by the devastating bushfire emergency in Perth’s east, as well as the...
We’ve put together this summary of temporary full expensing to help you decide if it is the right depreciation option for your business.
While small business is often an alternative to working for someone else, starting a business while still employed can be an attractive option. You might think that starting a small business is an all or nothing choice - you are either employed or working for yourself. But in today’s ‘gig economy’, starting a business in addition to your main...
