Edition 47, July 2007

Councils streamline home based business registrations in WA


Home based businesses comprise around three quarters of all small businesses in Western Australia, so initiatives that save this sector time and money are important.

The Stirling, Wanneroo and Swan City Councils are making business registration simpler by allowing online registration of home based businesses, and other Western Australian councils are being encouraged to follow suit.  The Council sites can also be accessed from the Small Business Development Corporation site.

The City of Stirling is the latest council to introduce online registrations for home based businesses, estimating a saving of up to a week compared with conventional methods. Its new process includes both registering and having approval certificates issued electronically. These changes are expected to reduce application completion times from two hours to 15-30 minutes. Clients can alsomonitor the progress of their applications online.

With almost three quarters of all small businesses in Western Australia using a computer in their business, and two thirds having access to the internet, it makes good sense to use this medium for services to small business. Itoffers a range of opportunities for councils to streamline outdated manual registration processes and increase overall efficiency.

For more information vist www.sbdc.com.au

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