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If you are a business in Tasmania and you like to read current books and information on the business world, you may want to know more about the State Library of Tasmania’s Business Alert.

The Business Alert is a monthly publication sent to your email with updates on new business-related resources available from the State Library of Tasmania’s State Reference Service. The publication lists current articles and books recently received by the library and covers topics such as:

• management
• marketing
• finance
• technology.

For more information on the Business Alert, visit the State Library of Tasmania’s Business Alert page.

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If you’re looking for some tips on how to “green” your workplace, you may find it useful to visit the ABC’s Green at work  website. You can take a test to see how environmentally friendly your workplace is, or ask a question of the Green Guru.

You can also use the Green at work Tool kit to evaluate your business and to help identify easy ways you can improve your workplace. The Tool kit includes resources such as:

• a DIY guide
• workplace calculators
• quick fixes
• buying green & recycling.

For more information, visit the Green at work website, or contact the ABC on 13 99 94

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If you are a Tasmanian business looking for information on employment and workplace practices, the Better Workplace kit might be what you are looking for. Created by the Tasmanian Department of Economic Development, the kit provides you with case studies, fact sheets and checklists on topics such as:

• workforce planning
• attracting employees
• leadership.

The kit is available as a PDF, an internet-based tool or on CD-ROM from the Better Workplace website. For more information, contact the Department of Economic Development on 1800 440 026.

Marketing your goods or services as environmentally friendly can be misleading for your customers if not done correctly. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a guide to help you understand your obligations under the Trade Practices Act when marketing your products or services as “green”.

Green marketing and the Trade Practices Act includes information such as:

• your trade practices obligations
• about making environmental claims
• a checklist for marketing managers.

Download your copy of the guide from the ACCC website or order a copy by calling the ACCC Infocentre on 1300 302 502.

Eligible small businesses only have two weeks left to submit their applications for round three of the Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) Small Business Program.

The program is competitive and merit-based with a maximum of $50,000 funding available for each project. To be eligible, TCF small businesses or consortiums must have fewer than 20 employees, and manufacture their products, or design products for manufacture, within Australia.

Applications close at 5pm (AEDST) on 15 February 2008. For more information and to download an application form, visit the AusIndustry website or phone 13 28 46.

If your business employs staff, you will need to make your quarter 2 superannuation guarantee contributions by 28 January 2008.

Superannuation contributions are due each quarter and are part of your ongoing superannuation obligations. There are also a number of rules that determine if and how much you need to pay your employees.

To find out more about your obligations, recordkeeping and penalties for failing to comply, visit the Tax Office website.

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Success in business can be enhanced with effective planning. To help you develop an appropriate business plan, the NSW Small Business website provides a number of guides and toolkits.

The business tools contain information on a range of topics including:

• cleaner production
• financial analysis
• risk management
• Indigenous business
• service exports.

To access these business tools or for further information visit the NSW Small Business website.

Businesses should be aware of a fraudulent email being circulated which claims to offer a refund from the Tax Office.

Subject lines for these emails could include ‘Australian Taxation Office – Notification’ or ‘Australian Taxation Office – Please Read This’. The email also links to a bogus website which looks similar to that of the Tax Office and asks for credit card and other personal details. If you receive an email like this, the Tax Office advises you to delete it immediately.

If you believe you may have provided credit details to a fraudulent website, you should contact your credit provider as soon as possible. For further information, visit the Tax Office website.