Running a business

To keep your business running smoothly, it's important to regularly assess how your business is doing. Check your business finances and see what you could do to help improve your financial position with our Small Business Resources, including a range of 'how to' guides, online training modules, videos, tools and calculators.

How to guides

Read our 'how to' guides full of practical information and expert tips to help you with running your business.

View all

 

• How to use cash flow forecasts
• How to reduce costs
• How to increase your profit

Online training 

Complete our structured training modules to help you manage your business finances and create your own personalised action plans for your business.

View all

 

• Five ways to increase your profit
• Creating a cash flow forecast
• Creating a cash reserve

Tools and Calculators

Use our easy tools, calculators, forecasts and checklists to help you assess and improve your business.

View all

 

• Cash flow improvement tool
• Budget sales forecast template
• Marketing budget forecast template

Healthcheck

Undergo a business healthcheck to discover any potential issues and what actions you can take to fix them.

 

• Financial Healthcheck
• Capability Healthcheck

Videos

Watch our informative videos and see how other businesses apply some helpful advice and ideas to improve the running of their business.

View all videos

Free up cash in your business

Business planning

 

Day to Day Banking Product Selector

We can help you select the right solution for your banking needs in a few quick and easy steps.

Get started

 

How NAB can help

We can help make it easy to manage your business finances:

• Making your business banking easy
• Accessing and managing your accounts
• Managing your business cash flow cycle
• Funding your purchases
• Accessing the equity in your invoices
• Hardship assistance for small businesses.

Other websites to help

• Business Enterprise Centres (BECs)

  Provide a range of practical assistance programs to help you develop business plans, provide mentoring services and advice on general management skills.

• ATO's Small Business Assistance Program

  Provides practical support to help small businesses manage their tax and get on with running their business.

• Safe Work Australia

  Provides details on your occupational health and safety obligations as an employer.

• business.gov.au

  Provides registration services for your business name and Australian Business Number (ABN), as well as the Small Business Support Line - a first point of call for advice on licences, business planning and marketing, as well as government grants, initiatives and assistance.

• IP Australia

  Provides individuals and organisations with general information about how to identify, protect and take advantage of their intellectual property.

Also in this section