Areas we can help
Our aim is to provide you with useful information on a selection of business topics and provide you with some tools to help you along the way.
Alternatively, if you would like to talk to an expert in these areas, we may able to refer you to someone in your local community. Here's a summary of some of the areas we may be able to help you with:
- Business transitions
Getting started, expanding locally or abroad, succession planning, selling or exiting your business.
- Operational needs
Support in making the big and small decisions that affect the day-to day running of your business including looking for premises, equipment, leasing or buying vehicles, goods procurement and protecting against the loss of key people and assets.
- Cashflow management
Suggestions on how to improve and forecast cash flow, overcome cash flow problems and deal with customers and suppliers.
- Your customers
Ways to develop and implement sales and marketing strategies within budget as well as ideas on how to improve the end-to-end experience for your customers.
- Your people
Finding recruitment professionals who can help you find people that have the right fit and expertise for your business.
- KiwiSaver
Understanding what KiwiSaver is, key features for employers and staff to be aware of and the available schemes and providers.
- Regulations
We can help you find someone who can help you understand legal jargon, health and safety work place compliance, environment legislation, specific industry requirements, tax and GST laws.
- Financial services
We can tailor a banking, insurance and financial services package that is relevant to your business. You don't need to be an ASB customer to talk to us.
- Helpful ASB downloads
Here are some support tools that we have designed to help businesses at different stages. Use them as is or as a base from which to design your own.
How to write a business plan:
Download guide
How to apply for finance:
Download guide
How to start a Business:
Download guide - ASB reports
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- Popular questions
View some of the most popular questions received by the Business Advice Centre.
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