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Free department workshops to benefit your business

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The training you will receive and the business planning you will undertake in the PPP workshops is intended to strengthen your businesses, help you find ways to increase your profitability, manage risk, and support your family and community.

Plan, Prepare and Prosper is a free workshop program designed to assist rural businesses that are involved in farming, fishing and food processing to plan for and manage through variability in the seasons, global markets and other challenges they may face.

About the program

You can choose to attend the entire program to complete a strategic business plan or attend only those workshops that meet a specific need of your business.

There are nine workshops in the suite to choose from including:

  • The key to financial management
  • Introduction to strategic planning
  • Financial management
  • Personal and business effectiveness
  • Sales and marketing
  • Planning systems, continuity, innovation and change
  • Succession: a business strategy
  • Planning for profit
  • Refreshing strategic plans.

To find out more about what’s in the workshops go to the Plan Prepare and Prosper-suite-workshops webpage.

To attend any of the Plan, Prepare and Prosper suite of workshops, register online by completing a Plan, Prepare and Prosper application form.

You can register for the full five or six day program or if you prefer, register for some of the workshops.

For further information call 1800 198 231 or email the team.

Upcoming financial management workshop

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is holding a Financial management workshop at the New Norcia Hotel on Thursday 3 May. 

The workshop provides an understanding of business performance and what can be done to improve it.

The workshop aims to help you measure business performance and evaluate its strength.

You will self-assess your business’ key financial indicators and draft strategies and tactics to ensure financial risks and opportunities are planned for and managed.

Workshop places are limited so anyone interested in attending, should register on the website.

For more information contact Nancye Gannaway, Development Officer, South Perth on +61 (0)8 9368 3807.