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Home>Business>Business resources
Council's Economic Development Team is committed to providing up to date and relevant information to assist businesses in the Alpine Shire to grow to their full potential, and to support the development of new business and job opportunities within the Shire.
The following resources may be useful for your business.
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 Starting your own business
Statistics
Business training
Primary Producers' Guide
Business and Community Guide
Agriculture and horticulture
Timber Industry
Tourism Industry
| Starting your own business | | Business Victoria, in conjuction with State and Local Government has developed website resources to provide interested persons with information about where to begin when starting a new business, and support tools for those already in business. Useful tools such as business planning, home-based businesses, food premises, retail business and much more is available on this site.
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| Statistics | | The Alpine Shire Council also conducts an analysis of census data and surveys visitors and business to create a profile of our community.
The Department of Planning and Community Development's Know your area provides a range of ABS data and statistics about the people of an area and how they live. Information specifically about the Alpine Shire can be found at the following link: Know your area - Alpine Shire.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics website is also an invaluable tool for providing information on all aspects of census and other data. Specific information from the 2006 Census data can be found on this site.
The Spatial Analysis and Research Branch of the Department of Planning and Community Development conducts research and analysis across a range of topics including population, housing, land development, employment and sustainability. A large range of publications, online resources and statistical information can be sourced on this site.
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| Business training | | The Alpine Shire offers a comprehensive program of support to businesses, including a training calendar for business owners, operators and staff. The training calendar offers skills-based workshops which are also structured to provide networking opportunities.
If you are considering setting up a business in the Alpine region simply view the upcoming workshops in the Calendar of Events.
Alternatively speak to staff in the Economic Development team by calling (03) 5755 0555 or emailing Council's Economic Development Team.
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| Primary Producers' Guide | | | The Alpine Shire offers a pristine environment, which is an extraordinary base from which a variety of produce is grown. A Primary Producers Guide is printed annually for proprietors of cafes, restaurants and caterers. This is a great opportunity to BUY LOCAL. Top
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| Business and Community Guide | | | Each year the Alpine Shire compiles a directory of all business and community groups in the Shire - Business and Community Guide Top
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| Visitor Research - Alpine Shire - 2007/08 | | In an increasingly competitive tourism marketplace, immediate access to a range of insightful visitor data is of vital importance so that:
• Council can better understand the economic contribution of the tourism industry;
• the ongoing performance of the tourism industry can be monitored; and
• potential new target markets are identified.
The base sources of data presented in this report are the:
• National Visitor Survey (NVS);
• International Visitor Survey (IVS);
• Alpine Shire Visitor Survey (AVS); and
• Tourism Satellite Account.
2007-08 Alpine Shire Tourism Insights (Warning: large file ~ 3.8MB)
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The following industries are recognised as key industry sectors within the Alpine Shire.
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| Agriculture and horticulture | | Timber | | Tourism | | Wine
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