# ESS BIZGRANTS #### ESS BIZTOOLS Blogs [ 5th Nov, 2021![You’ve Got To Start It Now - This Afternoon!](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2021/AM295.jpg) You’ve Got To Start It Now - This Afternoon! Accountant's Minute 295 “Because Your Greatest Challenge At The Moment Is Getting Good People To Work With” Andrew Geddes, Australian Accounting Legend, Chair for 10 years of Greencross Ltd, a company which developed over… - Tags: [ESS BIZTOOLS' Business Advisory Services Podcast](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/ESS%20BIZTOOLS'%20Business%20Advisory%20Services%20Podcast) | [Export Market Development Grant](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Export%20Market%20Development%20Grant) | [Scaling up Strategies for Team Building](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Scaling%20up%20Strategies%20for%20Team%20Building) | [Tools to Create Opportunities](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Tools%20to%20Create%20Opportunities) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/you-ve-got-to-start-it-now-this-afternoon) [ 12th Feb, 2021![Using Research & Development To Add Value To Companies!](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2021/am259.jpg) Using Research & Development To Add Value To Companies! Accountant's Minute 259 Research and development is an area that many accountants have very little experience in, but it is an area that many small business and medium-sized clients are interested in having a clear understa… - Tags: [Accelerating Commercialisation Grant](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Accelerating%20Commercialisation%20Grant) | [Business Advisory Services Update Webinars\_Conversations](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Advisory%20Services%20Update%20Webinars_Conversations) | [Early Stage Innovation Company](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Early%20Stage%20Innovation%20Company) | [Research & Development Incentive Rebate](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Research?Development_Incentive_Rebate=) | [Research & Development Journey](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Research?Development_Journey=) | [Selling the Message](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Selling%20the%20Message) | [Strategic Plans](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Strategic%20Plans) | [Trusted Advisor](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Trusted%20Advisor) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/using-research-development-to-add-value-to-companies) [ 5th Aug, 2020![Fund Raising is a Great Business Advisory Service](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2020/AM243.jpg) Fund Raising is a Great Business Advisory Service Accountant's Minute 243 The latest developments in Victoria, where Level 4 restrictions have now been imposed in Melbourne and Level 3 in Regional Victoria, have really highlighted the challenges that can confront businesse… - Tags: [Crowd Sourced Funding Intermediary](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Crowd%20Sourced%20Funding%20Intermediary) | [Section 708](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Section%20708) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/fund-raising-is-a-great-business-advisory-service) [ 3rd Dec, 2019![Grants - Are You Proactively Alerting Your Clients](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2019/AM217.jpg) Grants - Are You Proactively Alerting Your Clients Accountant's Minute 217 Grants are a great introduction to value-added services that accountants can provide to small businesses and medium-sized enterprises. Recent reports by: Commonwealth Bank – “Accounting Market P… - Tags: [Grants](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Grants) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/grants-are-you-proactively-alerting-your-clients) [ 9th Apr, 2018![Grant Identification - WIN with SMEs](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2018/AM148.jpg) Grant Identification - WIN with SMEs SMEs love grants. Why? It gives them access to services at 50% of the normal cost. Over $3 billion per annum is made available by the Australian, State and Territory governments for small/medium enterprises and businesses with turnovers up to $50 million through a range of grants… - Tags: [Accelerating Commercialisation](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Accelerating%20Commercialisation) | [Apprenticeship Grants](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Apprenticeship%20Grants) | [Business Growth Grant](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Growth%20Grant) | [Export Market Development Grant](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Export%20Market%20Development%20Grant) | [Research & Development](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Research?Development=) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/grant-identification-win-with-smes) [ 19th Mar, 2018![Big 6](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2018/Big-6-AM145.jpg) Big 6 Welcome to Accountants Minute. This week I want to talk to you about the “Big 6” – the “Big 6” products that we have on offer for you. Products about which we believe your small/medium enterprise cl… - Tags: [Personal Property Securities Register](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Personal%20Property%20Securities%20Register) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/big-6) [ 2nd Mar, 2018![What Type of Services do your Clients Want?](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2018/am143.jpg) What Type of Services do your Clients Want? Welcome to Accountants Minute. Surveys conducted by major companies over the last 15 years have all indicated that 75% to 80% of SMEs are looking for a wider range of commercial services to be provi… - Tags: [Budgets and Cashflow Forecasts](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Budgets%20and%20Cashflow%20Forecasts) | [Business Plan](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Plan) | [Personal Property Securities Register](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Personal%20Property%20Securities%20Register) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/what-type-of-services-do-your-clients-want) [ 19th Sep, 2017![Accountants – Advising clients of Government Grant is Good Business!](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2017/09/AM128.png) Accountants – Advising clients of Government Grant is Good Business! WHY? Because SMEs love Government Grants, they are able to access services that in the normal course of events they might not have worried about, but when they can access these services for around a… - Tags: Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/accountants-advising-clients-of-government-grant-is-good-business) [ 14th Sep, 2017![Accountants and Business Advisors – SMEs want “Someone” to provide “Business Advisory Services”!](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2017/09/AM127.png) Accountants and Business Advisors – SMEs want “Someone” to provide “Business Advisory Services”! From my point of view it is preferable that the “someone” be an accountant. Surveys conducted over the last fifteen years by MYOB, CCH and various other organisations have all identified that a sign… - Tags: [Budgets and Cashflow Forecasts](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Budgets%20and%20Cashflow%20Forecasts) | [Corporate Governance](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Corporate%20Governance) | [Personal Property Securities Register](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Personal%20Property%20Securities%20Register) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/accountants-and-business-advisors-smes-want-someone-to-provide-business-advisory-services) [ 25th Jul, 2017![Accountants, How to Create Value-Add for your Clients](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2017/07/AM121.png) Accountants, How to Create Value-Add for your Clients Accountants, how to create value-add for your clients is undoubtedly one of the biggest questions you need to answer at the beginning of the 2017/18 financial year. We suggest that, in the first ins… - Tags: [business advisory services](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/business%20advisory%20services) | [Business Plan](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Plan) | [Personal Property Securities Register](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Personal%20Property%20Securities%20Register) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/accountants-how-to-create-value-add-for-your-clients) [ 19th Jul, 2017![Accountants, You Need More Than Marketing Gimmicks in a Business Advisory Services’ Package](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2017/07/AM120.png) Accountants, You Need More Than Marketing Gimmicks in a Business Advisory Services’ Package Accountants, you need more than marketing gimmicks in a Business Advisory Services’ Package. Whilst marketing and selling skills are important attributes for accountants who are looking to diversify… - Tags: [Budgets and Cashflow Forecasts](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Budgets%20and%20Cashflow%20Forecasts) | [business advisory services](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/business%20advisory%20services) | [Business Plan](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Plan) | [Risk Management](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Risk%20Management) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/accountants-you-need-more-than-marketing-gimmicks-in-a-business-advisory-services-package) [ 11th Jul, 2017![Accountants, Government Grants Assist in the Delivery of Business Advisory Services for your Clients](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2017/07/AM119.png) Accountants, Government Grants Assist in the Delivery of Business Advisory Services for your Clients Hello, I’m Peter Towers, Managing Director of ESS BIZTOOLS and ESS BASIP. Welcome to Accountants Minute. Accountants; government grants assist in the delivery of business advisory services for your… - Tags: [Budgets and Cashflow Forecasts](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Budgets%20and%20Cashflow%20Forecasts) | [Business Plan](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Plan) | [Corporate Governance](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Corporate%20Governance) | [Research & Development](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Research?Development=) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/accountants-government-grants-assist-in-the-delivery-of-business-advisory-services-for-your-clients) [ 5th Jul, 2017![Accountants, Small/Medium Enterprises Want “Valued-Added” Services](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2017/07/AM118.png) Accountants, Small/Medium Enterprises Want “Valued-Added” Services Hello, I’m Peter Towers, Managing Director of ESS BIZTOOLS and ESS BASIP. Welcome to Accountants Minute. Accountants, small/medium enterprises want value added services. Services that your clients… - Tags: [Budgets and Cashflow Forecasts](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Budgets%20and%20Cashflow%20Forecasts) | [business advisory services](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/business%20advisory%20services) | [Business Plan](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Plan) | [Corporate Governance](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Corporate%20Governance) | [Personal Property Securities Register](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Personal%20Property%20Securities%20Register) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/accountants-smallmedium-enterprises-want-valued-added-services) [ 27th Jun, 2017![Accountants, There Are Plenty of Challenges in 2017/18](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2017/06/AM117.png) Accountants, There Are Plenty of Challenges in 2017/18 Hello, I’m Peter Towers, Managing Director of ESS BIZTOOLS and ESS BASIP. Welcome to Accountants Minute. Accountants, there are plenty of challenges in 2017/18 and you probably don’t need me t… - Tags: [Business Plan](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Plan) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/accountants-there-are-plenty-of-challenges-in-201718) [ 6th Jun, 2017![Sourcing Grants for SMEs Is Good Business Sense!](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2017/06/am113.png) Sourcing Grants for SMEs Is Good Business Sense! Good for your small/medium enterprise clients who want to access grants so as to improve their business activities with a subsidy from the government. Good for accountants to show your SME clients t… - Tags: [Budgets and Cashflow Forecasts](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Budgets%20and%20Cashflow%20Forecasts) | [Business Plan](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Plan) | [Trusted Advisor](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Trusted%20Advisor) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/sourcing-grants-for-smes-is-good-business-sense) [ 27th Dec, 2016![Resolutions for 2017](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2016/12/AM95.png) Resolutions for 2017 I'd like to take this opportunity of wishing you, your colleagues and your families a very Happy Christmas and I hope that 2017 will be very prosperous for you and your business. Over the last six m… - Tags: [Budgets and Cashflow Forecasts](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Budgets%20and%20Cashflow%20Forecasts) | [Business Plan](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Plan) | [Information Memorandum](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Information%20Memorandum) | [Personal Property Securities Register](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Personal%20Property%20Securities%20Register) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/resolutions-for-2017) [ 19th Dec, 2016![Directors' Feedback - Need More Than Taxation Services From Accountants?](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2016/12/AM94.png) Directors' Feedback - Need More Than Taxation Services From Accountants? What would you learn from 8 hours with a group of company directors? I had that privilege a couple of weeks ago in a programme sponsored by the Entrepreneurs Programme, part of AusIndustry. The bri… - Tags: [Benchmarking](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Benchmarking) | [Business Plan](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Plan) | [Key Performance Indicators](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Key%20Performance%20Indicators) | [Mentoring](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Mentoring) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/directors-feedback-need-more-than-taxation-services-from-accountants) [ 13th Dec, 2016![Business Advisory Services is a Key Product for Accountants to Provide](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2016/12/AM93.png) Business Advisory Services is a Key Product for Accountants to Provide What services are you going to provide in 2017 which create a WOW factor? Last week we talked about Chief Financial Officer services, Debtors' Management, Personal Property Securities Register Due D… - Tags: [Budgets and Cashflow Forecasts](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Budgets%20and%20Cashflow%20Forecasts) | [Business Plan](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Plan) | [Corporate Governance](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Corporate%20Governance) | [Information Memorandum](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Information%20Memorandum) | [Key Performance Indicators](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Key%20Performance%20Indicators) | [Section 708](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Section%20708) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/business-advisory-services-is-a-key-product-for-accountants-to-provide) [ 12th Oct, 2016![Assistance is Available for Accountants](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2016/10/AM84.png) Assistance is Available for Accountants Assistance is available for accountants and advisors to help you add value to your clients' businesses. This is a continuation of the theme on "How can Accountants and Advisors add value to Clients… - Tags: [Budgets and Cashflow Forecasts](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Budgets%20and%20Cashflow%20Forecasts) | [Business Plan](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Plan) | [Information Memorandum](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Information%20Memorandum) | [Personal Property Securities Register](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Personal%20Property%20Securities%20Register) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/assistance-is-available-for-accountants) [ 9th Oct, 2016![Where are you now? Why not review your business?](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2016/10/AM82.png) Where are you now? Why not review your business? It's a great time to conduct a review of your business. Here's a few questions you should be asking: Are you supplying services that your clients want? What do you think your firm is going to look… - Tags: Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/where-are-you-now-why-not-review-your-business) [ 26th Sep, 2016![Want to turn a $2,000 a year client into a $25,000 client?](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2016/09/AM80.png) Want to turn a $2,000 a year client into a $25,000 client? The Australian government has introduced legislation to assist innovative companies to be able to raise capital. This legislation, which commenced operations from 1st July 2016, is called the "Early… - Tags: [Accelerating Commercialisation](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Accelerating%20Commercialisation) | [Gateway Test](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Gateway%20Test) | [Principles Based Test](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Principles%20Based%20Test) | [Provisional Test](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Provisional%20Test) | [Section 708](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Section%20708) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/want-to-turn-a-2000-a-year-client-into-a-25000-client) [ 22nd Sep, 2016![Government Grants Could Assist Your Clients](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2016/07/AM68.png) Government Grants Could Assist Your Clients Hello, I'm Peter Towers, Managing Director of ESS BIZTOOLS. Welcome to Accountants Minute. Today we're going to look at government grants. Some of the government grants offered by the Australian g… - Tags: [Accelerating Commercialisation](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Accelerating%20Commercialisation) | [Business Growth Grant](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Growth%20Grant) | [Export Market Development Grant](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Export%20Market%20Development%20Grant) | [Industry Skills Fund](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Industry%20Skills%20Fund) | [Northern Australia Tourism Initiative](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Northern%20Australia%20Tourism%20Initiative) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/government-grants-could-assist-your-clients) [ 20th Jul, 2016![2016/17 - The Year of Business Advisory Services!](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2016/07/AM70.png) 2016/17 - The Year of Business Advisory Services! Welcome to 2016/17, the year of business advisory services. Do you know that the Accounting Market Pulse, produced by the Commonwealth Bank in their December 2015 issue, forecast that the top servic… - Tags: [Business Plan](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Plan) | [Personal Property Securities Register](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Personal%20Property%20Securities%20Register) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/201617-the-year-of-business-advisory-services) [ 16th Jun, 2016![Accountants and Advisors – Business Evaluation Helps SMEs](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2016/06/AM65.png) Accountants and Advisors – Business Evaluation Helps SMEs Do you know that accountants/advisors have been identified as the trusted adviser for small/medium enterprises, to offer a range of non-compliance services in addition to taxation, to help small/medi… - Tags: [Business Evaluation](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Evaluation) | [Business Plan](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Plan) | [Personal Property Securities Register](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Personal%20Property%20Securities%20Register) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/accountants-and-advisors-business-evaluation-helps-smes) [ 17th May, 2016![Accountants – SMEs want you to identify grants for them](https://www.essbiztools.com/images/zoo/blogs/2016/05/AM62.png) Accountants – SMEs want you to identify grants for them A very common statement that I hear from small/medium enterprises and from some industry consultants is: “The thing that really upsets me is when a competitor receives a grant that I know nothing abo… - Tags: [Accelerating Commercialisation](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Accelerating%20Commercialisation) | [Business Growth Grant](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Growth%20Grant) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com/ess-biztools-blogs/accountants-smes-want-you-to-identify-grants-for-them)