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Accessing Content

The Business Plans and Checklists site is a user generated online library which brings together online content on business planning and marketing plans and checklists.

These resources, generated from both within government and private sectors, are provided to facilitate access to the widest possible range of business development resources. To assist you in choosing resources for your business an independent expert acts as the resources editor. The editor rates the usefulness of selected resources.  Users are also able to rate content and provide comments.

Where the online content on this site is drawn from private sector resources, its content is not endorsed by nor does it represent current policies or practices of the Victorian Government.  As a consequence, the editorial comments, online content as well as user rating and comments on this site may not reflect the views or policies of the Victorian Government.

In using Business Plans and Checklists you accept these Terms and Conditions.

Submitting Links to Resources

You can submit a link to be included in Business Plans and Checklists. Content can only be submitted by completing and submitting the submission form, including necessary contact details.

All submitted content will be pre-moderated. Material will not be published unless it meets the following published guidelines and is deemed suitable.

Library content must:

  • be relevent to the topic;
  • provided a direct link to the webpage where resources are housed or which provide contextual information about the resource; and
  • include a description that accurately reflects the item that is linked.

Content links will not be included within the library if they:

  • are inconsistent with the purpose of the library;
  • are false or misleading;
  • are an infringement of violation of intellectual property rights, or copyright (see below for more on copyright) contract rights or any other rights or any third party;
  • are a violation of any applicable laws (including harassment, discrimination, defamation or privacy); or
  • link directly to advertising or product/service promotion.
  • links to resources that require payment or registration to access will not be reviewed by the site editor

All content is published at the discretion of the Victorian Government and is subject to regular review. Links may be removed without notice and without providing a reason for removal.

Should the owner of the link destination request in writing the removal of the link, Business Victoria will endeavour to remove the link within 2 working days.

When submitting a comment or description and link of a resource, you give us a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide licence to reproduce, communicate, re-publish, edit, adapt or otherwise use your contributions as we see fit, including the right to sublicense the same rights to others at our discretion.

You also give us a licence to deal with the postings as necessary to perform technical and administrative functions in running the forums.

All rights in linked materials remain unaffected by being linked to from this site.

Editor's picks

The site editor regularly rates the usefulness of selected resources to assist you in choosing for your business. The views of the editor are not the views of  the Victorian Government.

Editors will use the following criteria to select Editor's picks:

  • practical rather than academically focused;
  • easy to use and understand;
  • developed by people with a successful background in business; and
  • proven use of the content by operational businesses.

User ratings and comments

You can submit user ratings and comments by completing the online form. 

The guidelines for user ratings are as follows:

  • Public users can star reate resources without registering their contact details.
  • However, comments must include an email address. The email address will not be published but you must accept the terms and conditions, including but not limited to the copyright and indemnity terms.
  • All comments will be moderated before they are published. Material will not be published unless it meets the published guidelines and is deemed suitable.
  • The Victorian Government has the right to publish, remove, or edit any submission at any time
  • You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, discriminatory or any other material that may violate any applicable laws.
  • Only one comment or rating may be submitted per item per day.
  • The IP address of all submissions is recoreded to aid in enforcing these conditions

User rating system

Rating What the rating means
20 out of 100 Limited value - You might find something useful here but you will have to look hard.
40 out of 100 Okay - You will find some handy tips here
60 out of 100 Good - Provides useful information that could be applied in your business.
80 out of 100 Excellent - Will assist in your business today
100 out ot 100 Fantastic - Will change the way you do business



Policy for removal of content

Links may be removed without notice.

Links will be removed if:

  • they are found to be in breach of any of the guidelines in these terms and conditions;
  • the link is found to be broken;
  • the content found at the destination of the link does not match the description; or
  • The owner of the content requests its removal
In instances where a complaint has been lodged against the inclusion of the link, the complaint will be investigated. We will endeavour to consult with both the owner of the link destination and the submitter of the link.

Complaints should be made separately via the site feedback link. The Victorian Government reserves the right not to reply to all feedback

The Victorian Government may at its discretion remove a link during the investigation of a complaint; if the link is deemed appropriate following the investigation it will be reinstated on the site

Disclaimer

The State of Victoria does not make any representations or warranties (express or implied) as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in these online resources.  The State of Victoria, its employees and agents do not accept any liability in negligence for the information (or the use of such information) which is provided.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold Victoria Government and its Ministers, officers, agents, employees, partners and licensors harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable legal fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of content you submit.

The Victoria Government is not responsible for any loss, damage, liability, cost or expense suffered in connection with the use of Business Plans and Checklists or any of its content.

We make no warranties or representations about Business Plans and Checklists or its online content and exclude, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any liability which may arise as a result of the use of the services or their content.

We will never be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss, or loss of business profits or revenue arising out of the use of Business Plans and Checklists. 

Copyright

The right to "copy" always remains with the owner of the copyright in the material. Material published on the internet is protected by the same laws of copyright which apply to books, videos and music.

The property and copyright of Victorian Government information vests in the State of Victoria and the reproduction in whole or any replication of the Government content is authorised for research and private use but the materials are not to be on-sold and the facts at to where these were sourced is to be identified and acknowledged in any further publication.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, you are not permitted to copy or republish any other people's work both on the internet and off, without the copyright owner's permission. Posting copyrighted material or trade marks without the permission of the owner may put you at risk of legal action.

If linking to a resource, you must ensure you are allowed to do this by checking the terms of use of the site you are linking to. Many site operators don't allow people to link to pages below the front page or home page of their site.

Under Australian copyright law, limited quotation is permissible in the context of genuine review and criticism of the original work. However this does not permit extensive quoting.
When you submit content, in any format, you acknowledge that you have all necessary rights, including copyright, in the material that you are contributing.

If you own intellectual property and believe it is being infringed on this site, please contact us as soon as possible at email address. 

Changes to the Terms of Use

Changes to these Terms and Conditions will be posted on this page.

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