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Business plan template For some helpful advice before you get going with this template, read our guide to business planning on the  HYPERLINK .au/ ANZ Small Business Hub. Work your way through the plan section by section, filling in the empty boxes. Don’t feel you need to do it all in one go. It’s much better to take your time and get it right. Square brackets like these [……] also show places where you need to write something, so ideally there shouldn’t be any left by the time you’re finished. This template is just a helpful guide – some of the sections may not apply to your type of business so add or remove sections to suit you. Likewise, with all of the tables delete or add as many rows as you like. This is your plan so go ahead and tweak it until it fits you and your business perfectly. We’ve designed this template to be as stress-free as possible to tinker with, even if you haven’t used Microsoft Word much before. So, for instance, if you delete a section, the numbering of all the remaining sections will update on its own. Also the boxes you fill in will automatically expand as you’re typing if you need the extra space, without messing up the rest of the table. If you’d like to add a section and make it look the same as everything else – highlight a line that has the formatting you’d like to copy, click on the paintbrush on the top left of the home page and then click on your new text. Hey presto – it’ll have the right numbers and everything. Once you’re done with this introductory page, feel free to delete it. The same goes for the guidance notes and prompts we’ve included in italics throughout the template. You can keep them, delete them or save them in another document for referring to another time – it’s entirely up to you. Happy planning and good luck with your business! Remember this is just a guide to help you plan and we recommend that you share it with your business advisors or accountant, especially if you are planning to use it to apply for busin