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Lease Agreement
Although you might
not need to lease or buy your premises that you are working from
at the moment, it is a real problem for small business and one
that has to be examined!
Read the following
articles:
1.
Should you buy or lease your premises?
2.
Starting a business - Young Business Network
3.
Understanding lease terms and conditions
(hard reading!)
4.
The Retail Lease (hard reading!)
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Once
you have read these articles, compile a set of 5
questions as an individual.
In your
group, put the each of your questions together to come
up with a set of 10 questions to ask your Business
Mentor. Remember to come to consensus about which
questions need answering.
After
you have asked your questions, get your Business Mentor
to tell you about what s/he does regarding leasing or
buying. Get them to tell you about the problems they
faced in this aspect of starting a business.
Video-tape this interview.
Once
you have seen this videotape, make up a mock interview
to show the others in the class what you have learnt as
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Relationship with AES? (Pertaining only to the students working
with AES Moree)
Part of your
agreement with the AES needs to also be examined.
You need to ask the questions of the AES:
1. Are we
individual sellers? or employees? or subcontractors? or agents?
2. Can we
negotiate collectively with AES?
3. What happens to
the monies we make?
4. Do we need to
know about the Australian Trade Practices Act? As suppliers,
will you collectively bargain once the Trade Practices Act is
amended to achieve a fair price for your goods?
5. If you are
using existing AES facilities then you need to negotiate a
contractual long lease and rent for the period that you will be
producing your products.
 
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