HOME BASED BUSINESS ----------------------A home business (or "home-based business" or "HBB") is a small business that ope rates

from the business owner's home office. In addition to location, home busin esses are usually defined by having a very small number of employees, usually al l immediate family of the business owner, in which case it is also a family busi ness. Home businesses generally lack shop frontage, customer parking and street advertising signs. Such businesses are sometimes prohibited by residential zonin g regulations.The prospect of working from home has gained credibility over the years. Home offices can now compete with small commercial businesses and save on rent in the process. Faxes, high speed internet connections, dedicated home tel ephone lines, and cell phones help to make a home-based business a reality. Earl ier home businesses had been where families lived on the second floor of their h ouse while converting the first floor into a store, whereupon close of business they would secure the first floor and retire to the upper floors. This type of h ome business is still done in some rural areas.The concept of homebased business , as opposed to the previous terminology of "cottage industry", first appeared i n 1978. The phrase was coined by Marion Behr, the originator of a study to find out what businesses women throughout America were carrying on in their homes. Th e preview edition of Enterprising Women wrote about the search to gather informa tion pertaining to home workers throughout the nation. Numerous magazines and o rganizations helped to disseminate information regarding the study. Ultimately 4 0,000 letters were received, many indicating the problems the respondents experi enced while carrying on businesses from their homes. The problems were analyzed and confronted in two ways. In 1980 the National Alliance of Homebased Businessw omen was founded to combat the isolation expressed by the respondents as well as to fight the laws which made conducting their businesses difficult. Then Women Working Home: The Homebased Guide and Directory by Marion Behr and Wendy Lazar w as published.It contained the stories of many women who ran home-based businesse s throughout the country in many diverse fields, as well as information on busin ess formation, conduct and compliance with the law. It sold 50,000 copies. Durin g this time many national magazines wrote about these issues.At the White House Conference on Small Business in 1986, one of the major resolutions was a recomme ndation favoring lifting restrictions on home-based business..<a href="http://ci tiwide.com.au/">CitiWide</a> http://www.citiwide.com.au/ Loan enquiries : 1300 732 630 03 9326 6300 (03) 9326 6305 333 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne, Vic 3051 PO Box 189, North Melbourne, Vic 3051 loans@citiwide.com.au

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