Melbourne furniture maker John D Waters (above) and business adviser Nigel Dalton-Brown, who used to be a business development manager at NEC Australia but has now left and started up his own business, were connected through AbaF's adviceBank service, when John decided he needed expert advice on how to grow his business Roseadora. Their first project involved creating a five-year business plan, which has resulted in John filling his order book for the next year.

About adviceBank for visual artists

adviceBank places voluntary business advisers with professional visual artists to work together on short-term projects so artists can access free, specialist and up-to-date advice from the business sector.

Projects can involve any business discipline, including:

• financial planning and management
• marketing, database and client management
• insurance and taxation
• marketing
• web design
• public consultation
• working in the public domain.

For more information contact your AbaF state or territory office.

Photo: John D Waters.