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Business

This section of the website is designed to help you start, run and grow your business in Queensland. Use the links on the left to browse through the topics that interest you.

Fair trading is important to Queensland business. As a business operator, charity, association or cooperative in Queensland, you contribute to fair trading in the marketplace and have a number of responsibilities and legal requirements.

We can help you:

• register your business name in Queensland
• register and licence certain occupations
• register your incorporated association or cooperative in Queensland
• assist you to resovle disputes with consumers and other businesses.

We also support a safe, informed, fair and competitive marketplace by:

• investigating formal consumer and business complaints
• raising awareness of consumer and business rights and responsibilities and educating people about fair trading issues
• monitoring and enforcing compliance with the law
• maintaining fair trading legislation and exploring future policy options
• developing quality research and information about the Queensland marketplace.

Want to keep informed?

TradeSmart Update is the Office of Fair Trading's monthly newsletter for business. An audience of over 40,000 traders and licensees use it to stay informed of issues affecting their business including new legislation, licensing requirements or the latest scam targeting their industry.

If you would like more regular news, the weekly Fair Trading Update offers brief stories on new scams, advice to consumers and business, statistics updates, prosecutions and more.

To subscribe to Fair Trading Update and/or TradeSmart Update send us an email, with the word 'subscribe' in the subject line. Please be sure to note your email address and the publications you would like to subscribe to.

The Office of Fair Trading's website is being relocated

In the coming months, more information for business will be located here.

If you are not able to find what you are looking for, please go to the existing Office of Fair Trading website or click on one of the links below.

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We thank you for your patience while the website is being relocated.

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