Brimbank Business Update - Future Proof your Business!

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Happy Lunar New Year

Wishing you good health and prosperity!

Best of luck in 2024 from the Economic Development Team.

Are you an aspiring entrepreneur wanting to commercialise your business idea or looking to start your own business but need some help on how to do it?

The CUL-TI-VATE start-up program is designed to accelerate the process of validating your business idea, understanding if there is a market for it and then determining the viability of making a living or side hustle out of it.

The program runs for six weeks starting on 6 March 2024 (Wednesday evenings, 6-8pm)

Don't miss out as ther eare limited spots available, so apply now!

Register for these free or super low-cost business development workshops and help set your business up for success in 2024.

FEBRUARY

Small Business Bus: Keilor Village
Tuesday 13 February, 10am-4pm, Free

Whether you’re starting, building, or transforming your business, the Business Victoria Small Business Bus can help you to develop your business ideas and capabilities.

Register here!

Starting from Scratch: How to Market your Small Business
Wednesday 21 February, 6-8pm, $20

This workshop shows the basic concepts of how digital marketing works, the different marketing channels (search, socials, email, marketplaces, advertising, collaborations and websites) - including whether you need a website and how to develop one cost-effectively.

Register here!

Generating Cash Flow
Wednesday 28 February, 10am-12pm, Free

Cash flow is crucial for business success. Learn to identify your cash flow drivers, understand the cash conversion cycle, and improve your business forecasting.

Register here!

Time Lord, Les Watson, will host the event, so join us for a free fun-filled morning of networking.

At this Meetup, you will have the opportunity to:

• Pitch your business in our 20 second lightning pitch

• Connect and network with other business owners

• Discover businesses you didn’t know existed in your own backyard!

Light refreshments will be provided.

Register here!

The Brimbank Economic and Employment Advisory Group (BEEAG) is a business advisory committee to Brimbank City Council that will discuss local economic, investment, and workforce development matters with the aim of building the City of Brimbank’s economic capacity and prosperity.

Council is inviting Expressions of Interest (EOI) for suitably qualified business people to apply to join this newly constituted group.

Brimbank-based local business owners, operators or managers from the following key sectors are encouraged to apply for a four-year term on the BEEAG:

Please review the BEEAG Terms of Reference.

Click here to complete an Expressions of Interest. Submissions close 4pm Tuesday 27 February 2024.

For further information contact the Coordinator Economic Development on 9249 4000 or via ecodev@brimbank.vic.gov.au.

If you are interested in supplying Council with goods and services, register for free as a supplier with Council’s eProcure to receive tender and quotation opportunities direct to your inbox.

Current opportunities include:

For more information or to register, click here.

The ATO has launched a new online learning platform that offers free courses to help small-businesses with tax and superannuation obligations.

The Essentials to strengthen your small business website offers more than 20 short courses and a calendar of key lodgement due dates to support small businesses.

For more information, click here.

Brimbank Council is offering business mentoring to recently arrived Vietnamese speaking business migrants seeking permanent residency in Australia via visa subclasses 188 and 132.

A new offering from Council's National Award winning Brimbank Investment Attraction Plan for Business Migrants, the customised mentoring familiarises investors with Australian business practices and requirements.

To book a free trial with a Vietnamese speaking mentor, click this link Business Migrant Mentoring Program for visa subclass 188 and 132 holders.

For a confidential meeting about investing in Brimbank, contact Council’s Investment Attraction and Facilitation Officer, Philip Phan, on our investment hotline 9249 4750.

Are you interested in workforce solutions to successfully recruit and support neurodivergent employees and people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds?

This event focuses on providing employers with additional staff recruitment avenues and strategies to support staff in the workplace. Specialist speakers provide useful insights on programs that provide employers with funding, on-the-job assistance and staff matching to support your business.

This session will address how to successfully accommodate workers who are either neurodivergent (including dyslexia, traumatic brain injury, rehabilitated employees) or CALD community members whose qualifications are not formally recognised in Australian workplaces.

Date: Wednesday 28 February 2024

Time: 5.15 – 7pm

Where: Brimbank Community and Civic Centre, 301 Hampshire Rd,
Sunshine

Cost: Free

Light refreshments will be provided.

Register Here!

* Suitable for: employers, recruiters and professionals managing people and performance.