iHarvest Reopening Special Offer

iHarvest Coworking Sunshine has reopened for business!

Start-ups and entrepreneurs are welcomed back to iHarvest with a reopening special.

Get 50% off your first month’s membership fee if you join or re-join here before 30 May by entering the promo code LAUNCH. For more information call 9249 4429 or email info@iharvestcoworking.com.au!

You are invited to the grand opening of the newly transformed Hampshire Road Civic Green in Sunshine this Friday 21 May.

Between 5pm and 9pm the new Civic Green will be alive with spectacular light displays and entertainment for the whole family.

For more information click here.

Density quotients of one person per two square metres will soon be lifted for most venues.

From 28 May, venues of 400 sqm or below can have up to 200 people per space without any density limit, provided COVID Marshalls are on-site to ensure all patrons check in to each space.
In addition, all venues and businesses required to undertake electronic record keeping must use the Victorian Government QR Code Service from 28 May 2021.

Are you a Business needing new staff? You may be eligible for a wage subsidy of up to $20,000 through the Jobs Victoria Fund if you employ people affected by the economic impacts of the pandemic.
For more information click here.

Instant asset write-off extended

Businesses can continue to immediately write-off the full value of assets like work vehicles or equipment and offset any losses incurred up to June 2023. To check with your accountant or the ATO to see if your business is eligible, click here.

The Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements program

The Federal government extended the program to subsidise 50% of your new apprentices or trainees wages Check if your new staff member is eligible here.

Melbourne Intermodal Terminal

The Federal Government allocated $2 billion towards a new Melbourne Intermodal Terminal in Truganina, just west of the Brimbank municipal boundary. The project has the potential to create up to 30,000 jobs in Melbourne’s west.

For the full Federal budget click here.

This toolkit includes a directory to help small businesses find information, tools, calculators and services during tax time.
Download a copy of the toolkit here.

Grants of up to $500,000 are available for eligible Victorian small to medium manufacturing businesses looking to expand their operations.

So if you are aiming to create jobs, increase competitiveness or strengthen your local supply chains in manufacturing then Apply Now before 20 June 2021.

FREE FACE TO FACE WORKSHOP
17 June 2021, 6-8.30pm
Facebook advertising can take your business to the next level. Learn how to use posts to inform, intrigue, and offer incentives to followers—and then take that engagement beyond page posts by advertising.
Register here

** This face-to-face workshop is being delivered as part of the ASBAS Digital Solutions program by Brimbank City Council. To learn more about the program, click here.

REBUILD PROFIT POST COVID-19?

ONLY 6 places left! Get a FREE Business Roadmap to profitability and learn how to make the right decisions in this limited offer for the Decisions that Drive Profits Program.

Get expert advice on how to adapt and manage to prosper.

To find out more about how the Decisions that Drive Profits Program can help you before all remaining free places are gone, click here.

May
19th - Engage Real Followers on Instagram - Register here
20th - Remotivate, Reengage, Revitalise - Register here
25th - iPhone Video Production: Filming - Register here
27th - Visual Merchandising - register here
June
1st - Cyber Security for Small Business - Register here
2nd - Organic Media Reach - Register here
8th - Iphone Video Production: Editing - Register here
15th - Create an eCommerce Website with Shopify - Register here
23rd - Legal Essentials for Start-ups and Small Business - Register here
Develop your business skills and strengthen your business - for further information click here

Are you feeling distressed or anxious about your business?
The Partners in Wellbeing helpline offers free and confidential one-on-one access to experienced wellbeing, financial and mental health counsellors who understand exactly what you’re going through.
So if you want to improve your sense of wellbeing and develop coping strategies to get through this difficult time call the Partners in Wellbeing on 1300 375 330External link (opens in same window) from Monday to Friday 9am–10pm, Saturday to Sunday 9am–5pm.

Make sure you’re adhering to the current COVID-19 restrictions

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PO Box 70, Sunshine 3020

For further information about this newsletter please contact the Economic Development Unit on 9249 4000 or email ecodev@brimbank.vic.gov.au