Learn how to use powerful social media tools like Linkedin, TikTok and others for your business growth.

LinkedIn and TikTok are FREE opportunities to market your business.

Join Social Media guru Paul Harrison of Zib Digital as he shares his digital and marketing expertise and provides tips that make the right connections for you.

Register Now!

Brimbank City Council Officers celebrated the final session of the CUL-TI-VATE Program with a pitch night from participants.

The program is run over six weeks and designed to accelerate the process of finding a business idea, developing it, and scaling the business into a sustainable model.

A huge congratulations to the following winners:

Overall Winner: YohoStay (Pictured) - Social Media Photography Package from Pixelife

Peoples Choice Award : 8 Apparel and Liliana Jewellery - one month free coworking in iHarvest Sunshine

NOW Award: Alfy Property Services

Local restaurateur, My Trinh, recently starred in an ABC News story comparing St Albansâ booming retail assets and places, with the CBD, St Kilda and Williamstown.

Click here to see what was said.

Federal Government Commonwealth Procurement rules have changed to increase opportunities for small businesses to supply goods and services to the Federal Government.

Click here to find out how these changes affect your businesses' chances of winning a Government Tender.

Improving ventilation reduces COVID's spread, so the State Government is offering the following assistance to small businesses.

Ventilation Rebate â A $500 rebate to purchase equipment or hire a qualified tradesperson to improve ventilation.

Ventilation Grant â Matched grants between $1000 to $5000 to small businesses who employ staff to invest in larger projects such as building works, services or equipment to improve ventilation.

For more information, click here.

Energy expert, Stephen Thomson, from Acacia Energy, will show manufacturers at this free webinar, how to:

Reduce electricity costs
Maintain operations through power outages
Reduce network demand charges
Reduce carbon intensity

Register here

Sustainability Victoria's Waste to Energy Fund for projects creating bioenergy from organic waste or finding uses for residual products is now open.

The fund is aimed at, but not limited to, the following sectors:

Agricultural and livestock
Forestry
Food production
Food retail including the hotel industry
Wastewater management

Grant guidelines â Stream 1: Project Development: for grants between $20,000 and $250,000.

Grant guidelines â Stream 2: Project Infrastructure: for grants between $50,000 and $1 million.

For more information, click here.

Thinking of exporting your products or services? Councilâs Economic Development Unit can assist with export market insights and connections to inbound buyers.

Call our investment hotline 9249 4750 or email [email protected]

Export Connect, in partnership with Melbourne's North Food Group, are hosting key buyers from Pandurasa Kharisma Indonesia, Gourmet Partner Malaysia and Annam Gourmet Vietnam on an inbound buying mission to Melbourne.

Come and meet them to showcase your products.

Register here

As a designer, any time you make something new and original you are creating intellectual property - so how do you protect it?

Learn about the tools and resources available to protect your design by clicking here.

Your website's a vital tool to communicate to potential customers. Most shoppers research online prior to purchasing, so your website needs to reflect the quality of the products and services your offering.

For more information on how this free webinar can attract more customers to your business through improving your online presence, click here.

The Victorian Governmentâs Small Business Bus provides experienced business advisers to help you identify a clear direction for your business and develop a business action plan to achieve your goals.

The bus is free and your consultation with an advisor is confidential. The Bus will be visiting:

Deer Park Shopping Village (819 Ballarat Rd) on 27 July 2022

Keilor Village (Kennedy St) on 28 July 2022

To book a session time click on the locations above.

Learn new skills to build your business:

July
26th - Low Cost Marketing Tools - register here
28th - Elevate Your Branding - register here

August
10th - Growing your Business with LinkedIn/TikTok - register here
23rd - Streamline Your Digital Touchpoints - register here
24th - SEO: Learn how to Rank your Business in Google - register here
26th - Boost Business with Facebook Advertising - register here
30th - Design like a Pro with Canva - register here
31st - TikTok Advertising for Business - Register here

Upskill My Business
Develop your business skills and strengthen your business - for further information click here

Small Business Victoria
A series of free interactive webinars to improve business success - for further information click here

Digital Solutions â Australian Small Business Advisory Services - Make the most of digital tools and get advice specific to your business needs. For further information click here

ATO: Support for Small Business Webinar
A series of free interactive online webinars where you can ask experienced tax specialists questions - register here

Headway provides a range of free services for small business including business advice, financial counselling, and mental health and wellbeing support.

Get your free advice at business.vic.gov.au/Headway

Watch a 30 second video about the Headway initiative here.

Make sure youâre adhering to the current COVID restrictions

All businesses must have an active, up-to-date COVIDSafe Plan.
Visit coronavirus.vic.gov.au for more information or call Business Victoria on 13 22 15. If you need an interpreter, call the coronavirus hotline 1800 675 398 and press 0.

Other COVID Links

Current Restrictions for Melbourne, click here
Book your free vaccine appointment, click here
Where to get tested, click here
Vaccination Status Register (workers), click here
Financial Support for Businesses, click here
Translated information about COVID-19, click here
In-language updates can be found here
Health and Wellbeing, click here
Coronavirus.gov.au, click here
Business Victoria, click here
Department of Health and Human Services, click here

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