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Early Stage Commercialisation Repayable Grants

June 13, 2010
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To be eligible for the Australian Government Early Stage Commercialisation Repayable Grants, applicants must have ownership, access to, or the beneficial use of any intellectual property necessary to carry out and/or commercialise the project being funded by Commercialisation Australia.
Grants are available to undertake activities focusing on enabling a new product, process or service to be [...]

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Are you a business in the textile, clothing or footwear industries?

June 9, 2010
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The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Strategic Capability Program (TCF SCP) offers grants to businesses that will boost innovative capability and help provide growth in these industries.
The minimum grant size is $250 000 and funding must be matched on a dollar for dollar basis.  
Round 1 of the TCF SCP closes on 6 August 2010. To assist [...]

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Proof of Concept Grant

May 16, 2010
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The Australian Government’s “Commercialisation Australia – Proof Of Concept Grant” offers grants of between $50,000 and $250,000 to assist eligible businesses with turnovers under $10M to test the commercial viability of the business model or idea for a product, process or service.
For grant percentages up to 50% of the eligible expenditure, funding is available for [...]

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Experienced Executives Grant – Commercialisation Australia

April 16, 2010
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The Australian Government’s Commercialisation Australia – Experienced Executive program offers significant assistance to a small medium enterprise which has the ownership, access to, or beneficial use, of any intellectual property necessary to carry out and/or commercialise the product, process or service, for the employment of experienced executives.
A successful applicant must have a turnover of under [...]

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Independent contractor or employee?

April 7, 2010
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Do you hire independent contractors in your business?  Sometimes a person’s status as an independent contractor or employee just isn’t clear cut. Before entering into a contract, it’s important that you understand the differences between employees and independent contractors.
The Tax Office have released a handy little online tool to help you decide whether your workers [...]

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Enterprise Connect Grants

March 8, 2010
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The Australian Government Enterprise Connect Program provides support to eligible SMEs, including business reviews conducted by an Enterprise Connect Business Advisor. For eligible businesses there is no charge for this review which can take up to 3 days. If the business is admitted to the Enterprise Connect Program, the Government will assist in appointing an [...]

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Fresh Ideas for Work and Family Grants

March 1, 2010
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Are you a small business and want to help your employees by introducing or improving your family friendly work arrangements? Did you know that there are grants available of up to $15,000?
It seems only yesterday I was posting a snippet about this program after its launch, and here we are a year later already! If  you [...]

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IP Australia “Make Your Brand Great” events

March 1, 2010
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Are you looking to create a new brand? IP Australia is running a series of breakfast networking events which will provide business owners and brand managers with the tools and strategies needed to develop successful, recognisable brands.
The events are being run in Sydney (already booked out), Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth through February and March. [...]

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Commercialisation Australia – Skills and Knowledge

February 15, 2010
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Grants of up to $50,000 on an 80% grant basis are available for businesses with turnovers under $10 million to upgrade the skills, knowledge and connections required to commercialise new ideas.
The funding must be used to obtain expert advice and services to assist in the commercialisation process. This program is aimed at assisting people new [...]

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NSW Small Business Toolkit

February 15, 2010
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Are you a business owner in NSW wanting to develop your skills? The NSW Department of Industry & Investment has developed the Small Business Tool Kit to help you increase your business knowledge and grow your business.
The Small Business Tool Kit can help you:

check whether you are ready for business
test your business knowledge on a [...]

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Looking to hire in 2010?

January 26, 2010
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Are you looking to hire new staff in 2010? You can access free recruitment services and advice to help you find the right staff for your business.
Job Services Australia providers are located in more than 2000 locations across Australia, and can help you with:

candidate screening and short-listing support to help you find appropriately skilled job [...]

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Paid Parental Leave

November 27, 2009
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You may recall that as part of the 2009/10 Federal Budget  the Government is hoping to introduce a Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme. The proposed scheme will be made available for parents who are primary carers of children that have been born or adopted on or after 1 January 2011.
To be eligible for the proposed PPL scheme, [...]

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Apprentice Kickstart Bonus

November 16, 2009

Are you considering taking on an apprentice? Then you may be eligible for the government’s new Apprentice Kickstart Bonus.
Between 1 December 2009 and 28 February 2010, employers who take on a young person aged 19 years and under into a traditional trade  Australian Apprenticeship will be eligible for a $3 350 bonus during the first year of [...]

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Energy Efficiency for Small Business program

September 14, 2009

If you are a small business in NSW, you may be eligible to participate in the Energy Efficiency for Small Business program. The program is available to businesses that use up to approximately $20,000 in electricity a year or have up to approximately 10 employees.
The program offers:

a subsidised personalised energy assessment and action plan

a 50% [...]

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Fair Work for Small Business

September 14, 2009

A new website has been launched to assist small businesses with understanding the Fair Work Act 2009 which came into effect on 1 July 2009.
An initiative of the Council of Small Business of Australia, some of the resources available on the new site include:

online webinars

guides

email newsletters

community forums.

The site is nicely set out and easy to [...]

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