ASBAS Business Solutions 2014 Providers as of 27 August 2015
Organisation
Location
Local
Government
Areas of service
Project
Description
Funding
(ex GST)
Website and
contact details
Penrith Business
Enterprise Centre
NSW
Penrith,
Hawkesbury, Blue
Mountains
North-west
Sydney
business
development
and support
services
The Penrith City and District Business Advisory Centre will
provide low cost small business advisory services to the
north-west Sydney region of NSW. This ASBAS project will
be delivered through face-to-face, mobile and online oneon one consultations with small business advisors. This
ASBAS project will also provide access to mentoring
networks and to a range of small group training sessions
and assist small business grow and overcome difficulties.
$503,299
wsbusiness.com.au
NSW
Newcastle, Lake
Macquarie, Port
Stephens, Great
Lakes, Upper Hunter
Shire, Gloucester,
Dungog, Maitland,
Singleton,
Muswellbrook,
Cessnock
Small biz
solutions:
Assisting small
business in the
Hunter
The Business Centre will provide low cost small business
advisory services to the Newcastle and Hunter region of
NSW. This ASBAS project will be delivered through one-toone, tailored business advisory sessions as well as a
number of practical small group learning sessions and
collaborative, topic-based cluster meetings. Together,
these initiatives will assist small businesses to innovate,
grow and succeed.
$600,000
Hunter Business
Centre
Trading as:
Western Sydney
Business Centre
Hunter Business
Centre
Trading as:
The Business
Centre (Newcastle
Region)
Organisation
Location
Local
Government
Areas of service
Project
Description
Funding
(ex GST)
Website and
contact details
Illawarra ITEC
NSW
Wollongong,
Shellharbour,
Kiama
Accelerate to
better
business: The
small business
advisory
services
programme of
the Illawarra
The Illawarra Business Enterprise Centre (ITeC) will
provide low cost small business advisory services to the
Illawarra region of NSW. Through the Accelerate to Better
Business programme, this ASBAS project will help small
business operators and intenders access confidential
business advice, mentoring, training and networking
opportunities. The mentoring services will also help
businesses increase knowledge and confidence, develop
strategies and set goals to grow their business providing
economic benefit to the region.
$597,330
Illawarra ITEC
NSW
Port MacquarieHastings, Bellingen,
Coffs Harbour,
Greater Taree,
Nambucca, Kempsey
NSW Mid North
Coast specialist
business
support
The Enterprise and Training Company will provide low
cost small business advisory services to the mid north
coast region of NSW. This ASBAS project will be delivered
through one-to-one advisory services, small group
workshops, access to online training tools and
introduction to innovative partnership initiatives by
specialised business advisory experts. The focus of this
project is to assist small business operators apply a
number of core business principles to their operations, to
improve their competitiveness, sustainability,
performance, innovation and profit.
$592,656
Enterprise and
Training
Corporation
Trading as
Illawarra Business
Enterprise Centre
Enterprise and
Training
Corporation
Organisation
Location
Local
Project
Government
Areas of service
Description
Funding
(ex GST)
Website and
contact details
Botany Bay
Business
Enterprise Centre
NSW
Botany Bay,
Randwick,
Marrickville,
Rockdale, Sydney
Taking South
Sydney small
businesses to the
world!
The Botany Bay BEC will provide low cost small business
advisory services to the South Sydney region of NSW. This
ASBAS project is a targeted programme of subsidised, high
quality and market-tested education services, delivered by
leading business professionals. This ASBAS project will
help small business operate on an international platform
and will provide information on innovation in marketing,
distribution, value creation and how to sustain financial
momentum. Situated in Australia's premier economic
gateway, the Botany Bay BEC is uniquely placed to draw
on business expertise in freight, trade law, intellectual
property, digital advancement and finance.
$300,000
Botany Bay
Business Enterprise
Centre
Armidale and
District Business
Enterprise Centre
Limited
NSW
Armidale
Dumaresq, Glen
Innes Severn,
Gunnedah, Gwydir,
Guyra, Inverell,
Liverpool Plains,
Moree Plains,
Narrabri,
Tamworth
Regional,
Tenterfield, Uralla,
Walcha.
Innovative
digital business
solutions for
New England
The New England North West Business Enterprise Centre
will provide low cost small business advisory services to
the New England region of NSW. This ASBAS project will
deliver training opportunities to small business operators
and intenders through a variety of e-learning and creative
solutions. Specialists will help small business operators
and intenders develop digital literacy skills and offer
mentoring services, workshops, webinars, podcasts,
vodcasts, live streaming, flexible access and up to the
minute knowledge of the digital economy, including
opportunities for engagement.
$600,000
Armidale and
District Business
Enterprise Centre
Limited
Trading as:
The New England
North West
Business
Enterprise Centre
Organisation
Location
Local
Project
Government
Areas of service
Description
Funding
(ex GST)
Website and
contact details
Business
Enterprise Centre
Southern Sydney
Limited
NSW
Bankstown,
Canterbury,
Hurstville,
Kogarah,
Rockdale,
Sutherland Shire.
Small business
mastery in
southern Sydney
The Business Enterprise Centre Southern Sydney will
provide low cost small business advisory services to the
southern Sydney region. This ASBAS project will provide
business advisors from the digital, marketing and small
business industries. This project will provide access to
online resources, business diagnostic tools and access to
the Business Mastermind Forums and small group
workshops which will be delivered by content experts on
topics such as finance, digital implementation, marketing
and business building.
$600,000
Business Enterprise
Centre Southern
Sydney Limited
NSW
Greater Hume
Shire, Albury,
Berrigan,
Jerilderie,
Deniliquin,
Murray, Wakool,
Balranald,
Wentworth,
Wodonga, Corowa
Shire, Urana,
Conargo
Building
entrepreneurial
skills for
business along
the Murray
The Murray Hume Business Enterprise Centre will provide
low cost business advisory services to the Murray region
of NSW. This ASBAS project will be delivered by business
advisors and a panel of experts to help small business
operators achieve specific business outcomes and improve
profitability. The Building Entrepreneurial Skills for
Business in the Murray region of NSW programme will
provide small businesses with access to a variety of
specialist business advice to improve their businesses.
$300,000
Murray Hume
Business Enterprise
Centre
Trading as:
Business
Enterprise Centre
Southern Sydney
Murray Hume
Business
Enterprise Centre
Organisation
Location
Local
Project
Government
Areas of service
Description
Funding
(ex GST)
Website and
contact details
Wagga Wagga
Business
Enterprise Centre
Limited
NSW
Carrathool,
Coolamon,
Cootamundra,
Griffith, Gundagai,
Hay, Junee, Leeton,
Lockhart,
Murrumbidgee,
Narrandera,
Temora, Wagga
Wagga
Building
entrepreneurial
skills for
business in the
Riverina
The Riverina Business Enterprise Centre in Wagga Wagga
will provide low cost business advisory services to the
Riverina region of NSW. This ASBAS project will be
delivered by business advisors and a panel of experts to
help small business operators achieve specific business
outcomes and improve profitability. The Building
Entrepreneurial Skills for Business in the Riverina region
of NSW programme will provide small businesses with
access to a variety of specialist business advice to improve
their businesses.
$300,000
Wagga Wagga
Business Enterprise
Centre Limited
NSW
Dubbo, Parkes,
Forbes,
Wellington, Bogan,
Narromine,
Gilgandra,
Coonamble,
Warren
Small business
advisory
programme for
accelerated
business growth
in central NSW
Rural Sector Support in Dubbo will provide low cost small
business advisory services to the central west region of
NSW. This ASBAS project will be delivered through faceto-face, mobile, video, online and telephone advisory
services, as well as through public ‘action-learning’ small
group workshops and self-directed peer forums. This
project will provide access to a suite of business advisory
services, a business advisor and to dedicated specialists
within a proven case management framework. This will
result in the development of growth strategies and plans
to strengthen gaps in the existing business model and
delivering increased capacity for business sustainability,
productivity and competitiveness.
$600,000
Rural Sector
Support
Incorporated
Trading as:
Riverina Business
Enterprise Centre
Rural Sector
Support
Incorporated
Trading as:
Orana ASBAS?
Organisation
Location
Local
Project
Government
Areas of service
Description
Funding
(ex GST)
Website and
contact details
Business
Enterprise Centre
Cabonne Orange
Blayney
Incorporated
NSW
Bland, Bathurst
Regional, Blayney,
Cowra, Cabonne,
Lithgow, MidWestern Regional,
Oberon, Orange,
Weddin
Central NSW
business
innovation and
sustainability
The Central NSW Business Enterprise Centre in Orange
will provide low cost small business advisory services to
the central region of NSW. This ASBAS project will assist
small business operators and intenders to ‘step-up and
build’ on their existing ideas. This project will also help
small business operators and intenders develop
innovative business strategies and assist them to
implement digital engagement programmes in readiness
for the National Broadband National (NBN) rollout, and
conduct Business Development workshops delivered by a
panel of experts.
$600,000
Business Enterprise
Centre Cabonne
Orange Blayney
Incorporated
NSW
Bega Valley,
Boorowa, CoomaMonaro,
Eurobodalla,
Goulburn
Mulwaree, Harden,
Palerang,
Queanbeyan,
Shoalhaven, Upper
Lachlan Shire,
Wingecarribee,
Snowy River,
Young, Tumut
Shire,
Tumbarumba,
Yass Valley,
Bombala, Kiama,
ACT
The southern
NSW and ACT
specialist
advisory
solutions hub
The Southern Region Business Enterprise Centre in
Queanbeyan will provide low cost small business advisory
services to the ACT and southern region of NSW. This
ASBAS project will ‘triage’ clients most in need and direct
them to specialist advisors and/or small group training
sessions for help. This project will also provide one-hour
(weekly) online ‘action’ sessions, where the specialist
advisor and business client interact, exchange information
and explore additional resources, webinars and
references. This project will be delivered through online,
one-on-one and small group learning sessions delivered by
specialist business advisory specialists.
$596,880
Queanbeyan
Business Enterprise
Centre
Trading as:
Central NSW
Business
Enterprise Centre
Queanbeyan
Business
Enterprise Centre
Trading as:
Southern Region
BEC
ACT
Organisation
Location
Local
Government
Areas of service
Project
Description
Funding
(ex GST)
Website and
contact details
NORTEC
Employment and
Training Limited
NSW
Ballina, Byron,
Clarence Valley,
Kyogle, Lismore,
Richmond Valley,
Tweed, Gold Coast
Business
elevate: Taking
your small
business to the
next level
The Northern Rivers Employment and Training Limited
will provide low cost small business advisory services to
the Northern Rivers region of NSW and the Gold Coast
region of Qld. This ASBAS project offers small business
operators a programme of five three-hour workshops on
topics important to small business operators
complimented by five one-on-one mentoring sessions and
face-to-face appointments with a business advisor at the
client's business (or virtually as required). This project
also includes a suite of services such as three hour ‘actionorientated’ workshops, ‘dial-in days’ for telephony
support, small group mentoring sessions and online
support via video series/webinars.
$600,000
NORTEC
Employment and
Training Limited
Bundaberg, Fraser
Coast, Gympie
Wide Bay
Business
Solutions:
Growing
Queensland's
regions
The Bundaberg Business Enterprise Centre will provide
low cost small business advisory services to the Wide Bay
region in Queensland. This ASBAS project will be delivered
by locally employed business advisors who understand the
challenges faced by small business in this region of
Queensland. The Bundaberg Business Enterprise Centre
will conduct a number of workshops specifically tailored
to the needs of small business operators and intenders and
will assist small business operators to grow their business
by increasing their delivery of services and/or products,
investigating export opportunities, methods of improving
business skills and identifying and improving business
efficiency and sustainability through the use of
appropriate technologies.
$600,000
Bundaberg
Enterprise
Association
Incorporated
QLD
Trading as:
NORTEC Small
Business Solutions
Bundaberg
Enterprise
Association
Incorporated
Trading as:
Bundaberg
Business
Enterprise Centre
QLD
Organisation
Location
Local
Government
Areas of service
Project
Description
Funding
(ex GST)
Website and
contact details
Career
Employment
Australia
Incorporated
QLD
Brisbane, Redland,
Logan, Moreton Bay,
Ipswich
Greater
Brisbane small
business
advisory
services
The Brisbane Metro Business Enterprise Centre will
provide low cost small business advisory services to the
Greater Brisbane and Ipswich regions of Qld. This ASBAS
project will provide one-to-one business advisory
consultations, face-to-face and online meetings, small
group training opportunities and access to a mentoring
group called the Business Excellence Roundtable.
$600,000
Career Employment
Australia
Incorporated
Thuringowa
Enterprise Centre
Incorporated
QLD
Burdekin, Charters
Towers, Cloncurry,
Flinders,
Hinchinbrook,
McKinlay, Mount
Isa, Palm Island,
Richmond,
Townsville
Stepping up
business NQ:
Developing the
capacity of
business in
regional North
Queensland
The Townsville Business Development Centre will provide
low cost small business advisory services to the North
Queensland region. This ASBAS project will be delivered
through workshops, tutorials and mentoring sessions and
in addition to face to face services, participants will also be
able to access webinars and YouTube tutorials from the
home or workplace at convenient times. This project will
increase the opportunity for the small business operators
to access low cost assistance and advice to develop and
increase capability and efficiencies to manage and grow
their business.
$600,000
Thuringowa
Enterprise Centre
Incorporated
Trading as:
Townsville
Business
Development
Centre
Organisation
Location
Local
Government
Areas of service
Project
Description
Funding
(ex GST)
Website and
contact details
Whitsundays
Marketing and
Development
Limited
QLD
Whitsundays
Whitsundays
Step Up
business
programme
The Whitsundays Marketing and Development Limited
will provide low cost small business advisory services to
the Whitsunday Region of Queensland. Through the Step
Up business programme, this ASBAS project will help
people intending to start - or to grow - a business to attain
the skills necessary to become confident, independent,
resilient and sustainable operators. The project will
provide business performance diagnostic activity to
identify and track development. During the programme,
each small business will have access to intensive training
sessions with industry experts that are flexible, leading
edge, innovative and affordable. These sessions will focus
on a number of key areas of management, digital
engagement, finance, workforce productivity and skills
development and business growth strategy development.
$300,000
Whitsundays
Marketing and
Development
Gulf Savannah
Development
Incorporated
QLD
Carpentaria, Burke,
Croydon,
Doomadgee,
Etheridge,
Kawanyama
Aboriginal Shire,
Mareeba,
Mornington,
Tablelands Regional
The Gulf
Savannah small
business
advisory
services
The Gulf Savannah Development organisation will provide
low cost small business advisory services to the Gulf
Savannah region of Queensland. This ASBAS project
provides small business owners and operators with access
to a small business advisor and a team of specialist
consultants that will travel regularly throughout the
region.
$350,000
Gulf Savannah
Development
Incorporated
Organisation
Location
Local
Government
Areas of service
Project
Description
Funding
(ex GST)
Website and
contact details
Eastside Business
Enterprise Centre
Incorporated
SA
Burnside,
Campbelltown,
Norwood Payneham
St Peters, Prospect,
Walkerville, Unley
The small
business
solutions
programme,
Eastern
Adelaide
The Eastside BEC will provide low cost small business
advisory services to the eastern region of Adelaide. This
ASBAS project allows small business operators to choose
the services that best meet their individual business needs.
This ASBAS project is delivered by a diverse team of
subject specialists and the delivery of services are
undertaken by phone and on-line based support, advisory
services, workshops and mentoring.
$598,538
Eastside Business
Enterprise Centre
Incorporated
Northeast
Development
Agency
Incorporated
SA
Tea Tree Gully,
Adelaide Hills
Building better
businesses in
the northeastern metro
and Adelaide
Hills districts
The Business Enterprise Centre Tea Tree Gully will
provide low cost small business advisory services to the
north-eastern metropolitan and Adelaide Hills districts of
South Australia. Backed by councils and business
professionals in the region, this ASBAS project will focus
on improving the business and management skills of small
business operators and provide help and advice for any
automotive industry workers transitioning from
employment in the car industry to small business. This
project will be tailored to suit the needs of the individual
small business operator and includes access to a ‘24/7’
online business diagnostic tool, access to a Business
Coaching and Mentoring programme, opportunities to
participate in one-on-one, face-to-face advisory sessions
and a series of business improvement workshops and
small business expos.
$450,000
Northeast
Development
Agency
Incorporated
Trading as:
Gully Corp North
East Vocational
College Business
Enterprise Centre
Tea Tree Gully
Organisation
Location
Local
Government
Areas of service
Project
Description
Funding
(ex GST)
Website and
contact details
North West
Business
Development
Centre
Incorporated
SA
Adelaide, Charles
Sturt, Marion, Port
Adelaide Enfield,
West Torrens
Adelaide Metro
business
solutions
The Adelaide Business Hub will provide low cost small
business advisory services to the Metropolitan region of
Adelaide. This ASBAS project allows small business
operators and intenders to focus on their small business
aspirations, and then have the opportunity to be paired up
with compatible small business consulting specialists to
build management expertise and accelerate growth.
$450,000
North West
Business
Development Centre
Incorporated
NT
Darwin, Litchfield,
Palmerston
The Darwin,
Palmerston
and Litchfield
Australian
small business
advisory
services
programme
The Business Enterprise Centre Darwin will provide low
cost small business advisory services to the Northern
Territory. This ASBAS project will be delivered by online
and face-to-face consultations and mentoring sessions.
Other services provided by the Business Enterprise
Darwin throughout the project include business diagnostic
tools, small business workshops and seminars and the
provision of access to a panel of professional business
advisors, all designed and coordinated to assist businesses
improve profits and reduce costs.
$600,000
Business Enterprise
Centre (Darwin
Region)
Incorporated
Trading as:
Adelaide Business
Hub
Business
Enterprise Centre
(Darwin Region)
Incorporated
Organisation
Location
Local
Government
Areas of service
Project
Description
Funding
(ex GST)
Website and
contact details
Box Hill Institute
of TAFE
VIC
Banyule,
Boroondara, Knowx,
Maroondah,
Manningham,
Whitehorse
Eastern
metropolitan
Melbourne
Small Business
Advisory
Services
The Box Hill Business Enterprise Centre will provide low
cost small business advisory services to the eastern
metropolitan Melbourne region. This ASBAS project will
build the business management capability of participants
in a flexible, practical manner suited to their needs and
will be delivered through one-on-one business advice and
mentoring consultations, as well as group sessions and
access to networking opportunities. Delivery will also be
available online (such as Skype or GoToMeetings) if (and
when) needed by small business operators. This project
will cater for the specific needs of women, home-based
businesses, microbusinesses, small business owners from
a culturally and linguistically diverse background and all
other client groups with specific needs.
$600,000
Box Hill Institute of
TAFE
Geelong Chamber
of Commerce
VIC
Greater Geelong,
Golden Plains,
Queenscliffe, Surf
Coast
Small businessSmart
business: A one
stop shop for
small business
excellence in
Geelong and
beyond
The Geelong Chamber of Commerce will provide low cost
small business advisory services to the Greater Geelong,
Queenscliffe, Surf Coast, and Golden Plains regions of
Victoria. This ASBAS project is delivered through the Small
Business Smart Business programme in person and online,
as well as small group mentoring, seminars and workshop
sessions tailored to regional industry needs, and
encouraging small businesses. This project provides
assistance to small businesses at all stages of operation start-up, growth, consolidation and reinvention – and aims
to provide them with the tools to take their business to the
next level and support to make sure they make it.
$600,000
Geelong Chamber of
Commerce
Organisation
Location
Local
Government
Areas of service
Project
Description
Funding
(ex GST)
Website and
contact details
Sunraysia Rural
Counselling
Service
Incorporated
VIC
Mildura,
Wentworth, Buloke,
Swan Hill
Help 4 small
businesses
The Sunraysia Rural Counselling Service will provide low
cost small business advisory services to the northwest
Victorian and far south west region of NSW. This ASBAS
project will be delivered through face-to-face and online
one-to-one consultations as well as through access to
small business specialists and small group workshops. To
ensure access to the ASBAS programme for small
businesses, a Mildura-based business advisor will travel
once a month throughout the Mildura and Wentworth
LGAs and a Swan Hill based business advisor will travel to
the Buloke Shire. The Sunraysia Counselling Service will
also work with a network of locally based resource centres
to facilitate webinars and virtual business consultations
between visits.
$592,920
Sunraysia Rural
Counselling Service
Incorporated
Leschenault
Enterprise Centre
Incorporated
WA
Bunbury, Collie,
Capel, DonnybrookBalingup, Dardanup,
Harvey, Busselton,
Manjimup, AugustaMargaret River,
Nannup,
BridgetownGreenbushes, Boyup
Brook
South-west
Western
Australia
business
improvement
and smart start
advisory
services
programme
The Small Business Centre Bunbury-Wellington will
provide low cost small business advisory services to the
south-west region of Western Australia. This ASBAS
project will allow small business owners access to flexible
and tailored programmes developed for enterprising
people currently in business and those intending to start a
small business. This project will provide small business
operators with access to experts in funding avenues and
financial analysis, building better and stronger business,
human resource management, developing management
skills and capabilities, and assisting in the implementation
and engagement of digital media. Utilising the latest
technology and face to face interactions, existing small
businesses will have access to the latest business tools to
measure and improve business performance.
$598,962
Leschenault
Enterprise Centre
Incorporated
Trading as:
Small Business
Centre BunburyWellington
NSW
Organisation
Location
Local
Government
Areas of service
Project
Description
Funding
(ex GST)
Website and
contact details
Esperance Local
Enterprise
Initiative
Committee
Incorporated
WA
Dundas, Esperance,
Ravensthorpe
Get business
smart:
Business in
south east WA
The Small Business Centre South East Coastal will provide
low cost small business advisory services to the south east
region of Western Australia. This ASBAS project will be
delivered by developing tailor-made ‘business
development packages’ for individual small businesses. It
will include a small business diagnostic check-up, a
fundamental assessment of the business systems, access to
mentoring sessions and other activities such as
benchmarking and training. Each package will be designed
with direct and specific input from expert business
advisors and professional consultants as required for each
participating client.
$334,875
Esperance Local
Enterprise Initiative
Committee
Incorporated
Business
Foundations
Incorporated
WA
Fremantle, East
Fremantle,
Cockburn, Melville,
Kwinana,
Rockingham, Perth,
South Perth,
Subiaco, Vincent,
Victoria Park
Business
Beyond:
Developing
enterprise in
the inner city
and south-west
region of Perth
Business Foundations will provide low cost small business
advisory services to the inner city and south-west
metropolitan region of Perth. This ASBAS project will be
delivered through the Our Business Beyond programme
which provides practical management workshops for
business owners and intenders. This project will also
provide specific training and support during the
implementation phase of business strategies.
$600,000
Business
Foundations
Incorporated
Many Rivers
Microfinance
Limited
WA
Wyndham-East
Kimberley, DerbyWest Kimberley,
Broome, Halls Creek
Many Rivers,
Kimberley WA
Many Rivers will provide low cost small business advisory
services to the Kimberley region of WA through three
locally based field officers. This ASBAS project will be
delivered through a suite of small business advisory
services to assists clients to start, stay and thrive in
business. This project will provide assistance to small
business operators and intenders through local enterprise
development, practical business support and access to
finance.
$600,000
Many Rivers
Microfinance
Limited
Trading as:
Business
Development
Centre- Esperance
Organisation
Location
Local
Government
Areas of service
Project
Description
Funding
(ex GST)
Website and
contact details
Small Business
Mentoring Services
Incorporated
VIC
Bass Coast, Baw
Baw, East
Gippsland, Latrobe,
South Gippsland,
Wellington
Farmgate to
dinnerplate
and all
businesses in
between in
rural Gippsland
The Small Business Mentoring Service will provide low
cost small business advisory services in the Gippsland
region of Victoria. This ASBAS project provides small
business operators and intenders with access to five
workshops and/or one-on-one business mentoring
sessions in areas critical to the success of small business.
This project is complimented with access to business skills
training videos, podcasts, an online forum with business
experts, ongoing reduced priced mentoring (if and where
required) plus access to a suite of small business networks
and professional organisations and referrals.
$300,000
Small Business
Mentoring Services
Incorporated
Business Station
Incorporated
WA
Joondalup,
Wanneroo
Business
advisory
services to the
north-west
metropolitan
region of Perth
Business Station will provide additional low cost small
business advisory services to the north-west metropolitan
region of Perth WA. This ASBAS project will be delivered
through relevant, accessible and affordable mentoring,
one-on-one advisory and training to new and start-up
businesses in the region.
$300,000
Business Station
Incorporated
TAS
Burnie, Central
Coast, Devonport,
Kentish, King Island,
Latrobe,
Waratah/Wynyard,
West Coast, Circular
Head
Rising to the
top: Supporting
Tasmania's
north and west
coast small
businesses
thrive in a
changing
economy
The Braddon Business Centre and the Cradle Coast
Innovation Incorporated will provide low cost small
business advisory services to the north and west coast
regions of Tasmania. This ASBAS project will be delivered
by business advisors who have considerable knowledge,
experience and professional networks in these
communities. The business advisors will help small
business operators become more responsive and resilient
to ever-changing opportunities and pressures within their
local economy and as a consequence of the recent
downsizing and closures of large manufacturers. This
project will conduct multi-enterprise small group
workshops, followed by customised change management
planning sessions, change coaching and referrals.
$515,300
Braddon Business
Centre
Trading as:
Business Station
Braddon Business
Centre
Organisation
Location
Local
Government
Areas of service
Project
Description
Funding
(ex GST)
Website and
contact details
Break O’Day
Business
Enterprise Centre
TAS
Break O'Day,
Glamorgan-Spring
Bay
Small Business
Assistance
Centre Break
O'Day and
GlamorganSpring Bay
The Break O'Day Business Enterprise Centre will provide
low cost small business advisory services to the Break
O'Day and Glamorgan Spring Bay regions of Tasmania.
This ASBAS project will be delivered through accessible,
responsive and targeted business advisory sessions, in the
office and on site by specialists equipped with a range of
skills suited to supporting small business owners and
operators. The focus of this project is to maintain - and
strengthen - the sustainability, growth and upskilling of
small business on the east coast of Tasmania.
$300,000
Break O’Day
Business Enterprise
Centre
Community
Potential
Foundation
Limited
TAS
Launceston, Hobart,
Huon Valley,
Northern Midlands,
West Tamar,
Kingborough
Get
enterprising in
Tasmania
The Community Potential Foundation Limited (Trading as
Business & Employment) will provide low cost small
business advisory services to the Northern and Southern
regions of Tasmania. This ASBAS project will assist small
business operators and intenders to be enthusiastic about
accessing relevant, timely support through a single
business gateway service.
$562,665
Community
Potential
Foundation Limited
Trading as:
Business &
Employment
ASBAS National Interest projects as of 27 August 2015
Organisation
Location
Local
Government
Areas of service
Project
Description
Funding
(ex GST)
Bundaberg
Enterprise
Association
Incorporated
QLD
Mackay, Isaac,
Livingstone,
Rockhampton,
Woorabinda,
Central Highlands,
Gladstone, Banana
The Central
Queensland
ASBAS National
Interest
Initiative
The Bundaberg Enterprise Association will provide low
cost small business advisory services to areas within
Central Queensland. This National Interest ASBAS project
will be delivered through mobile services by locally
employed business advisors who understand the
challenges faced by small business in this region of
Queensland. The Bundaberg Business Enterprise Centre
will conduct a number of workshops specifically tailored
to the needs of small business operators and intenders and
will assist small business operators to grow their business
by increasing their delivery of services and/or products,
investigating export opportunities, methods of improving
business skills and identifying and improving business
efficiency and sustainability through the use of
appropriate technologies
$700,000
NSW
Wyong, Gosford
The NSW
Central Coast
ASBAS National
Interest
Initiative
The Business Centre will provide low cost small business
advisory services to the Central Coast region of NSW
through a mobile Small Biz Solutions project. This one year
ASBAS project will deliver one-on-one, tailored business
advisory sessions as well as a number of practical small
group learning session and collaborative, topic-based
cluster meetings. Together, these initiatives will assist
small businesses and intenders to innovate, grow and
succeed.
$48,000
Trading as:
Bundaberg
Business
Enterprise Centre
Hunter Business
Centre
Trading as:
The Business
Centre (Newcastle)
Website and
contact details
Bundaberg
Enterprise
Association
Incorporated
Hunter Business
Centre