{"id":6267,"date":"2020-04-30T03:42:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T03:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=6267"},"modified":"2020-04-30T03:42:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T03:42:04","slug":"nsw-government-rolls-out-webinars-to-help-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/04\/30\/nsw-government-rolls-out-webinars-to-help-small-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW GOVERNMENT ROLLS OUT WEBINARS TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Small businesses doing it tough due to the COVID-19 pandemic are encouraged to sign up for free-of-charge webinars funded by the NSW Government.<br \/>\nThe webinars are being run by small business advisory program Business Connect, and address key subjects to help deal with COVID-19, including how to create a ghost kitchen and how to maximise cashflow.<br \/>\nMinister for Finance and Small Business Damien Tudehope said there were more than 60 Business Connect webinars and they will provide invaluable information for businesses that are facing unprecedented conditions.<br \/>\n\u201cWe know small businesses are struggling at the moment and the impacts of drought, bushfires and now coronavirus have been significant,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cThese webinars are run by small business expert presenters and they will give business owners insights into how they can make it through the current situation.<br \/>\n\u201cA number of businesses have successfully managed to pivot their operation and some of these webinars will provide advice on how to do that.\u201d<br \/>\nThe webinar topics include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turn your restaurant into a profitable ghost kitchen<\/li>\n<li>Maximising cashflow<\/li>\n<li>Business disruption &#8211; innovation<\/li>\n<li>Diversify your creative income<\/li>\n<li>Reinvent your business in troubled times<\/li>\n<li>Marketing to pivot your business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of the webinars are targeted at businesses in regional areas and some are in foreign languages to cater for multicultural businesses.<br \/>\nBusiness Connect advisors have assisted more than 28,000 businesses over the past three years, providing advice and skills training for small businesses.<a name=\"_Hlk37442425\"><\/a><br \/>\nAs a result, business owners have reported increased confidence and stronger finances. Those businesses have also created and supported more than 15,000 new jobs since 2017.<br \/>\nThe NSW Government announced on April 19 it was injecting more than $14 million into Business Connect to help small and medium businesses navigate this challenging time.<br \/>\nAs part of the funding boost, $4.6 million was allocated to engage an additional 30 advisors to support businesses on top of $9.8 million to ensure the program continues for another 12 months.<br \/>\nTo register:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/business-connect-register.industry.nsw.gov.au\/Pages\/SearchEvent.html\">https:\/\/business-connect-register.industry.nsw.gov.au\/Pages\/SearchEvent.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small businesses doing it tough due to the COVID-19 pandemic are encouraged to sign up for free-of-charge webinars funded by the NSW Government. The webinars are being run by small business advisory program Business Connect, and address key subjects to help deal with COVID-19, including how to create a ghost kitchen and how to maximise &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/04\/30\/nsw-government-rolls-out-webinars-to-help-small-businesses\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NSW GOVERNMENT ROLLS OUT WEBINARS TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}