{"id":7696,"date":"2020-08-13T06:23:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T06:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=7696"},"modified":"2020-08-13T06:23:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T06:23:08","slug":"new-toolkit-helps-businesses-get-back-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/08\/13\/new-toolkit-helps-businesses-get-back-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW TOOLKIT HELPS BUSINESSES GET BACK TO WORK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new online toolkit is helping businesses as they continue to navigate the challenges of COVID-19.<br \/>\nDeveloped by the NSW Government\u2019s business advisory service, Business Connect, the toolkit includes more than 35 webinars on a range of business-related subjects, fact sheets and training videos.<br \/>\nMinister for Finance and Small Business Damien Tudehope said the webinars contained invaluable tips for business owners across the state.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s been a really tough year for small businesses, with drought, bushfires, floods and the ongoing COVID-19 global health pandemic hitting the hip pockets of business owners right around the state,\u201d Mr Tudehope said.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is just one way businesses can get access to the tools and resources they need to relaunch or re-establish during these challenging times.<br \/>\n\u201cAnyone can access the toolkit, and since the webinars are all pre-recorded, they can be watched at any time.\u201d<br \/>\nTopics include Building a Successful Online Store, Survive and Thrive during COVID-19 and Brand Building.<br \/>\n\u201cI also encourage small businesses to look at other services available from Business Connect, as there are more than 120 Business Connect advisors who can provide free-of-charge advice during COVID-19.\u201d<br \/>\nMr Tudehope said 97 per cent of businesses who used Business Connect would likely recommend the program.<br \/>\nOther webinar topics include Business Disruption: Rural and Regional, presented by Sue Williams, founder of the Great Lakes Food Trail, Organic Facebook Marketing, and Smart Phone Flat Lay Photography.<br \/>\nTo access the Business Connect Online Toolkit click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/business-connect-register.industry.nsw.gov.au\/pages\/SearchOnlineContent2.html?webinars=true\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new online toolkit is helping businesses as they continue to navigate the challenges of COVID-19. Developed by the NSW Government\u2019s business advisory service, Business Connect, the toolkit includes more than 35 webinars on a range of business-related subjects, fact sheets and training videos. Minister for Finance and Small Business Damien Tudehope said the webinars &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/08\/13\/new-toolkit-helps-businesses-get-back-to-work\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NEW TOOLKIT HELPS BUSINESSES GET BACK TO WORK&#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-7696","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\/7696","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=7696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}