On Thursday 6th August, our Business Development and Strategy Manager Mark Wood-Collier was given the opportunity to attend and speak at the Early Risers Breakfast which was held at the Southport Yacht Club. He discussed our Refresh, Reload, Relaunch planning, touching on the 4 key pillars in business – Strategy, Execution, People, and Cash COVID-19 […]
READ MOREFunding for the Arts
The funding for the arts; Arts and Cultural Recovery Package includes a range of measures to strengthen the sector’s foundations for the future, drive new creative work, employ artists and arts workers, retain our skilled and talented creatives, and importantly, ensure the activation of our venues. $11.3m to assist in offsetting revenue losses and stabilise businesses […]
READ MORE$2.5 Billion Dollar Job Training Package
The government has announced $2 billion – to be augmented by another $500 million from the states – for a skills package to boost training and job creation. The JobTrainer skills package will guarantee support for thousands of apprentices in jobs across the country by subsidising their wages to keep them employed and their training […]
READ MOREJobKeeper 2.0 – Extension of Stimulus Package
https://youtu.be/jx0GthtoKWM On Tuesday the 21st July, the government announced proposed changes to JobKeeper which will come into effect in September 2020. Rather than winding up the stimulus in September, it will now continue to be available to eligible businesses through to 28 March 2021, however it will be at a reduced payment rate. Eligibility: To […]
READ MOREIntroducing Finding Yellow Co.
A huge congratulations to Lou McGregor for the launch of Finding Yellow Co! Finding Yellow Co is a refined approach to the creative agency model and brings all of your brand, public relations and creative solutions in the one trusted, centralised space. Few industries have changed more in the past ten years than the creative […]
READ MOREATO on COVID-19 fraud warpath
The ATO is on a warpath against COVID-19 fraud. They’re using the tip line, tax returns, and single touch payroll to identify “inappropriate behaviour.” We always knew that a Government scheme swiftly distributing cash during a crisis was going to come with equally swift compliance and review measures, particularly when eligibility was self-assessed. Two major […]
READ MOREThe end of JobKeeper – are you prepared?
Jobkeeper is scheduled to end on the 30th September With government support programs due to end on the 30th September, business owners (and individuals) have 10 weeks to prepare themselves to survive without government financial assistance. Some industries have been hit harder; and will take longer to recover than others. No one truly knows what […]
READ MORE$10k Small Business Grant – Round 2 Open 1 July 2020
$10k Small Business Grant – Get Your Application Ready for lodgement on 1st July We anticipate the demand for the second round of the Business Adaption Grant will be very high. With the next round of funds being split evenly between regional & SEQ, we believe the time you will have to lodge your application […]
READ MOREKeep it clean with h.j (handjob sanitiser)
They say necessity if the mother of invention; when the COVID-19 crisis brought about the development and launch of this of this new product for Croft Group, we couldn’t help but pay attention and take the time to celebrate their success! handjob. & hj. Australian Made. WHO Formulation. Sustainable by Design. Hand Sanitiser. Husband and […]
READ MOREPerry Cross awarded Order of Australia Medal
A number of Gold Coasters are amongst the Australians given Queen’s Birthday Honours today. A total of 933 Australians have been recognised, with 710 receiving awards in the General Division of the Order of Australia, 28 in the Military Division and 128 meritorious awards. We would like to acknowledge one awardee in particular – Perry […]
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