Small businesses are being encouraged to sign up for the Greater Western Sydney Business Booster to showcase their products and services during October’s NSW Small Business Month. The day-long event has been strategically positioned in Blacktown, considered the geographic heart of the region, to attract business owners from the adjoining 12 local government areas that comprise the Greater Western Sydney region. Blacktown City Council has agreed to host the event at Blacktown

At the Good Food & Wine Show this weekend you can enjoy a fun day out with friends discovering new foods, wines and the latest products - and we have tickets to giveaway that will get you in! To be in the running to win a ticket just complete the broken phrase N . tr . cr . ft c . . kw . re (see graphic below) and send your answer to us (events@localareamktg.com.au) by 2pm Thursday 20 June. Our ticket giveaway is run in conjunction with Nutricraft Cookware. Nutricraft was a g

Women entrepreneurs in Greater Western Sydney have until midnight tonight to register in a new project to help expand their businesses, improve their personal and business skills and potentially win one of two $4,000 business service packages. The INSPIRING BUSINESS GROWTH project aims to help women entrepreneurs who have operated their business for at least 12 months to "go to the next level". It combines coaching and mentoring in key business areas with key business netwo

If you're a male business owner, a husband, father, brother, son or granddad - here's your chance to hold a fun BBQ while supporting research into Endometriosis* - a disease that affects more than one-in-every 10 women. March is Endometriosis Awareness Month and Endometriosis Australia has launched a campaign to encourage men to host a Fundraiser BBQ - a Mendo BBQ! Why is this so important? Because it doesn’t just affect women, it impacts their loved ones and the entire commu

In this third article on self-promotion for small business owners, entrepreneurs discuss how their small beginnings blossomed to greater things helped by involvement in awards and networking. It’s not all about you Talking yourself up might not come naturally, but there’s power in expanding your focus beyond your own achievements, says b.box for kids co-founder Dannielle Michaels. Speaking at the SmartWomen conference recently, Michaels said the growth of her $5.7 million bab

You can’t exclude half the population when seeking to build a global economy driven by innovation, writes Australia's Nicola Hazell, from the OECD Forum in Paris. Right around the world, there is a wave of activity directed at building the economies of the future. Governments, businesses and institutions are investing heavily in innovation and technology, as they look to leverage the possibilities of digital transformation. As a result, startup ecosystems across the globe are