Govt unveils 20-point-strategy for state’s small businesses

Designed following a session program with enterprise homeowners in South Australia, the Small Enterprise Technique goals to future-proof and develop the state’s sector.

Launched by the Minister for Small and Household Enterprise Andrea Michaels, the technique contains 20 new packages to handle points raised by enterprise homeowners who have been consulted by means of 21 spherical desk classes, 19 in-depth interviews and a web based survey.

From this, the Workplace for Small & Household Enterprise – a brand new physique established in August final yr – recognized quite a lot of ache factors small enterprise homeowners expertise in addition to the suite of initiatives designed to handle these.

The federal government settled on six themes as main points for small enterprise homeowners, together with: strengthening enterprise functionality, constructing expertise and workforce, navigating the digital atmosphere, boosting enterprise sustainability, embracing variety and enhancing entry to authorities companies.

Michaels mentioned the Small Enterprise Technique was a “landmark initiative designed to help South Australia’s small enterprise sector because the driving pressure of our economic system”.

“We undertook essentially the most complete and intensive engagement program with small and household companies this state has ever seen and the Small Enterprise Technique is a direct reflection of the suggestions we acquired,” Michaels mentioned.

“We’re delivering greater than 20 measures designed to help small companies to succeed and every of those was developed to offer the sensible and focused help requested.

“The South Australian Small Enterprise Technique will information our insurance policies and packages to help and empower small companies. It’s going to assist to create jobs, construct our economic system and construct the potential of our 150,000 small companies for the long run.

The Technique contains 20 new enterprise help initiatives that the federal government mentioned could be rolled out within the “coming weeks and months” together with an annual Small Enterprise Week, a cybersecurity literacy program, a feminine entrepreneur empowerment initiative, and a sustainability help program.

Different initiatives embody a psychological well being and wellbeing program, a workforce planning and improvement toolkit, recommendation on exporting outdoors of SA, and data and sources in languages aside from English.

The Small Enterprise Technique additionally sees the federal government decide to awarding all contracts value greater than $55,000 to South Australian companies and that South Australian employees should ship a minimal of 90 per cent labour hours on main infrastructure tasks value greater than $50 million.

For extra info head to enterprise.sa.gov.au.

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