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Industry 4.0 Employer Forum

Are you looking for in-house expertise to increase your production and operational efficiencies by bringing together things like computing, automation, sensors, robotics and machine learning into cyber-physical systems (machines communicating with one ano

Knox City Council Events

Small Business Bus is coming to Ferntree Gully

Are you looking to start a small business but not sure how? Do you own a business and need expert advice on how to grow and thrive? Discover how the Small Business Bus can help you plan, start or grow your business.

Knox City Council Supported Event

SEBN Christmas Industry Breakfast

The morning will feature this captivating keynote speaker, lots of networking and a few surprises, so book a table and bring your clients and colleagues to our annual Christmas celebration and wrap up the year in style.

Neighbourhood Learning Centres

Social Media - Facebook for business

Facebook Pages connect with your potential customers and the advertisements help them discover your business

Knox City Council Events

Starting Your Business - How to turn an idea into a business

Prepare to get your bright idea off the ground, step by step, at this essential planning workshop packed with vital start-up tips, tools and expert guidance that will prepare you to give your business the best chance of success.

Business Planning Essentials - How to build a roadmap to success

Put your business on the path to long-term success at this essential workshop that will take you, step by step, through the vital process of building a business plan to drive your business forward.

Marketing Your Business - How to get it right the first time

An effective marketing strategy should boost your brand, capture customers, keep them coming back, and ultimately save you time and money. Find out why just a website and a Facebook page is not going to cut it at this back-to-basics workshop that will show you how to develop a marketing action plan to keep your effort and resources focused in the right areas.

Taking Your Business Online - What you need to know

Get yourself ready to launch your business online at this essential digital workshop that goes right back to basics to build a complete picture of the opportunities ahead. Learn how to make informed choices about websites and social media, get across search engines and online advertising, size up the benefits each offers your business and know where to access the right tools to begin.

Tax Essentials for Small Business - ATO Workshop

Are you new to business, or thinking of starting a small business? Give your business the best start! REGISTER NOW to come along to this FREE introductory workshop run by ATO staff.

Record Keeping (not GST registered) for Small Business - ATO Workshop

Are you new to business, or thinking of starting a small business? Give your business the best start!

Record Keeping (GST registered) for Small Business - ATO Workshop

Are you new to business, or thinking of starting a small business? Give your business the best start!

Single Touch Payroll for Small Business - ATO Workshop

Are you an employer, or are you thinking of hiring workers? Join us for this 1 hour session to understand how your payroll tax and super reporting obligations, as an employer, have been streamlined, using Single Touch payroll. Find out how you can automatically report payments such as salaries, wages, tax withheld and superannuation from your payroll solution each time you pay your workers.

Facebook for your Business

Social media is everywhere!  Learn the basics of Facebook marketing success and equip yourself to extract the best of this powerful online marketing tool that few small businesses can afford to ignore.

Business Planning Intensive - Strategies to accelerate growth

If your current plan for growth is cross your fingers and hope it succeeds, this workshop intensive will springboard your business forward with a strategy to make it happen. Recharge your business to the next level, identify new opportunities and plan for change in a two-day program designed to accelerate growth in businesses already in operation for two years.

Shared Events

Tax essentials for small business (Maroondah City Council)

Are you new to business, or thinking of starting a small business? Give your business the best start! Attend this free introductory workshop run by Australian Taxation Office staff.

Single Touch Payroll for small business (Maroondah City Council)

Are you an employer, or are you thinking of hiring workers? Join us for this 1 hour session to understand your new payroll tax and super reporting obligations.

Employer Essentials for Small Business (Maroondah City Council)

Do you have employees, or are you thinking of employing workers? Understand your tax and super obligations as an employer.

Collecting the cash: How to get paid on time (Maroondah City Council)

Outstanding customer debt is one of the biggest drains on business cash flow. Minimise the chance of it happening to you at this essential workshop.

Creating effective digital content: What works and why (Maroondah City Council)

Discover why the most effective content is less about selling and more about listening to your target audience and then responding with the stories they want to hear.

Facebook for your business: Everything you need to get started (Maroondah City Council)

Get help to identify your social media goals and then develop a social media marketing plan aligned to your business goals and the Facebook platform. 

Single Touch Payroll for small business (Maroondah City Council)

Are you an employer, or are you thinking of hiring workers? Join us for this 1 hour session to understand your new payroll tax and super reporting obligations.

Business planning intensive: Strategies to accelerate growth (Maroondah City Council)

Identify where your business is at now, where you’d like to be in future, and exactly how you’ll get there. Learn how to build strong leadership, engage employees and how to generate high customer satisfaction.

Taking your business online: What you need to know (Maroondah City Council)

Take the guess work out of launching yourself online and empower yourself to bring digital thinking into all aspects of your business.

Tax essentials for small business (Maroondah City Council)

Are you new to business, or thinking of starting a small business? Give your business the best start! Attend this free introductory workshop run by Australian Taxation Office staff.

Employer Essentials for Small Business (Maroondah City Council)

Do you have employees, or are you thinking of employing workers? Understand your tax and super obligations as an employer.