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Regional Small Business Support Program

Tender ID: 497770


Tender Details

Tender #:
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Status:
Closed
Publish Date:
2 July 2022
Closing Date:
31 December 2022

Tender Description

This program provides financial counselling and related services to small regional businesses facing hardship due to drought, the COVID-19 pandemic or the 2019-20 bushfires.

What you get?

Free financial counselling services.

Who is this for?

Small regional businesses.

Overview

This free, confidential service provides eligible small businesses with individual, tailored support to:

  • better understand their financial position
  • connect with government programs and assistance schemes
  • identify long-term recovery options
  • implement plans to improve the viability of their business
  • access broader professional advice and support.

What are the eligibility criteria?

To be eligible, a small business must:

  • employ 19 or fewer people
  • be, in the opinion of the financial counsellor, experiencing, or at imminent risk of, financial hardship as a result of drought, COVID-19 and/or bushfires
  • be located in a regional area (defined as ‘MMM2’ to ‘MMM7’ on the Department of Health’s Modified Monash Modellink is external- external site rurality classification)
  • be ineligible to access services under the existing Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS) Program- external site.

How do you apply?

Find out more about eligibility and how to apply at Regional Small Business Support Program- external site: https://recovery.gov.au/programs/rural-financial-counselling/regional-small-business-support-program

Contact information

rfcs@recovery.gov.au



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