City of Stirling Corporate Business Plan

Outcome E2: Projects

2020/21 

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

Business Connect

Q1

Project commenced Business connects payment delivered

To provide a 50 per cent membership fee subsidy to keep as many Stirling Business Association member businesses connected to the association as possible during the current

Q2 Q3 Q4

health and economic pandemic 2020/2021 project cost: $22,000

Acquittal report completed

2020/21 

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

Business Mastermind Program

The program will assist specific businesses through coaching and mentoring 2020/2021 project cost: $20,000

Q1

Business Mastermind program commenced Three Business Mastermind courses delivered Two Business Mastermind courses delivered Business Mastermind program completed

Q2

Q3 Q4

2020/21 

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

Business Counselling Service

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Promotion of business counselling service commenced

To provide advice such as availability of government grant assistance, cash flow analysis and specific information to ensure businesses are best equipped to survive and succeed during the post pandemic recovery 2020/2021 project cost: $60,000 To assist individual small businesses to respond to changed circumstances created by Covid-19 The funds could also be used to reactivate selected local centres across the City or for capital works to improve the appeal or operation of a local centre 2020/2021 project cost: $400,000 Small Business Activation Grant

All grant acquittal completed Business counselling service project completed

2020/21 

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

Q1

Promotion of Small Business Activation Grant commenced

Q2

Processing of all grant applications completed

Q3

Grant acquittals process commenced

Q4

Grant acquittals completed Small Business Activation Grant project completed

2020/21 

2021/22 

2022/23 

2023/24 

Small Business Friendly Approvals Project

Q1

Formulation of business welcome packs completed Process for the early allocation of applications commenced Improvements to the online lodgement of applications commenced Approved enhancements to the City’s website completed Improvements to the online lodgement of applications completed Assessment of concurrent applications in planning, building and health commenced Assessment of concurrent applications in planning, building and health completed

To improve customer service and streamline assessment of small business applications within the City 2020/2021 project cost: $100,000

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