​​​​​New Business Assistance with NEIS

 Individuals not in employment, education or training who are interested in running their own business may be eligible for new business assistance with NEIS.

New business assistance can help by providing:

• Accredited small business training;
• Personalised mentoring and support from a NEIS provider in the first year of the new business to help the individual put their business idea into practice; and
• NEIS Allowance for up to 39 weeks and NEIS Rental Assistance for up to 26 weeks (if eligible).

You can directly approach a NEIS provider located in your area. You can find your local NEIS provider on the find a provider page on the jobactive website or call the employment services information line on 1800 805 260.​​

Business Connect Advisory Services through the Community Migrant Resource Centre (CMRC) 

Business Connect is a dedicated and personalised NSW Government program that provides trusted advice to help you start or grow your small business. The program provides one-to-one business advice sessions, business advisory services, and training workshops to small businesses and disrupted industries across NSW state wide. The service provides high quality and culturally relevant business advice and training to individuals, start-ups and small business from multicultural communities in NSW. This service includes in-language business advisory services in Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and Vietnamese.

The Community Migrant Resource Centre (CMRC) is a trusted provider of Business Connect.

For more information and to find an adviser visit, CMRC.

Small Business Grants for Entrepreneurs​

The Australian Government provides financial assistance to entrepreneurs in a form of small business grants. These grants are offered in order to help businesses grow employment opportunities. The grants process is subject to rigor and the ability of the business to fulfil the respective grant terms and conditions. 

For more information, vist Grant Connet.

The Ideas B​oom​

Did you know innovative businesses are 60% more likely to increase their profits? In fact, innovative businesses are also twice as likely to increase their productivity and employment. The National Innovation and Science Agenda is encouraging businesses to embrace risk, entrepreneurship and be innovators in every field.

For more information on how business operators can embrace this new movement to grow their business, visit the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources.