Enterprise Centres Tasmania Program (Australia)

Deadline: 1-Jun-22

The Tasmania Government is offering grants to deliver the Enterprise Centres Tasmania program in northern Tasmania.

This program provides funding to an independent business adviser to deliver tailored advisory services to small businesses in the northern region of Tasmania.

The Tasmanian Government is committed to supporting small business, with a range of initiatives having already been implemented under the Getting Behind and Backing Small Business policy and the Interim Business Growth Strategy.

Objectives

The objectives of the ECT program are to provide small business support that is relevant, delivered to the highest standard and available when the business needs it by:

Supporting small businesses to be more viable and employ more people
Enabling more Tasmanians to start businesses and help those businesses to grow and survive
Facilitating networking opportunities to increase peer to peer mentoring and business to business collaboration

Funding Information

An allocation of $180,000 (excluding GST) is available to deliver the program in the northern region which will commence from 1 July 2022 and conclude on 30 June 2023.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants must meet all the following eligibility criteria before submitting an application via Smarty Grants:

Have an Australian Business Number (ABN).
Be registered for goods and services tax (GST).
Be a sole trader, partnership, company, trust or an incorporated organisation at the time of the application.
Must not be under external administration or have had applications for orders to appoint liquidators or provisional liquidators, or be wound up or dissolved, or any other action in relation to insolvency.
Be able to commence delivery of the ECT program on 1 July 2022 and deliver until 30 June 2023.
Have certificates of currency, including:
- Workers compensation for applicants who employ staff
- $20 million public liability insurance
- $5 million professional indemnity insurance
Note: Insurances must be held at the time of application. Applicants that do not hold the required level of insurance at the time of application will be deemed ineligible.