Melton City Council’s federal and state budget submissions focus on increasing local jobs and attracting greater investment in the local economy, as it looks forward to a population set to triple in the next 30 years.

EOI’s are now closing as we prepare to bring plenty more infrastructure to help businesses successfully operate outdoors.

The City of Melton’s outdoor dining options are continuing to expand. One retailer in Caroline Springs has sacrificed their on-street parking so that they can extend the style that they have become known for while offering their customers a new space to enjoy a summer cocktail or two.

With the COVID-19 pandemic now firmly a part of our lives, workplaces are being reopened in a COVID-safe way…. so, what should you be thinking about as your workers return to the workplace?

When you reduce your waste not only are you helping the environment, but you also help yourself. Your business could save money, become more competitive as a business, inspire staff and improve your standing in the community.

Development of the Cobblebank area continues with impressive progress on Cobblebank Stadium.

Investment into mental health is important now in order to prevent negative impacts later this year. Let’s have a look at how businesses can get on the front foot.

Since late October expressions of interest have been open for Melton City businesses to propose ideas on how to extend their outdoor dining areas. Pinolos Pizza is one of five food businesses in a small shopping precinct off Melton Highway, which approached Council as a group.

Melton City Council is collaborating with the landlord of Central Shopping Centre to bring high-end expanded outdoor dining options to Caroline Springs Boulevard to activate the precinct. The new look brings together high-quality aesthetic appeal and function, purpose built to increase the dining capacity for local businesses while attracting more customers to the area for retail traders and businesses.

The huge new Bunnings Warehouse currently under construction in Melton will create around 50 additional jobs in the local community when it opens in early 2021.

With many Melbournians choosing to stay home this Christmas, now is the time to start thinking how best to attract your local customers.

The motives that drive people to consider moving to or investing in a new area are varied. The consideration of such as decision is one thing, to act another. When planning a move or investment there are a myriad of questions that need to be addressed.

The State Budget is out, and you’ve probably heard the cheers locally for the promised $75 million to kick off the new Melton Hospital project.

And the news for business is good, the Business Council of Australia and VCCI this afternoon praising the budget’s range of incentives aimed at getting hundreds of thousands of people back to work and breathing new life into a post-lockdown economic landscape.

From 1 July 2021, the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) will have new environment protection laws, with increased powers to investigate businesses. If you operate a small business offering dry cleaning, automotive repair or maintenance you can apply to participate in the Small Business Program pilot to be ready for the new laws.

Masks are coming off outdoors, some of our workers are returning to the office and our hospitality venues will be able to welcome back significant numbers of patrons from tomorrow.

There were several measures which will be welcomed by our small business community, announced by Premier Daniel Andrews during his press conference this morning.

Recent changes like single touch payroll and various temporary COVID-19 related government stimulus and incentives being rolled out, it’s important to get it right and easy to get wrong.

We’re encouraging our residents and community to shop and think local first with the Melton City Much More – Buy Local program.

Promote your business by showcasing a special offer on the Melton City Much More App and Facebook page, and let potential customers know you are open for business with our ‘Buy Local’ A-frames.

The Start, Now program accelerates the process of finding a business idea, developing it and scaling the business into a sustainable model.

Increased outdoor dining is expected to be a part of Victoria’s COVID normal this summer, but so is heavy rainfall. We look to the experts from SES for their top tips on how to be prepared and mitigate any risks so that we can get the most out of the summer months.

For the first time since late June, all of Victoria are on the same level of COVID-19 restrictions.

The 'ring of steel' surrounding metro Melbourne has been lifted, and the 25km travel radius is gone, as of 11:59pm last night.