As an employer, if you become aware of a confirmed case of COVID-19 at your workplace, there are a series of steps you must take.

The Small Business Debt Helpline is staffed by a team of qualified financial counsellors, who will listen and give you practical advice to help you get back on track. The services are non-judgmental, free, independent and confidential.

Japanese tool giant Makita has purchased a six-hectare site within Melbourne Business Park, a 260ha industrial estate being co-developed by Stockland and Mt Atkinson Holdings, and set to become one of the largest logistics precincts in Victoria.

Precinct Structure Plans (PSPs) and Urban Design Frameworks (UDFs) set out the master plans for whole communities, and can help inform your business on where development is planned, types of land use and potential opportunities for expansion.

Myer is set to join an enviable list of tenants at Dexus’s ‘Horizon 3023’ industrial estate in Ravenhall, with the opening of a new 40,000 square metre warehouse.

In a win for Commercial Tenants, legislation reintroducing the Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme has been passed in Parliament, guaranteeing rent reductions for businesses that have experienced a loss in turnover of more than 30 percent during the pandemic.

Better news for business this morning as Minister for Industry Support and Recovery Martin Pakula announced an additional $282.5 million in cash grants for businesses affected by Victoria’s lockdown 5.0. 
It brings the total support offered to Victorian businesses to $484.3 million over the 12 days.

At $31 million, Cobblebank Indoor Stadium is the highest value project ever under by Melton City Council. It’s also one of Council’s most sustainable buildings yet.

Set to open late this year, the six-court stadium has been designed to maximise natural light, minimise energy consumption, use environmentally sustainable materials, and use renewable energy.

Meal kit giant HelloFresh will create around 350 jobs when it opens Australia’s largest meal kit pick-and-pack facility in Ravenhall this month, nicknamed ‘the Tuckerbox’. 

The 25,500 square metre production and distribution centre is offering employment opportunities across pick packers, forklift drivers, quality control and management positions.

Your shopfront is often your customer’s first interaction with your business. If ‘first impressions last’, then it should always be a positive experience. This article provides an easy maintenance checklist to help you keep your shopfront looking fresh.

Exciting times ahead for Melton Town Centre, with funding announced to deliver a range of projects, aimed at raising consumer awareness of the precinct through activations, installations, physical improvements and marketing.

The new financial year is a chance to ‘reflect and reassess’ and start with a positive outlook. While the outlook will look different for everyone, there are some business basics every owner can keep in mind, particularly as the last two financial years will be unique against the backdrop of the current and foreseeable economic climate.

After decades of campaigning, it’s on the way: Minister for Health Martin Foley MP joined Melton City Council Mayor Cr Kathy Majdlik in Cobblebank on Sunday to announce the site for the new Melton hospital.

Works outlined in the 2021/22 Melton City Council Budget include building works valued at $39.66 million; $17.5 million in recreational, leisure and community facilities; an extensive roads investment of $70.27 million; footpaths and cycle-ways worth $2.56 million; bridges at $4.22 million; $700,000 in street tree planting; $450,000 in library books; and $214,300 in public art.

Much More Music is a new program bringing live music to local businesses, helping to activate and promote businesses and surrounding precincts.  

The Victorian Government’s $64 million Digital Jobs program is creating a new pipeline of talent to meet the digital skills needs of Victorian employers. The program aims to produce up to 5,000 job-ready candidates with up-to-date digital skills that will help Victorian businesses thrive.

Global logistics giant NewCold is investing $147 million to expand its Asia Pacific headquarters in Truganina and bolster Victoria’s food storage capacity, with critical support provided by the Victorian Government.

Is the Circular Economy on your radar as an emerging opportunity?

If you are unfamiliar with the term, when applied to business strategy, the circular economy is a new approach that applies Japanese kaizen principles and design thinking to enhance profits through resource optimisation.

While COVID-19 caused plenty of frustration for businesses across the City of Melton, it also provided an opportunity for the team at Eynesbury to complete renovations, test and try new offerings and to regroup ready to offer a range of products and services to the local and business community.

The newly opened Punthill Apartments is situated above the Springlake Shopping Centre on Caroline Springs Boulevard, with on-site parking and offers rooms with spectacular views.