Westside Crawls, a series of progressive-style food events held across the west earlier this year, has been shortlisted for a 2021 Main Street Australia award.

Melton Town Centre traders joined Member for Melton Steve McGhie, Melton City Council Mayor Cr Kathy Majdlik and Council staff last week, for an online meeting to kick off the Melton Town Centre Revitalisation project.

The new fully-operational Amazon Fulfillment Centre (FC) at Dexus’s Horizon 3023 Estate in Ravenhall is looking to fill around 200 new jobs in preparation for this year’s Christmas rush.

The Council of Small Business Australia (COSBOA) has joined forces with GoFundMe, Commonwealth Bank, and Transurban to create the Doing it Tough grant program for micro businesses and sole traders.

Meet Our Employers is a new, joint program by the Community Activation and Learning and the Economic Development teams at the City of Melton.

The finalists in the 2021 City of Melton Business Excellence Awards have been revealed this week, with 21 outstanding businesses from hospitality, trades, professional services, and creative industries recognised for their work.

Melton’s town centre will undergo a revitalisation with a redesign of civic spaces, a program of events and a campaign to engage with local businesses, supported by an additional $1.35 million boost from the Melton Suburban Revitalisation program.

This mesmerising footage shows automated robots picking stock alongside human counterparts, for Australia’s largest ecommerce fulfilment provider, eStore Logistics, which has just opened its seventh fulfillment centre, at Dexus’s Horizon 3023 estate in Ravenhall.

Scott Street, a bustling activity centre, retail and social hub lovingly referred to as “The Bird Cage”, will soon showcase inspiring new designs on roller doors of six businesses as part of a placemaking activation program.

Real estate and investment management firm JLL has been exclusively appointed to sell 26 premium industrial land allotments in Melton Business Park at 3 Federation Drive. The allotments range from 907 to 2500 square metres per site, with sales now open via EOI and closing on Wednesday September 8.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety has allocated up to $700,000 over three years for crime prevention and community safety initiatives in Melton.

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.