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New start for business start-ups Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au âWORK. MEET. BEACH. REPEAT.â is the slogan that greets visitors to the offices of a new startup in Frankston aiming to help new start-ups launched just in time for the hotter summer months. Frankston Foundry, a coworking space and business hub for entrepreneurs and new businesses, officially opened its doors last Tuesday. Co-founders Cam Rambert and James Bertschik, both 28, are encouraging fledgling businesses to use office space on either a full-time or casual basis on the top floor above the Commonwealth Bank building in Wells St as a base of operations and a way to meet and talk to like-minded entrepreneurs about the challenges of building a business. Mr Rambert, a marketing technologist who previously worked for advertising agencies, moved to Frankston about eight months ago and immediately saw past the areaâs poor reputation in some external quarters to recognise the area is on the up business wise. âIâm self-employed and found it tough myself to find a place to work around Frankston,â he said. âWorking from home is a bit distracting and itâs better to have an office away from home.â The business incubator will be run on a six-month trial basis with help from Frankston Councilâs Space Invaders program that helps converts empty shop fronts and office space
Meaning business: Cam Rambert, left, and James Bertschik have founded the Frankston Foundry for start-ups. Picture: Gary Sissons
into short-term opportunities for nascent businesses. Frankston itself was named as a major entrepreneurial hotspot last month by demographer Bernard Salt in an Australia-wide study commissioned by NBN Co so the timing seems perfect for Mr Rambert and IT specialist Mr Bertschik, a Seaford resident, to take the plunge and test the waters in Frankston to find out whether a coworking space is sustainable in the longer term. The demographerâs research found young Gen Y and older Baby Boomers, possibly facing post-employment life
but not yet ready for retirement, have taken to self-employment in a sign there are no age limits on making a go of establishing a business. âMembers so far range from aged 17 until early 50s,â Mr Rambert said. He hopes Frankston Foundry can become the focal point for start-ups across the bayside and Mornington Peninsula region. âWeâre aiming to connect business from Melbourne CBD to the peninsula too.â Executive coaches, software development firms, architects, design agencies and a wakeboard
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manufacturer have shown an interest in leasing space at the Wells St offices. The redevelopment of the Frankston train station precinct, expansion of Chisholm TAFE and the ongoing success of Monash Universityâs peninsula campus shows there is a lot of potential for new businesses in the area coupled with a 5-year low unemployment rate of 6.1 per cent in Frankston. Politicians including federal Dunkley Liberal MP Chris Crewther spoke at the official launch and welcomed the Frankston Foundry co-working space as a first of its kind for Frankston. Federal Cabinet Secretary Arthur Sinodinos also popped in and addressed launch attendees, praising the co-founders for not relying on government money to launch the hub. âOnce Canberra gets its claws into you, you never know whatâs going to happen,â the Liberal senator said. Despite the note of caution Mr Sinodinos was happy to throw a few notes in the form of a $4400 grant the Frankston Foundryâs way to upgrade a kitchen at the Wells St offices used by businesses leasing space at the business hub. The grant was part of an Incubator Support program including $23 million in matching grants to help new business incubators like the Frankston Foundry, Mr Crewther said. See frankstonfoundry.com for details of how entrepreneurs, digital creatives and independent professionals can lease office space and tap in to the experience of fellow small business founders.
A 54-YEAR-OLD Frankston man will face court on charges of dangerous driving causing death and other traffic related offences relating to a fatal collision in Langwarrin earlier this year. A 17-year-old Langwarrin girl was crossing the intersection of CranbourneFrankston Rd and Long St when she was struck by a garbage truck, 8.10am, Tuesday 16 February. She was airlifted to hospital with lifethreatening injuries but died in hospital. Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives charged the man who appeared at Melbourne Magistratesâ Court, Tuesday 20 September. His case has been adjourned for a committal mention at a date to be fixed.
October for golf
GOLF courses across the Mornington Peninsula will throw open their doors for Golf Month in October. The national campaign encourages people to get involved in golf. Backed by the golf industry and promoted through a national marketing campaign, clubs and facilities around the country hope to re-engage with lapsed golfers, get new people into the game and promote the benefits of golf club membership. Golfers on the peninsula can join clubs and attend womenâs days. Special green fee rates are being offered to players at all levels at The Dunes, where golfers can play 18 holes for $36 on Tuesday 18 October and there is a 50 per cent membership special at Devilbend Golf Club. A series of free womenâs days will be held 2-6 October at Eagle Ridge, Moonah Links, Portsea, Sorrento and St Andrews Beach golf courses. Participants in Golf Month and club members who introduce a new member to their club have the chance to win a 2017 ISPS Handa Womenâs Australian Open experience, including a place in the Pro-Am. Details: golfmonth.com.au
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