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Taking care of business
from 2014-07 Sydney (1)
by Indian Link
New resources are available for members of the Indian small business community
At a receridy held breakfast information seminar sessiori ar the Hotel Novotel, P arramatta, members o f the lndian small b usi n ess commmti ty were updated about the range of new servi ces available to assist tbem in their business developm ent.
A joint Governmeor initiative of the SW Mul ticultural Business Advisory Panel, NSW Trade and fovestment and rhe Office o f the SW Small Business Commission er, the session was designed to affirm rhe l SW G ove r nment's commim1enr ro e ngagement with the Indian business community.
A key aim of rhe sentin.'l.rs was to g ive business owners knowledge about d1e r esources and too ls available to them, to belp make i t easier for the Indian community to do business in NSW.
The Office of the NSW Small Business Commi ssioner o u tlined how t heir staff can assist small business owne rs wiili resolving commercial leas ing dispures, and presented Small Biz Connect, a subsidised advisory service.
Small Biz Co nnect i s designed tO join mvn ers with el\l)erien ced local business advisors to help wiili different aspect of business including how to establish , run and grow a b usiness and how to get inro exporting
The Office of the NSW Sm all Business Commiss ioner is also develo ping a range o f multilingual resources and updated the small business owners about the tailored services designed to assist Indian comm u ni ty businesses.
"Doing more for nmlticulmral small business is a key priority for the Offi ce of d1e NSW
Small Business Commission ei:," Commiss ioner R obyn Hobbs
OA.J.v(, said. "A significant prop ortion of small b u si n esses rhat we sup port have business own ers who were born overseas and don't have English as rheir first language The success of these mul ticultural businesses is very important to us and we have specialised programs and resources available to hel p them."
Th e session included an add ress by Jvl.r Sunjay Sudhir, the Con sul General of India in Sydney, as
