What a start to small business month. A great launch at the Capital Threatre to celebrate linking Central Victorian Businesses. Terrific to see so many people networking and introducing themselves and their businesses to each other. A big thankyou to the City of Greater Bendigo for putting this event on for free to anyone who wished to attend.

From time to time we will revisit existing businesses within the Workspace network. Our first business is Karen Ryles Counselling located in the Workspace Castlemaine site. Karen Ryles is a psychosexual and relationship therapist and also provides generalist counselling and psychotherapy. Karen is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with over 27 years’ experience in counselling and psychotherapy. She is a member of the Society of Australian Sexologists and accredited m

With a long history of mining exploration businesses located in Workspace Dunolly, we welcome our latest business Dunolly Gold Developments. Dunolly Gold Developments builds on its existing resources and experience in carry out highly successful exploration drilling programs. Additional services conducted by the organisation include refurbishment of mining machinery. Gold and exploration activities conducted throughout Central Victoria ensure that the demand for Dunolly Gold

Workspace Castlemaine welcomes Village Therapy as one of the latest small businesses to join the network. Village Therapy offer a range of assessment and treatment options for families, tailored to suit individual needs. Telehealth appointments are also available, where suitable. Services include speech pathology for children and adolescents, assisting with speech sound difficulties, late talkers, difficulties understanding and/or using language, stuttering, literacy and voic

If you haven't got your ticket to this year's Roadshow Event then I recommend you get together with your friends or colleagues and organise a table. You are urged to attend the Learning to Soar: Dinner with Lydia Lassila, a feature of this year’s Small Business Festival Victoria. Olympic gold medallist aerial skier turned small business woman, Lydia will tell guests about how to take their enterprise to new heights and turn adversity into advantage. Lydia admits tough times w

In the end, a small business has limited resources, it can't guard against every possible thing that could go wrong. Thankfully, a good back-up solution could mean the difference between paying a ransom or losing your data. It is critical that a small business owners backup data on a regular basis. This reduces downtime until a ransom is paid, and could even prevent one being paid at all. USBs and external hard drives are cost-effective options, providing these devices are ph

Workspace Eaglehawk welcomes Solar 1 Electrical who specialise in Solar Electrical Sales & Services. Solar 1 offer a wide variety of services including: Residential Solar Installation Supply and install Renewable Energy Solutions to homes in the Central Victorian region with an emphasis on quality and workmanship. Commercial Solar Solutions Help Commercial Businesses both large and small overcome the ever increasing electricity expenses by installing a custom solar system de

Workspace would like to welcome another new business to its Castlemaine centre. Aaron from AB Accounting Solutions has been providing accounting services for over 15 years and has recently decided to branch out on his own. Aaron prides himself on providing good customer service in a timely, friendly and trustworthy manner. Services provided include: Tax Return Preparation Financial statement preparation SMSF administration BAS and PAYG statement preparation Tax Planning Taxat

When it comes to preventing ransom-ware individual employees are another point of weakness. Employees need to be educated about their role in privacy and security. They should be encouraged to think before they act and trained to be wary of communications imploring them to act immediately, offer something that sounds too good to be true or request personal information.

Dont get caught out by paying to obtain an Australia Business Number (ABN). When googling "ABN registration" there are several paid advertisements from brokers that appear at the top of the page. Avoid the brokers who wish to charge you for the registration and visit business.gov.au where you can register for free. Business.gov.au will take you step by step through the process of obtaining an ABN at no cost. CLICK HERE TO OBTAIN AN ABN