The City of Melbourne is very active
in promoting opportunities for small business to grow. You
may already have direct links with CoM publications but, in case you haven’t,
here are some recent items that caught our eye.
Christmas
business briefing
Thursday 17 August
Get an insight into
what we have planned for the 2017 Christmas Festival in a morning business briefing. See how we’ll
activate the city and market businesses like yours. Find out how to express
your interest, and the strategies you can adopt to leverage our
activities.
Get
a small business grant
Apply by Monday 7 August
Do you have a big
idea for small business that we can get behind? Our small business grants support innovative
start-ups and established small businesses across all sectors based in or
setting up in the City of Melbourne.
Melbourne
Fashion Week
From 1 to 8 September
Get ready for a week
of fashion, retail, music, art and design, as Melbourne Fashion Week asserts itself as
the city’s premier consumer fashion event again this year. Formerly Melbourne
Spring Fashion Week, celebrations will start with Vogue American Express
Fashion’s Night and a week-long program of more than 150 events across the city
featuring major retail centres, luxury and independent labels.
Get
Grand Final posters
Attract footy traffic
Are you ready to
welcome more than 150,000 people as they descend on the city for the Grand
Final Parade on Friday 29 September? Get Grand Final posters to display in your
business. Email by Monday 14 August and draw potential customers into your
venue on the long weekend and beyond.