Lockhart Shire nestles in the heart of the Riverina and is one of it's most productive agricultural and pastoral areas.
Business Start Up Support
The NSW Government and other agencies provide many types of support for business and help for individuals to start up a business.
Jobs Action Plan provides eligible NSW businesses with a $6,000 payroll tax rebate when they employ new workers in new eligible employment.
Small Business Employment incentive provides a grant of up to $2,000 for non-payroll small businesses when they hire new employees.
Minimum Viable Product grants are provided by Jobs for NSW and designed to support promising technology startups with the funds needed to gather customer feedback and test their underlying business model.
Building Partnerships grants support revenue startups seeking to build their customer base and pilot their business models, provide funding of up to 35% of approved project costs to a maximum of $100,000 per project. These grants enable startups to pilot new marketing partnerships here in Australia or overseas, or to complete pilot projects with key customers to provide evidence to accelerate market adoption of their products or services.
