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New funding opportunities for recycling Complimenting the Victorian State Government’s new state-wide four-bin system for Victorian households, funding has been released to support the recycling sector in Victoria. Aimed at reducing household, commercial and industrial waste, these measures are part of a 10-year Recycling Victoria plan and supported by the $56 million Recycling Victoria Infrastructure Fund. The…

Free ONLINE digital workshops in regional Victoria The Victorian Government in partnership with Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) are delivering online workshops in regional and rural Victoria to provide your small businesses with practical actions and tips on how to make the most of the digital economy and reduce your cyber-security risks. Attend…

Prompt payment for small business via the Australian supplier payment code In an endeavour to support the prompt payment of small businesses, the Business Council of Australia has led the development of the Australian supplier payment code. The code is a voluntary initiative to ensure small business suppliers are paid promptly and on time. The code commits…

2019 has been an exciting year for the GROW Gippsland program; we grew from 12 Compact Members in December 2018 to 68 in December 2019, we held 27 training and workshop events for over 880 people, 13 people have found work through the GROW People pilot and 308 actions have been recorded in 42 Action…

Thirty local contractors and suppliers were used during the Boisdale Recreation Reserve upgrade, helping to increase sports participation rates within the community, including among female football and netball players of the Boisdale-Briagolong Football Netball Club. The works encompassed demolition and replacement of the existing change-rooms with new home and umpire change rooms, an upgrade to…

Todd Ferguson, Project Manager from GROW Gippsland Compact Member CPB Contractors, recently presented at the Kick Start Your Career in Construction graduation at the Heyfield Community Resource Centre. The 6-week pre-employment program provided participants with entry-level skills for working in construction, employment preparation, language and literacy skills and a White Card. The Latrobe Valley Authority, Gippsland…

GROW team members Cameron Spence (Program Manager), Peter Mogridge (Infrastructure Procurement Lead), Shalene Wilcock (Stakeholder Engagement Manager), and Jeanie Hall (Latrobe Valley Authority; Manager Small Business, Economic Development and Investment) recently attended a Rheinmetall briefing hosted by Latrobe City Council and supported by Industry Capability Network (ICN). Rheinmetall currently employ 320 staff in Australia, and…

On December 2nd, GROW Gippsland facilitated a briefing event for the two shortlisted contractors bidding for the half a billion-dollar Gippsland Line Upgrade project. Representatives from the VicConnect Consortium; comprising UGL Limited, Decmil and Arup, and the CJWS Consortium; comprising CPB Contractors, John Holland, WSP and SMEC gathered at Latrobe Valley Enterprises in Morwell to…

GROW Gippsland held our second Employer Working Group on December 4 to seven attendees from health, government, telecommunications, trades and labour, water, facility services and disability support at the Latrobe Valley Authority. Attendees heard from guest speakers Emma and Tess from Australian Network on Disability about workplace adjustments that can be made for a person…

Harriet Shing MP, Karen Cain from the Latrobe Valley Authority and Cameron and Makayla from GROW Gippsland recently met with Prue Hill and 3 of her fantastic trainees at Gippsland Physiotherapy Group. The group had an honest and heart-warming chat about employment for young people in the Gippsland region; the barriers that may be faced…