Surf coast retailer embraces reopening with a COVIDSafe plan.
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COVID-19 Response & Recovery
We're showcasing the innovative and agile people and businesses who have adapted to working or doing business in the new environment created by coronavirus. They are inspiring, interesting and thought-provoking, highlighting stories of recovery.
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Mental health course a lifeline for small business
The Victorian Government has teamed up with St John Ambulance to launch a Mental Health and Wellbeing Program to help businesses doing it tough.
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Brewing up a new business plan
Take a look at how Ballarat’s Red Duck microbrewery is riding out the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Here’s cheers: Grampians wineries throw open their virtual cellar door
Revenue dipped between 40 and 95 per cent at Grampians wineries during recent restrictions, but a virtual cellar door is helping to turn that around.
Summer from from Mt Buller in Victoria's High Country
High hopes of a new career for a High Country local
Meet Annabel, one of the many young people who moved to regional Victoria to pursue a rejigged career during the pandemic.
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Cooking up a new way of doing business
A Business Support Fund grant is helping Izakaya Den swivel to a take-away model during the pandemic.
Federation University Gippsland
The road back: a helping hand for Gippsland’s bushfire-affected businesses
Many Gippsland bushfire-affected businesses are getting back on their feet via a course at Federation University that will help them upskill & reskill
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Collingwood book business has designs to expand online
Podcasts and live author talks are just two of the ways a Collingwood book business is courting an online crowd.
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Securing jobs for Victorians who are ready to get back to work
Having found a full-time job herself, see how one community leader in Victoria’s Ethiopian community is helping others find work through.
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Success is all in the numbers for new Brotherhood of St Laurence employee
Stood down from an analytics role in the airline industry, David flew into a new community role thanks to the Working for Victoria jobs program.
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Working for Victoria delivers a new job – and new joy – for Adam
After a heartbreaking start to 2020 for Adam, things are finally turning around.
Ron Gauci, CEO of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA)
Technology, the essential worker
We speak to a tech-industry expert to understand the essential role technology has played in ushering us through coronavirus (COVID-19).
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A clean start for 500 Victorians with new jobs
Five hundred people are being employed to improve hygiene and safety across the city as part of the $500 million Working for Victoria fund.
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Melbourne medical precinct hosts world-first clinical trial for coronavirus vaccine
Victorian company Nucleus Network was chosen to run world-first clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine.
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A second bite of the employment apple
Amid widespread job loss and uncertainty, a Victorian Government employment program matches the newly unemployed with businesses.
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Government pandemic response helps Victorians return to work
Thousands of Victorians have returned to work as part of the Working for Victoria initiative.
Paul Molenaar, who with wife Cindy, are co-directors of Compliance Experts.
Compliance Experts transforms to survive and thrive
The disruptions to Victoria’s business community by coronavirus meant many small businesses have had to adapt quickly and re-focus their business.
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Flashcards a vital resource for netballers
Community sport needed to take an inventive turn to stay on the court during coronavirus. Discover how Netball Victoria adapted.
