Dr Jackson Yin’s kit home business pivoted online during lockdown, thanks to a $50,000 Business Victoria innovation grant.
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Business Environment
Some of these stories and associated images and/or video listed on these pages were produced before physical distancing regulations were introduced in Victoria.
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Women’s business incubator fostering new beginnings
Women from culturally diverse communities are being empowered through a business incubator, funded by the Victorian Government.
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How a Bendigo family engineering business has the world in a spin
From a revolving restaurant in Qatar, to a Las Vegas casino bar, to a Tehran telecommunication tower, Australian Turntable Company has gone global.
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Farmer wants a bookkeeper
How online learning is helping Victoria’s young farmers secure their future in agriculture.
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From Little Bumble to big buzz
Business mentoring helps Little Bumble beeswax food wraps business grow from local hobby to national success.
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Sailors Grave sets sail on new adventure
VIDEO: After the 2019 bushfires, the couple behind Sailors Grave brewery are finally about to realise their ambition of building a tourist destination
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Skilled migrant healthcare worker made a difference on Melbourne’s COVID-19 frontline
Dr Andrew Wang is a medical professional with a skilled migrant visa working at Sunshine Hospital in Melbourne’s West.
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A fruitful cherry season, in spite of the challenges
Koala Cherries did a massive pivot to get cherries to dining tables this summer.
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Meet Victoria’s female cyber warriors
We profile three women working in cyber security in our state.
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From Vietnam to Horsham: a business migrant’s journey
In 2018, Tuan Nguyen left Ho Chi Minh City to begin a new life in regional Victoria as a pub owner. Here’s his story.
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Swooping in to improve healthcare access in regional Victoria
Where fast & safe medical testing has become more important than ever, now is the time to improve how we deliver medical supplies. Why not use drones?
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An East Brunswick winery starts pouring again
Melbourne’s hospitality scene is once more flipping the sign in their windows to ‘open’ thanks to a Victorian Government's program.
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A fresh brew: Abbotsford coffee operation gets a reset
With help from a free, online Business Victoria-supported course, Abbotsford’s Bureaux Coffee is getting through the pandemic.
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From funeral items to PPE: how a Croydon business reinvented itself
Croydon’s ‘Your Memories’ has expanded to sell Personal Protective Equipment to funeral directors, helped along by a Business Support Fund grant.
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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.
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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.
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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
