All under 25-Year-Olds, pitch your idea and you could win $1,000
All under 25-Year-Olds, pitch your idea and you could win $1,000 Hunter continues to showcase our next generation of young innovators and business minds through the Hunter Young Business Awards (HYMBA). HYBMA encourages our young people to think like entrepreneurs, express their creativity and develop the self-confidence to present their ideas. Our aim is to…
Greater Cessnock Business Leaders Lunch
Greater Cessnock Business Leaders Lunch Cessnock City Council is excited to be hosting our latest business networking event for the local business community. We are pleased to have keynote speaker Ciara Lancaster who is a change leadership and resilience expert and best-selling author of ‘Reimagine Change’. An economic outlook will be provided by Councils Economic…
Energy Savings Scheme
Energy Savings Scheme Upgrade your business equipment and appliances with the NSW Government Energy Savings Scheme (ESS). The ESS provides financial incentives for households and businesses to become energy efficient by cutting electricity and gas use. It does this by making it cheaper for you to invest in an upgrade project to reduce your energy…
NSW Small Business Month
NSW Small Business Month November is Small Business month in NSW. This is the only festival with a range of activities dedicated to NSW Small Businesses thanks to the NSW Government. There are opportunities to learn or improve skills, and spark inspiration to build new ideas. Take advantage of the many free, online courses helping…
STOMP Festival
STOMP Festival Cessnock City Council is pleased to announce it will once again provide in-kind and financial support for Stomp Festival, following a decision at Wednesday night’s council meeting. The festival organiser, Cessnock Business Chamber, will be provided with $17,304 of in-kind and financial support for this popular street festival themed around food, wine, music…
Pilot Job Shuttle Program
Pilot Job Shuttle Program The Cessnock to Wine Country Pilot Job Shuttle Program is expected to commence in June 2023 following a resolution at the September Cessnock City Council meeting. The program promises to connect Cessnock workers with jobs in the vineyards by providing low cost transport between the two destinations seven days per week….
New Fire Rating System
New Fire Rating System With the upcoming fire season, it is important to understand the new changes to the fire rating system to help protect your business from the risk of fire. From September 1 2022 new fire danger ratings will be implemented. This is important to take note of as it involves a change…
Huntlee Park Grand Opening
Huntlee Park Grand Opening Cessnock City Council is proud to announce the opening of Huntlee Park and is inviting the community to come and celebrate its opening and explore this new community facility. To celebrate the occasion, a fun morning of activities has been organised at the park after the opening ceremony at 9am. Activities…
Guide to Mediation
Guide to mediation The NSW Small Business Commission has released a new guide on its mediation service and how it can help resolve business disputes, potentially avoiding the time and expense of going to a court or tribunal. Getting into a dispute can, at times, be an unavoidable part of running a business, whether it…
Register for a shorter domain name
Businesses can register for a new shorter ‘.au’ domain name which matches existing businesses website domains. Instead of mybusiness.com.au, for example, the same business can now register “mybusiness.au” Registrations will close on 20 September, 2022. Applications can be submitted to current domain name registrars or via participating auDA accredited registrars, auDA said that websites with…
Hunter Innovation Festival is back!
The Hunter Innovation Festival is back for 2021, kicking off on Monday 3rd of May, until Sunday the 16th, with this year’s festival theme ‘Innovate to Regenerate.’ Made up of more than 40 events, the festival aims to connect, inspire, educate and promote a culture of innovation throughout the Hunter. The events will range from…
Breaking down the barriers to job growth and economic recovery
Motivated to break down the barriers to job growth and support our economic recovery the Australian Government announced on 9 December 2020 the Industrial Relations Reforms. The reforms were developed after extensive consultation involving the Government and employer and employee groups to find solutions that will support struggling businesses, as well as protect and enhance…