Business Start-Up Grants
Round 3 will open for applications on Monday 17 November and will remain open until available funding has been allocated.
Businesses in the start-up phase of their journey can apply for of up to $100,000. To find out more about our eligibility criteria see our guidelines below.
What Can Be Funded
- Property, plant and equipment.
- Fit-out costs.
- Staff wages (capped at one position to a maximum of 38 hours per week, for 26 weeks at the National Minimum Wage).
- Direct business and administration costs (e.g. insurances).
- Essential professional services and consultancy costs (e.g. taxation, legal, financial) to a maximum of 10% of the grant funding sought.
- Trading stock and consumables (capped at a 50% contribution, where you demonstrate that you can and will fund the other 50% of the cost of trading stock and consumables).