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In This News Issue:

  • Moonee Valley City Council E-Connect News and Webinars – As of Tuesday 28 April 2020 business update
    Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • The Property Landscape – present situation and market sentiment
    with Host: Mark Errichiello from Master Advocates
    This meeting is proudly presented in association with Moonee Valley City Council E-Connect Series and Special Guest Speakers Leah Calnan, REIV President and Richard Simpson, REIV Past President and current Director
  • MVCC COVID-19 Grants Recovery Program starts
  • Upcoming MVCC webinars
  • MVCC Small Business Mentoring Clinics – spots still available for May and June
  • Hot opportunities Business Support
  • Operation Thank You
    supports hospitality and the front line
  • Latest Government announcements
  • Recent E-Connect newsletters
  • ‘GRATEFUL’ VIDEO CLIP & SINGLE LAUNCHES TO THE WORLD! Dr Jonathon Welch AM who along with Play It Forward

Moonee Valley City Council E-Connect News and Webinars – As of Tuesday 28 April 2020 business update
Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Continuing together through Stage 3
As Stage 3 restrictions remain in place, E-connect distils ongoing Government announcements and information to support Moonee Valley businesses.

With the number of new coronavirus cases decreasing in Victoria, we hope the recovery phase and lifting of restrictions is edging closer.

This E-connect features eleven free Webinars to assist you with helpful advice from business experts.

Check our Hot Opportunities section below for FREE Latrobe University online business training and FREE new membership of the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (value up to $700).

Regular business updates are also available on Council’s COVID-19 webpage.

If you require any support and guidance feel free to get in touch with our Small Business Engagement Officer on 9243 8866 or email business@mvcc.vic.gov.au.

Director of Master Advocates and Licensed Estate Agent, Mark Errichiello will be hosting one of this week’s webinar’s as part of the series of E-Connect webinars supported by our Moonee Valley City Council. Mark Errichiello has been serving as the Chairman of the Essendon North Village Traders Association, representing a group of more than 165 Traders in our city’s northside popular activity centre. This great initiative of E-connect online services and webinar’s by MVCC is a progressive resource to help support and provide businesses with access to much needed resources during COVID19.

The Property Landscape – present situation and market sentiment
with Mark Errichiello, Master Advocates

Host: Mark Errichiello from Master Advocates
This meeting is proudly presented in association with Moonee Valley City Council E-Connect Series and Special Guest Speakers Leah Calnan, REIV President and Richard Simpson, REIV Past President and current Director.

  • RTA Tenancy Laws Amendment – Government postponement to 2021
  • Residential and Commercial Rent Relief Package Information
  • Government passing of COVID-19 Emergency Measures Omnibus Bill on Thursday 23 April.
    – New Residential Tenancies Regulations and processes for ending tenancies
  • COVID19 Updates and Outlooks from REIV
    Thursday, 7 May 5pm

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The contents and information relating to government directives and Acts of Parliament are still subject to further change during COVID19 and further clarification being provided from the Victorian Government, Consumer Affairs Victoria and the REIV.

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Register in advance

COVID-19 Grants Recovery Program starts

Council is committed to supporting the community to adapt, respond and recover together.

The Recovery Grants Program opens tomorrow Wednesday 29 April 2020 and features:

  • $5K-$10K business grants available
  • applications will be accepted at any time from April 29 2020 – 30 June 2021 (or until all funding is expended)
  • expedited 2-3 week turnaround on grant assessments
  • open to local businesses (with less than 50 FTE employees), sole traders, social enterprises, and trader associations based and operating in Moonee Valley

COVID-19 Recovery Grants Guidelines

To discuss your idea or grant, contact our Community Grants Officer on 9243 1664 or grants@mvcc.vic.gov.au

Add your business to The MV Takeaway Guide on our website

Are you still open for take away during the pandemic?

Help us to let people know about you:
Add your listing to the MV Take Away Guide

Upcoming MVCC webinars

Getting paid in these difficult times

Learn valuable hints and tips for getting your customers to pay you during these difficult times. Every participant will receive a credit management guide and a script to use when talking to customers.

  • Understand how to approach your debtors in these challenging times
  • Learn best practice credit control process management
  • Discover lessons to take into the future to improve your cashflow
  • Get runs on the board quickly
  • Understand the support available to you

Thursday, 30 April 5-6pm
Register today

The Property Landscape – present situation and market sentiment

Host: Mark Errichiello from Master Advocates
This meeting is proudly presented in association with Moonee Valley City Council E-Connect Series and Special Guest Speakers Leah Calnan, REIV President and Richard Simpson, REIV Past President and current Director

The Property Landscape – present situation and market sentiment

with Mark Errichiello, Master Advocates

Special Guest Speakers Leah Calnan, REIV President and Richard Simpson, REIV Past President and current Director

  • RTA Tenancy Laws Amendment – Government postponement to 2021
  • Residential and Commercial Rent Relief Package Information
  • Government passing of COVID-19 Emergency Measures Omnibus Bill on Thursday 23 April.
    – New Residential Tenancies Regulations and processes for ending tenancies
  • COVID19 Updates and Outlooks from REIV

Thursday, 7 May 5pm
Register today

Finance fundamentals

In a COVID19 world understanding your cash flow is the number one priority. This essential small business workshop will help right now, when keeping the cash flowing means keeping your business alive.

  • Tell the difference between profit & cash
  • Understand the working capital cycle
  • Improve customer collections
  • Manage stock
  • Avoid a cash flow crisis

Wednesday, 20 May 6- 8pm
Register today

MVCC Small Business Mentoring Clinics – spots still available for May and June
Book your free one-on-one 45 minute online interview with a small business mentor.
Thursday 14 May 2020 – register now
Thursday 4 June 2020 – register now

View our previous webinar recordings

Other webinars available

Hear how sectors such as construction are providing hope and inspiration on managing through the crisis
Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Wednesday, 29 April 11-11.30am

Data Analytics – the future of your business
An opportunity for you to take the first steps into business improvement through data analytics.
Northlink in partnership with Latrobe University

Thursday, 30 April 8-9am

Communicating through a crisis
Kristen Boschma (CEO) and Doris Li (Marketing Officer) from How Communications will demonstrate how challenges can become opportunities for your business to flourish.
Webinar brought to you by the City of Yarra.
Thursday, 30 April 10am

Taking your business online
For many the pandemic has meant changing how we connect with our customers.  This Small Business Victoria workshop will help you transition to e-trading.
Tuesday, 5 May 3-5pm

A conversation with the Victorian Treasurer, Tim Pallas MP

Tim Pallas and VCCI Chief Executive Paul Guerra discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on Victorian business and the economy and how recovery is shaping up.
Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Wednesday, 6 May 11am- 12pm

Survive and thrive
A series of webinars to help you get through to the other side of this crisis.
Key Business Advisors (KBA)
Every Monday until 22nd June, 1-1.45pm

Hot opportunities

Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry FREE membership offer
As a part of their commitment to supporting Victorian businesses VCCI are waiving membership fees to new members.
For more details

Latrobe University FREE online business training for leaders in lockdown
Latrobe University is offering a free online leadership development program, delivered by the highly regarded Latrobe MBA team.

For more information

Operation Thank You
supports hospitality and the front line

Operation Thank You

Niddrie resident Natasha Oommen has founded the charity Frontline Meals, to show gratitude to front line workers while helping support the hospitality industry.

Their Operation Thank You campaign connects with hospitality businesses to deliver delicious and nourishing meals to the Fever, Respiratory and Emergency departments at the Northern Hospital in Epping.  Donations to Frontline Meals pay the hospitality business and food delivery costs.

Natasha’s great idea?
“The business gets paid, the front line gets fed”
Would your business like to get involved?

Latest Government announcements

$1.8bn Victorian Goverment lifeline for the Arts

A survival package to provide immediate support to Victorian creative organisations and individuals

  • a $13 million Strategic Investment Fund will be shared by almost 100 non-government arts and cultural organisations

  • a new $2.2 million grants program (Sustaining Creative Workers) will offer quick response grants for Victorian-based independent creatives and micro-organisations with at least five years of professional experience

  • almost $1.6 million will be invested directly into the sector shortly through the VicArts Grants, Music Works, and Innovation in Marketing programs.

For more Arts survival package details

Recent E-Connect newsletters

COVID-19 Issue April 16, 2020

COVID-19 Issue April 1 2020

COVID-19 Issue March 27 2020
For all the latest Coronavirus updates visit the Department of Health & Human Services Coronavirus webpage.
If you have any questions or need assistance call 03 9243 8866 or email business@mvcc.vic.gov.au to arrange a phone consultation where we can help guide you to the best source of support.
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Business
Moonee
Economic Development | Moonee Valley City Council | 9243 8866 | business@mvcc.vic.gov.au

Moonee Valley
COVID-19 Recovery Grants Program
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all aspects of our community life and will require a collective effort to adapt and recover.Council plays an important role in the support of local community groups and businesses within our municipality. We have committed to ensuring the health, safety and vitality of our community, and to support the community to adapt, respond and recover.

The COVID-19 Recovery Grants Program has been introduced as part of our response to the pandemic situation, to help support the community through these unprecedented times.

The new program opened Wednesday 29 April 2020 and will continue until June 30 2021, or until all funding has been expended.

There is a brief overview of the new program below, but the full details within our new guidelines are now available for you to download on our website.

If you have any questions or queries, please contact the Community Grants Officer on 9243 1664 or at grants@mvcc.vic.gov.au.
Learn more about COVID-19 Recovery Grants

COVID-19 Recovery Grants

The priorities of the new COVID-19 Recovery Grants are providing the immediate support our community needs to help us through this time, while planning for our recovery together.

Timelines
These grants opened on Wednesday, 29 April, and will be an ongoing round. That is, there will be no closing dates for applications while funding is available. This is to ensure that we can be responsive in this time, and we are working towards an assessment turnaround time of 2-3 weeks from submission.

How to apply
Applications will still be available through SmartyGrants. Access the form at any time from our website as of Wednesday, 29 April.

Who is eligible to apply
Grants are open to community groups and not-for-profit organisations that are incorporated or supported by an auspice, local businesses (with less than 50 FTE employees) sole traders, social enterprises, and traders associations based and operating in Moonee Valley. See the guidelines for the full list of eligibility criteria.

How much can be applied for
Grant limits range from up to $5,000 to up to $20,000 – depending on the stream that is being applied for.

Please contact us to discuss any specific project ideas, eligibility requirements or to provide feedback on the program. We will be continually reviewing this program and welcome community input.
Grant Writing Online WorkshopWe’re taking our Grant Writing Workshops online! Keep an eye on our website as we will be adding new dates.

The first Grant Writing Online Workshop will be:
Date: Tuesday 5th May
Time: 1pm – 4pm
Register for the online workshop here

Make sure you provide an email address that you can access easily so that we can send you the link to the online Zoom workshop. If you haven’t used Zoom before, we highly recommend creating a free account prior to the workshop.
Contact us

 Moonee Valley City Council | 9243 1664 | grants@mvcc.vic.gov.au

Moonee Valley City Council business updates – Economic Development E-connect Newsletter

On a local level Mark Errichiello has been involved with the local traders of Essendon for several years and is the current Chairman of the Essendon North Village Traders Association representing over 165 traders in the community that are all experiencing tough times at present and what we will all face together that is still to come. Now more than ever it is important to shop and support local, despite COVID19, many local businesses have adapted to take away and online remote shopping for products and services. Love your local village now is a phrase with more significance so that once we make it through to the other side of this, our greatly loved and appreciated local businesses and traders that make our great local community culture are still there for us all to enjoy and support.

Moonee Valley City Council business updates. Our E-connect Newsletter aims to provide business support and continuity through the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Subscribe here to receive our E-connect newsletter and Business Alerts

What you will receive:

E-connect newsletter. Currently distributed weekly (during COVID-19 State of Emergency) support and advice to business in easily navigable links, includes useful business information such as webinars, business grants, and tips and tools to help your business. Business Updates timely, brief update emails on important changes or information as they arise.

The Moonee Valley Council have already been hosting weekly webinars to keep in touch and assist local businesses keep informed and aware of subsidies that are now available to them via government.

• Outline of the Current Stimulus Packages available

• Effect on different business structures

• How to access the Packages

• Sole Traders – what’s available for you

• Casual Workers – what’s available for you

• Working from home

• Think outside the box

Stay tuned with the MVCC for more information on the grant applications available to local business owners to receive COVID19 support funding in addition to available state and federal business grants and subsidies.

For more information about other support from Council during this difficult time please see the MVCC COVID-19 Business support webpage. The business community can make direct contact with the Economic Development team via business@mvcc.vic.gov.au or 9243 8866 to seek further support or information.

City of Moonee Valley E-Connect Registration

Warm regards

Julie Stevens
Business Development Officer
Phone 9243 1038 | Email jstevens@mvcc.vic.gov.au

mvcc.vic.gov.au

#LoveOurLocalVillage
#ShopLocal
#SupportLocalTradersandFamilies

Essendon North Village Traders Association Chairman
Mark Errichiello

‘GRATEFUL’ VIDEO CLIP & SINGLE LAUNCHES TO THE WORLD!

A friend of our Essendon North Village has just released a new video clip and single, video clip was recorded at our Moonee Ponds Clocktower Theatre! Dr Jonathon Welch AM who along with Play It Forward helped put together our Essendon North Village, Lincoln Park Twilight Cinema and Strathmore Community Choir last November.

‘GRATEFUL’ VIDEO CLIP & SINGLE LAUNCHES TO THE WORLD!

Today is the day, my new original single GRATEFUL and the video clip is released to the world – and I couldn’t be more proud and excited to share it with you all!

Please share this as my gift to all those you hold dear in your heart and tell them how much they mean to you.

With so much uncertainty and sadness in the world today – there is no better time to reflect and be grateful for the people and things we do have in our lives that continue to bring us joy, security, peace and make our world a brighter place.

GRATEFUL CAMPAIGN
Let’s start a campaign of gratitude today and write who you’re grateful to with this hashtag at the end #grateful

TODAY I’M GRATEFUL FOR…..

All my amazing family and friends who have loved and supported throughout my life, my amazing husband and beautiful boys who are the joy of my life, the privilege of having a career in music for over 40 years and the opportunities I’ve had to share my gifts.

I’m also grateful to everyone who helped to create my GRATEFUL single and video clip:

– my extraordinary songwriting and producing partner and dear friend Dave Newington
– recording engineer and great friend of 15 years Stephen Blackburn
– mix & mastering guru Ross Cockle
– Vito Mattarelli and the Clocktower Centre staff
– Robert J Sedky for the glorious orchestral arrangement and backing
– Dan Farmer for the beautiful video clip
– Sarah Waight for the gorgeous cover design
– Kristian Gehradte for awesome photo
– Tatiana Marchant publicist extraordinaire

I’m so grateful for your love each day 🙏

PS GRATEFUL is also available on iTunes now

https://music.apple.com/au/album/grateful-single/1509390095?i=1509390457&at=10lSqS

#grateful

https://www.jonathonwelch.com/

https://www.playitforward.org.au/

https://www.playitforward.org.au/jonathonwelch

Dr Jonathon Welch AM

Studio-10 – Choir of Hard Knocks with Jonathon Welch

Information in this news update souced by Master Advocates Real Estate Services, Moonee Valley City Council, REIV, Dr Jonathon Welch AM, Play It Forward

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