$70k grants head to Western Downs
ALMOST $70,000 in grants has been awarded to businesses as part of the Shell’s QGC Business Navigator COVID Response Program.
Sixteen Western Downs businesses were successful in applying for the Ready to Reopen grant which offered funding for businesses to help build economic resilience following the COVID-19 shutdown.
The businesses will receive funding of up to $5000 to assist in getting back to business after the recent restrictions due to the pandemic.
The Ready to Reopen grant is part of a larger COVID Response Program offering a range of services to businesses in the Western Downs to assist with response and recovery and is being facilitated by the team at Business Navigator Western Downs.
BNWD is a business growth and innovation advisory service supported by Shell’s QGC business and delivered by Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise (TSBE).
The successful businesses include Hedges Sports Store, Dalby Squash Centre, Jenn’s Beauty, Wandoan Café, Condamine Hotel, Innov8 Hair Style Beauty, Tara Newsagency, Miles Windsor Hotel Motel, Juandah Hotel Motel, Lisa Kennedy Collections, DropBear Fitness, The Dulacca Hotel, Creek Café, Kobbers Motor Inn Dalby, Graham Winter’s Smash Repairs and Country Pathfinder.
Paul Winter from Graham Winter’s Smash Repairs was successful in his application and said the grant will support purchasing toolboxes to allow each work bay to have their own tools, helping to keep teams separate.