The Economic Development Team are now known as the 'Business Growth and Investment' team. You are still able to make contact with the same team members - Neil, Donna, Penny and Georgie and our email address remains the same [email protected].
Calendar of events
Our 2017 Calendar of Events is now available on our website. To see what's happening in your local business community please click here.
Southern Adelaide Business Breakfast - Darlington Upgrade Project
We are working with DPTI and the Gateway South team to provide an update on the Darlington Upgrade Project. A
breakfast presentation will be held at Flinders @ Tonsley on 28 March 2017.To register please
click here for the event page.
Fringe Venues in the City of Marion and the Fringe Dollars Program
The Fringe Dollars Program encourages Fringe-goers to explore surrounding businesses with rewards and discounts. This will give you free promotion on the Fringe website and eNewsletters. To find out more visit here.
Is your business thinking about exporting in 2017?
The Business SA Export Ready Program has been developed to prepare businesses in SA for exporting. The program is for businesses new to exporting or seriously thinking about it and don't know where to start. It is a seven-month program of workshops which includes an export diagnostic survey to measure readiness and key areas requiring focus. The first workshop commences in April 2017. Register your interest here.
Changes for Activity Centres within the Development Plan
The Minister approved stage one of the Activity Centre Development Plan Amendment in April 2016 to make it easier to change the use of a space. In summary, it has the following impact on businesses:
A change in use of a tenancy between a shop, office or consulting room will now be treated as a complying use (subject to certain conditions) meaning that the process is a lot simpler and quicker! (previously required a full assessment)
New, less onerous car parking requirements (potentially lower car parking rates) are required if the centre is located in close proximity to high frequency public transport.
Procedure for shops of a greater floor area (>450m²) within a Local Centre has been made easier (no longer non-complying)
Bulky Goods stores are no longer non-complying in the Suburban Activity Node Zone but are capped at around 500m², and
A number of changes have been made to policy within the Regional Centre Zone to allow shops to be located throughout the zone rather than in targeted areas.
Development applications from business will be prioritised from 2017 to stimulate business activation. For further information, please contact Steve Hooper, Manager - Development and Regulatory Services on telephone 8375 6600.
Fairford House seats 12-14 people and is $153.50 for a full day or $76.50 for a half day.
Living Kaurna Cultural Centre main room (pictured above) seats 20 - 26 people boardroom style or 40 people theatre style and is $234.00 for a full day or $133 and for half a day.
There are electronic white boards, projectors and Wifi. On-site catering can be supplied by Australian Wattlebush Catering. To take advantage of this offer - please mention this when making your booking.
The South Australian Energy Productivity Program is now open
The South Australian Energy Productivity Program is now open.
South Australian Energy Productivity Program (SAEPP) is a $31 million initiative that assists large energy using businesses in the state to reduce their energy usage and related costs and contribute energy supply benefits to the state. The SAEPP has two components:
Energy Productivity Audit Grant Program - grants of 75% of the cost of a Level 2 energy audit, up to $15,000, to businesses to engage an external energy auditor to identify energy savings opportunities.
Energy Productivity Implementation Grant Program - grants to implement the recommendations of the Energy Productivity Audit Grant or the recommendations of a recently completed energy audit with a preference for projects that provide broader market benefits to South Australia.
For information about how to apply and the program guidelines, click
here.
Business Survey - Always Open for Feedback
Last August we held a Business Feedback session and created a feedback survey via Making Marion to find out 'what could support business growth in the City of Marion?'. This year you have the opportunity to provide us with feedback all year round. The online survey can be found here.
Grow your business expo - happening again in 2017
The Tonsley Business Support Ecosystem have agreed to hold another 'Grow Your Business Expo' later in 2017. If you have any ideas for improvement or want to be involved, please make contact with Georgie Johnson.
City of Marion Business Plan 2016-2019
The
City of Marion Business Plan 2016-2019 explains the projects and programs Council will deliver over the next three years. These actions will assist us to deliver our Community Vision for a community that is Liveable, Valuing of Nature, Engaged, Prosperous, Innovative and Connected. For more information, click here.
What are your organisation's network connectivity goalsfor 2017? Would $25k help you grow?
The AIIA has partnered with nbn to encourage growth using better faster internet connectivity. There are three grants of $25K and six grants of $10K up for grabs, and a 'nbn™ Staff Choice' award of $15K. Applications close Friday, 17 February 2017 12noon. For more information click here.
In closing ...
We hope you have found this newsletter of interest and please feel free to forward this onto your networks or others that may be interested in what's happening in the City of Marion and the greater Southern Adelaide region.
