YEAR LONG REGIONAL INDIGENOUS BUSINESS ROADSHOW KICKS OFF IN TOWNSVILLE!

The next generation of Townsville Indigenous start-ups, innovators, and entrepreneurs will be launched next week at the Townsville One Business Indigenous Business Expo. The event will bring together Indigenous businesses with government, corporate, council and community buyers.Hit hard by COVID lockdowns in 2020, the Townsville regional Indigenous business community has seized the opportunity to come together.One Business’s coordinator Leesa Watego says,“I love Zoom and use it nearly every day. I was so grateful for online opportunities in 2020, but there’s nothing like being in a room together in building business relationships and connections.”Background What’s One Business?

- The One Business program is a three-month business development program working with regional Indigenous businesses to develop the skills and capabilities of the Indigenous business sector.

- Local Indigenous business trainers and mentors give businesses someone to talk to that understands their circumstances and challenges as well as getting practical advice and guidance as the business grows. One Business is supported by Queensland Government’s Advance Queensland and TAFE Queensland.

- One Business is supported by Queensland Government’s Advance Queensland and TAFE Queensland.

- Iscariot Media is partnering with TAFE Queensland and the Department of Innovation and Tourism to deliver the program throughout 2021 in five regional locations.

Register for One Business https://go.tafeqld.edu.au/Advance-Queensland.html