Two local business facilitators have been appointed to ensure bushfire-affected businesses on the Mid North Coast have received all the assistance they are eligible for.
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Rod Barnaby is the facilitator appointed for the Port Macquarie and Kempsey regions and Peter Bastian has been appointed to assist businesses in the Nambucca Valley region.
Mr Barnaby is well known to the Macleay-Port Macquarie business community from his work with Biodiversity Solutions and his roles on regional boards with Destination North Coast, the Hastings Co-op Ltd, Bundaleer Care Services and, until recently, Regional Development Australia Mid North Coast.
Mr Bastian has an extensive business development background, more recently as Business Development Executive with Business Australia, Mid North Coast, for 14 years.
He also has an extensive career in media in Australia and London and has owned his own media consultancy business in Nambucca for nine years.
Mr Barnaby and Mr Bastian will help bushfire-affected small and medium-sized enterprises recover and re-establish themselves and analyse if they have received all available Australian and NSW government assistance.
They can also work with business owners to develop a roadmap to navigate the challenges and opportunities for each business, plus connect owners with other services available through the Australian government's Entrepreneurs' Program, led on the Mid North Coast by growth facilitator Jill Follington.
Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan said while there has been 19,638 claims granted for Small Business Support Grants of $10,000 in New South Wales, these two facilitators would ensure no eligible business owner falls through the cracks.
To book in a session with Mr Barnaby call 0437 422 692 or email rod.barnaby@ep.industry.gov.au
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