Qld Govt Grants

The Queensland State Government have made available funding for small businesses who want to improve their digital presence or improving their business to become more competitive through the use of digital technologies.

The initiative is called the Small Business Digital Grants Program.

These are grants of up to $10,000.00 (plus GST) paid to you by Qld Government, and matching your own equivalent contribution.

Up to 20% of your own contribution can be paying you for your personal time in being trained to use new technologies.

The digital technology or services must fall under one of five areas:

1. Digital marketing & social media
2. Digital content (web pages, mobile apps, media etc)
3. Receiving payments or selling online
4. Specialised digital technology or software (business specific)
5. Digital planning and advice/training

If you have a small business with less than 20 employees, with an ABN, and are headquartered (or with significant operations) in Queensland you could get a leg-up from the government for something like:

• A website for your business
• A private mobile app or website for your workers to perform their jobs better (e.g. a timesheeting or safety checklist app)
• A mobile app for iOS or Android to help your customers engage with your business
• An online store
• Adding the ability for your existing clients to pay their bills online through your website
• Setting up and maintaining a social media page/feed (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, SnapChat, etc)
• Training or consultancy for yourself or your staff to learn how to use technology better for your business

It's easy ....

1. Talk to us (tap here or the "Chat" button to the right) to work out costs and what's possible
2. Fill in the form online
3. Wait for a decision
4. Make your business smarter! :-)

To help you take advantage of this initiative, we have come up with some excellent options that fall well within the grant budget to give you the best bang for your government buck!

The next funding round will close in Mid 2017, so if you're interested in improving your business and paying a lot less out of your own pocket than you usually would, give us a shout also check out the SBDGP web page.