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Business Basics Grants Program Stage 1 Opening Soon


The Business Basics grants program, administered by the Department of Employment, Small Business and Training (DESBT), offers $7,500 in funding to help businesses enhance core skills and adopt best practices. This round focuses on business enhancement, supporting activities in professional business advice, strategic marketing services, and website upgrades. 

Opening date: Stage 1: Registration of Interest (ROI) opens at 9am, Monday 30 September 2024
Closing date: Stage 1: Registration of Interest (ROI) closes at 5pm, Friday 11 October 2024

Grant rounds

Each round of the Business Basics grants program has specific information to help you prepare and apply for a grant, and if successful, manage your grant.

The Business Basics grants program provides support to businesses to increase core skills and adopt best practice. This round of Business Basics is focused on business enhancement.

Applicants can apply for funding for grant funded activities under the following priorities:

  1. Professional business advice
  2. Strategic marketing services
  3. Website build and upgrades.

The program is administered by the Department of Employment, Small Business and Training (DESBT).

Available funding

You can apply for $7,500 (excluding GST) in funding. If successful, funding is paid upfront on approval. Successful applicants don't have to co-contribute to this grant but must pay for any related expenses in excess of the $7,500 grant funding.

We will not fund activities with either:

  • a total cost of less than $7,500 (excluding GST)
  • or
  • payments made before submission of the Stage 2: Full Application (activity must not have begun significantly).

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for this grant, your business must meet all of the following criteria at the time you submit your application:

  • have less than 5 employees (by headcount1)
  • be operating and have an active Australian Business Number (ABN)2
  • have a registered Queensland headquarters location2 (as per your Australian Business Register (ABR) record)
  • have a minimum trading history of 1 year
  • a maximum turnover of $300,000 for the last financial year (2023/24)
  • not have been approved for funding under an earlier Business Basics round
  • not be insolvent or have owners/directors that are undischarged or currently bankrupt2.

1Headcount includes all full-time, part-time and casual employees including Non-Executive Directors.
2Your business must maintain this eligibility for the duration of the grant-funded activity.


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