RunwayHQ Accelerator alumni Wes Ward (pictured below with Brandon Burns from RunwayHQ) from startup Trusted Food Group is off to China on all expenses paid trip to meet potential suppliers and build his business at Jiangsu-Victoria Startup Summit to be held in May 2019.

Wes recently won the Nexus Jiangsu China Melbourne …
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Are you reformulation ready? The voluntary sodium targets by the Healthy Food Partnership aren’t far away!
Join VicHealth, Heart Foundation and members of the Victorian Salt Reduction Partnership for a lunch event in Melbourne on Friday 3 May 2019 from 12-2.30pm as we launch our exciting new resource for the Australian food manufacturing …
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Thousands of small and medium businesses will receive tax breaks on purchases of new equipment, as the government seeks to bolster investment in the economy’s ‘‘engine room’’. In a budget that also highlighted future tax cuts for small businesses, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg expanded the instant asset write-off, so that it can now be claimed by medium businesses with turnover up to $50 …
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Today we announce applications for the third round of Boost Your Business vouchers are now open.
Vouchers of up to $50,000 are available to eligible businesses across categories including Food Innovation, Advanced Manufacturing, Defence, Aerospace and Security, Social Enterprise Capability, Asia Gateway and Victoria-Israel Innovation.
An additional stream, Entrepreneurs with Disability, has also been …
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Just how will we feed 50 million Australians and a ravenous growing region? Is business filling the innovation void? And is Government prepared to make the brave long-term calls?
Join The Age’s National Editor Tory Maguire and our special panel line-up – Jessica Irvine (Senior Economics Writer, The Age ), Ralph Ashton (Director, Australian Futures Project), Tony Bacic (Director …
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