Making business easier, one chat at a time

From start-up to standout, over 35,000 businesses power the Northern Beaches economy and our community, employing locals and keeping money circulating locally.

But whether you offer beauty services, install bathrooms, count money or make coffee, the challenges of running a business are universal. From planning and environmental compliance to marketing, growth and sustainability, the to-do list can seem never ending.

And let's be honest, you often don't know what you don't know, and the risk of doing things incorrectly can be costly, time consuming and exhausting.

Our free business support service - Business Concierge: Let's Chat Business - will help you cut through red tape and make doing business easier in more ways than you think no matter your issue:

Finding customers

Narraweena Floor sander Kai from Koala Flooring was experienced on the tools but a novice in the digital world. The Business Concierge team put him in touch with a Business Advisor from Service NSW to create a simple marketing strategy and free Google listing. His happy customers posted reviews about his great work and in no time the work calls started coming in.

Setting up a home business

When successful hair salon owner Samantha, wanted to set up her hairdressing business at her Warriewood home, she imagined a brick wall of red tape and compliance problems. Instead thanks to the Business Concierge team, she met with a Council planner and with minor adaption to her garage, was up and trading far sooner than she imagined.

Shopfront shenanigans

For milliner Abigail making bespoke headwear was a dream come true. But opening The Millener's Closet in Balgowlah was an entirely new challenge. Chuck in an old planning consent on the property and she nearly failed at the first hurdle. But a free Let's Chat Business appointment with a planner means today the hats are flying off the shelves no problem.

Service offering

When a friend suggested she offer wellness treatments from her spare room, Laura from Manly got lost in an online rabbit hole trying to work out what she could legally do. An appointment with Business Connect and Council Environmental Health and Planning Officers helped her talk through options and identify the most practical and cost-effective way to help her earn extra income.

To chat to one of our Business Concierge team - book an in person or online appointment. And let us help you make doing business easier.

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