ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CENTRE 1993 to 2010

The BEC has been successful in its business, industry and community development roles since its establishment. Initially it established and developed a Small Business Advisory Service then gained and successfully ran NEIS and AussieHost programs. It established a Business Incubator with business support services, training and meeting facilities. The BEC developed its own training capability and ran a wide range of small business management workshops, seminars and courses. It has also managed a range of development projects and programs.

In 2002 it created a model for rural business and industry development with the establishment of the Snowy Enterprise Centre. The Centre now integrates the concepts of community-based business incubation, business coaching, facility and services provision, business support services and development activities.

For the past fifteen years, it has made over 13,000 client contacts with over 3,000 clients, assisting the creation of over 260 businesses and the creation and retention of over 620 jobs. It has played a role in the development of business management education in the region through a number of training programs, workshops and vocational training programs for business and young people. Over 4,000 people have participated in training programs organised and run by the BEC.

It has been active in regional and community development. The organisation has worked with regional and local development agencies in the Snowy-Monaro region, local development plans and projects and industry development projects.

The Snowy-Monaro BEC is a major advocate of the concept of community based, rural business and industry development, of which the Snowy Enterprise Centre is a model. It supports the Business Enterprise Centre (BEC) model and is active within the national BEC network. It continues to support the Business Incubator concept.

Program Outcomes 

 Business Advisory Service (1993 - 2004)

• 13,000 client contacts
• Over 2,500 clients assisted
• Assisted creation of over 225 businesses
• Assisted creation and retention of over 580 jobs

Workshops and Training Events (1993 to 2010)

• Trained over 3,300 people

NEIS Scheme (1994 to 2002)

• 140 training participants
•  74 business start-ups
•  101 jobs created

AussieHost Program (1994 to 2010)

• Over 2,000 training participants

 Business Incubator Program (1995 to 2001)

• 12 graduated business/organisations
• 28 jobs retained or created

Business Incubator Program (2002 to 2010)

• 12 graduated businesses
• 4 jobs retained or created
• 8 internal tenants (as at 31 December 2009)

Small Business Enterprise Culture Program

• Round 1 - Small Business Growth Program  (2005 to 2006)

• 32 business received small business management skill development training
• 10 businesses mentored towards completion of an enterprise growth plan
• 6 jobs created

• Round 2 - Small Business Growth and Continuity Program (2007 to 2009)

• 30 business received It skill development and profit management and succession planning training 
• 9 businesses mentored towards completion of an IT productivity plan

AusIndustry Small Business Advisory Service (April to Dec 2009)

The focus of this short program was to assist small business during the global economic downturn. 

•  nearly 200 business assisted
• 10 small business skill development workshops held with 70 attendees

Economic Outcomes to the Community (1993 to 2010)

• Estimated investment of 300 start-up businesses @ $10,000 average = $3 million investment
• Monbeef Project investment $7 million
• Estimated income from 750 jobs created or retained @ $25,000 average = $17.5 million yearly
• Grants for BEC operations, mostly spent locally, is over $1.5 million
• Grants gained for community, industry and business development activity and projects is over $200,000
• Employed and trained 15 BEC staff including 3 trainees