About The Advance Cairns Business Enterprise Centre

The Advance Cairns Business Enterprise Centre is an initiative of the Commonwealth of Australia and through partnership with Advance Cairns offers low cost Advisory Services to support small business within the Cook, Cairns, Cassowary and Tablelands Regions.

A small business is defined as having no more than 20 full time or equivalent staff and may operate under the following types of structure including;

• Home Based Businesses
• New Business Start Ups
• Existing Small Businesses
• Small Businesses seeking to expand

All initial consultations are provided Free of Charge with a large amount of valuable advice and supporting materials provided during this meeting. For those small businesses seeking additional support, the Advance Cairns BEC provides additional low cost advisory services including but not limited to;

• Business Planning Advice
• Business Diagnostics
• Business Referrals and Networking
• Loans and Banking Products
• Workshops/Seminars
• Mentoring Support

Following completion of our services, the small business will be provided with access to a wide range of local Business Partners in supporting fields including Accounting, Bookkeeping, Legal, Sales & Marketing and other related business services who can provide ongoing support for small business within their local Regional area.