Up to $20,000 per business, with 50:50 co-contribution, is available to access professional services with up to two vouchers under 5 categories;
- Business Planning
- Manufacturing for Business Growth (including transition to manufacturing for producers, HACCP, process engineering and automation)
- Sales and Marketing (including e-commerce, marketing strategy, customer relationship management system design, export market development and re-branding)
- Financial Health (including succession planning, pitch decks, and other investment planning)
- Environmental Sustainability and Social Responsibility (including net zero planning, waste water management plans, sustainable packaging design, and ESG).
Vouchers will be provided to competitive WA businesses that meet the eligibility criteria and whose business development objectives are most closely aligned with the State Government’s objectives including:
- growing and diversifying the state’s economy - future jobs and skills
- stronger, safer communities
- investing in climate action, supporting reducing waste and increasing waste reuse, and reducing carbon and greenhouse gas emissions
- investing in the regions.
Eligible small-to-medium enterprises will be required to have an annual sales turnover of between $100,000 and $50 million. Vouchers may be provided to metropolitan and regionally-based WA businesses that meet the eligibility criteria and are assessed as competitive.
The maximum value of a voucher that a business can apply for is dependent on the annual sales turnover of that business. The Voucher Program Guidelines and FAQs are available on this page and provide applicants and service providers eligibility criteria and advice on submitting applications and services quotations.
Work supported via the Voucher Program must commence after the vouchers are issued to successful applicants. Service providers must be able to invoice successful applicants and DPIRD for the vouchers to be redeemed. To hear from your industry peers about experiences with the program, please see the video below.
How to apply
Applicants may select a service provider that suits their business (preferably local) and upload a quotation with their application, which can be completed via SmartyGrants prior to 17:00 on 27 August 2024. A separate quotation and application must be submitted for each (up to two) voucher.
For those potential applicants needing help to identify service providers, DPIRD maintains a searchable database of Western Australian Service Providers that specialise in Food and Beverage.