Using disaster grants, Gerard Byrne is helping small businesses recover
Using disaster grants, Gerard Byrne is helping small businesses recover and says there’s more on offer.
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A small business consultant is helping Townsville get up and running again but says there’s plenty of help people aren’t aware of.
After decades working as a qualified accountant, Gerard Byrne took a side step to become a private business consultant wanting to see small businesses thrive.
“I wanted to look more to from where businesses finances are at one point in time to where they can be in the future,” Mr Byrne said.
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“That’s been a characteristic of my career as a qualified accountant and skilled in business development.”
Under the Queensland Government’s natural disaster scheme, Mr Byrne has been offering financial counselling and business recovery advice to companies like TNS Safety and Training, who’s profits were decimated after the 2019 monsoon.
Mr Byrne said the allocated funding hasn’t been exhausted and there’s plenty of support still available for eligible businesses whov’e experienced ongoing hardship since the weather event.
“One of the things out of the flood is diversifying, I say to clients you’ve got to have another strategy,”
“I do a health check on the business and create a business continuity plan.
“The really big thing is trying to get everybody, no matter who they are over to digital.”
Small businesses may be eligible for Small Business Disaster Recovery Grants of up to $10,000 to engage high-level expertise to help them recover and rebuild business confidence.
Mr Byrne urged local business owners to reach out, even if they weren’t sure of their eligibility.
“The fact that we have the networks and contacts means we place the business at advantage to grow,
“By nature what we do is were very skilled at doing the business analysis and we’ve got a range of experience in a whole range of industries.”
For more information, email gerard@rfcsnq.com.au
Originally published as Using disaster grants, Gerard Byrne is helping small businesses recover