Events, Workshops & Training
Discover the secrets to business growth. Take the opportunity to learn, grow and innovate. Each month you will find networking events, workshops, seminars and much more to help support your business. See below to find out what is available.
Upcoming events
Events and training for business owners.
Having the Best Bite now saves your business more
Entry is now open for the 2021 Best Bites Food Guide! Importantly as part of the Covid-19 recovery program for local business, Council has taken the opportunity to reduce the 2022 food premises registration fees [...]
Support for businesses working towards a plastic free Mornington Peninsula
Council is encouraging local food businesses to join the Plastic Free Mornington Peninsula program. The program is jointly funded by Council and the Commonwealth Government to provide assistance to food retailers on the Peninsula [...]
Making your brand story work
We live in a world defined by brands, a marketplace where consumers are inundated with choice. As a brand, who we are is our opportunity to stand out from the crowd and connect with [...]
Local Spotlight – businesses working together towards zero waste
The Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Beyond Zero Waste Strategy is an ambitious 10-year plan to send zero waste to landfill. The Shire encourages business innovation in this critical waste and litter management challenge. Our local [...]
5 great instagram tips for business
Social media is now almost an integral part of business marketing, but platforms like Instagram seemingly changes almost on a daily basis so how do you know if you are doing it well? What [...]
Best Bites – Smoke Free Dining and Alcohol Management
The Best Bites ‘Smoke Free Dining and Alcohol Management’ criteria focus on creating safe, healthy environments for all customers. This can help reduce the harmful effects of alcohol and tobacco, including more broadly in [...]
Best Bites – Accessibility & Inclusion
The Best Bites “Access for All” criteria are aimed at helping businesses reduce physical or social barriers that might prevent people from finding your business, navigating around easily, and receiving good service. Catering to [...]
Best Bites – Food Safety and Allergen Information
Best Bites is assurance for Mornington Peninsula food consumers that local food businesses are serving safe food and managing food allergens correctly. Each food business in the Best Bites program must have been assessed [...]
Why cash flow counts in business
There’s a saying in business, “You can go broke making a profit.” And another, “Cash is king. Profit is theory.” As everyone knows, you can’t pay rent, meet payroll or pay your bills with profit [...]
5 Tips for getting started with Google Analytics
The pandemic has pushed a lot of new businesses into online for the first time and has meant that existing online businesses are fighting for a piece of the pie against these newcomers. In [...]
Local Spotlight – exploring outside the box
Our local businesses are crucial to ensuring the Mornington Peninsula thrives. So many businesses have impressively adapted through the challenge of COVID-19. The Shire congratulates this innovation and excellence and wants to shine a [...]
Getting to know your customers
Whether you call them ‘customers’, ’clients’, ‘guests’, ’patrons’ or ‘members’, this group is the lifeblood of your business. Really knowing and understanding those customers who support your business and contribute to your revenue, is [...]
Local Spotlight – An invitation into our culture and our story
As we celebrate business innovation and excellence in our local community, today we go behind the scenes and meet Rosebud local, Kayla Cartledge, Founder and CEO of Our Songlines. Our Songlines is a 100% [...]
Local Spotlight – reimagining markets with Artisan’s Alley
Our creative industries have been hard hit by COVID-19. Sadly, local markets have been a common casualty of restrictions and the shift by many shoppers to online for ease of purchase while locked down. So [...]
Support for businesses
Building on the $250.7 million Circuit Breaker Business Support Package announced Sunday 30 May, a new allocation of up to $209.3 million will flow to small and medium-sized businesses, including sole traders, increasing the total [...]
How does my business get in the Best Bites Food Guide?
The Best Bites Food Guide provides consumers with an assurance of safety, sustainability and accessibility and businesses with a valuable marketing angle. Best of all, the program is absolutely free! It costs food businesses [...]
5 ways to improve your website
Today in our Local Expert Series, we meet Marcel McCarthy, Creative Director at ONETOO, a design and marketing agency based on the Mornington Peninsula. Better known by his colleagues as ‘lead thinker and website [...]
Business goal setting made easy – 5 tips for your business
Today we meet local expert, April Whiston. April is the founder of Mornington based business - Boss Brain. Boss Brain provides a ‘one-stop shop’ for small business essentials such as business coaching and consulting, [...]
Food allergens – what your food business needs to know
It can be confusing for food businesses to try to understand their responsibilities around food allergens and intolerances. What are the legal requirements regarding allergen enquiries and how food businesses can give accurate allergen information [...]
5 tips for digital marketing (that works!)
This month, the Mornington Peninsula Shire team caught up with Erin Morris, Founder and Director at Young Folks — a marketing agency for conscious companies. Passionate about what she does, Erin believes; ‘Marketing doesn’t [...]
5 ways to find healthier choices with Best Bites excellence
How good would it be to be able to eat out knowing you had made a healthy choice? Well, with the Best Bites program, it’s now easier to find a fresh and healthy option [...]
Local insights from the 2021 Victorian Tourism Conference
It is critical for businesses to keep learning so they can grow. Conferences and seminars are a great way to get ideas and learn from others’ experiences, but there has been limited recent opportunities [...]
5 ways to keep your staff motivated
Recently, the Mornington Peninsula Shire team caught up with Luke Wade, Director and Partner of LBW Advisory - advisors to small and medium businesses. Problem solving is core to Luke's skill as a business [...]
Local Spotlight – Coworking communities
After a year where workplaces look very different, connection is now something we value more than ever. Co working and shared workspaces have become an important opportunity for businesses to build communities and innovate [...]