Business Elevate Program
The Business Elevate Program is here for 2025/26 – we are looking for local businesses to be involved as suppliers.
The Business Elevate Program is a Business-to-Business (B2B) voucher-based program. Small businesses within the City of Maribyrnong will be able to apply for $2,000 vouchers (from a total pool of $100,000) to help elevate their business forward, from a list of “preferred business suppliers” in a range of categories.
Program Categories
We are firstly looking for established local businesses to be the “preferred business suppliers” in the following categories:
- Accounting/Bookkeeping
- Business Coaching/Business Consulting
- Business Sustainability
- Copywriting/Public Relations
- Digital Marketing/SEO
- Graphic Design/Visual Merchandising
- Legal/Intellectual Property
- Marketing Consulting/Advertising
- Photography
- Printing/Signage
- Videography
- Web Design/Mobile App Development
- Other Business Services
Your business will be expected to provide services to small businesses that apply for a voucher, for offers or packages valued at $2,000+GST (plus, a $200+GST activation fee payable by the recipient) in one of the above categories.
Program Guidelines
If you are interested in becoming a supplier in this year's program, please refer to the Business Elevate Program Guidelines 2025/26 - Preferred Business Suppliers before submitting an expression of interest.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the Program your business must:
- Be located within the City of Maribyrnong.
- Be financially viable.
- Have a clear understanding of the support you require through this program, and be able to articulate how it will help your business.
- Be willing to pay the Preferred Business Supplier a $200 (+GST) Activation Fee at the commencement of the Program.
- Not owe any reports or money to Maribyrnong City Council.
- Have no outstanding compliance issues with Maribyrnong City Council.
Expressions of Interest
Expressions of interest are now open and close at 5pm, Monday 15 September 2025. Express your interest online below via Smarty Grants.
Express your interest here
Online Information Session
We will be holding an information session via Zoom to discuss how the Business Elevate Program will work and answer any of your questions at 11am, Wednesday 27 August 2025. Note RSVP is essential, via email to Business.Elevate@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au.