Small Business Development Service

Established in 1992 to assist budding entrepreneurs establish their businesses, existing business improve their performance and growing businesses expand their horizons.

Operating out of Sydney we deliver services across the country and across the South Pacific having worked in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.

To deliver effective services into the South Pacific region SBDS established Small Business Development Service (Fiji) in 2013

Over its years of experience SBDS has developed skills and knowledge in assisting members of Indigenous and developing economies. It has delivered services for Indigenous Business Australia and Australian and International Aid Programmes.

Services We Deliver

SBDS has developed and delivered a range of training programmes in the following areas:

·      Establishing your own business

·      Business Planning

·      Marketing and Advertising

·      Growing your business

·      Keeping and understanding financial records

·      “Getting into Tourism”- Establishing and operating a tourism business.

·      Customer Service and building Customer relationships

·      Using the Business Model Canvas

·      Mentoring and Coaching the Small Business Client

In Preparation or under

·      Starting and operating a retail business

·      Starting and operating a small manufacturing business

·      Starting and operating an art and craft business

·      Starting and operating a service business

·      Bootcamp – Masterclass – Making soaps, creams and lotions from traditional and local ingredients.

The following programmes are currently being developed:

·      Developing small social enterprises

·      Incubating small businesses

Our Partners and Clients

IBA - Indigenous Business Australia

Ministry of Health & Medical Services Fiji

Australian Aid

FCDP - Fiji Community Development Program

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