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To all our valued Service Providers,
We are reaching out to you all around the potential to provide support to businesses impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Please read the following information to understand how we hope to further support our businesses.
Covid-19 Advisory Funding
We have set aside a portion of the extra $4m our Regional Business Partner Network has been given to support businesses through COVID-19. Our focus will be to assist with funding of businesses to access 1-1 support with professionals in the following areas:
- HR
- Health and Wellness
- Business Continuity Planning
- Finance and Cashflow Management
Businesses will be able to access up to $5000 (ex gst) in funding to fully fund advice in the areas above.
Funding will initially be $1.5 million. We hope to distribute this fund to as many businesses as possible. This will be managed by the growth advisors and will be at their discretion.
Business Eligibility:
Businesses will need to have meet with an RBP Growth Advisor and registered on the RBP Platform to access this support.
Businesses will need to meet existing eligibility criteria:
- Have undergone an assessment with a Regional Partner (i.e.: Growth Advisor);
- Have fewer than 50 full time equivalent employees;
- Are registered for GST in New Zealand;
- Are operating in a commercial environment; and
- Are a privately owned businesses, or are a Maori Trust or incorporation under the Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 or similar organisation managing Maori assets under multiple ownership.
Additional Criteria:
- The Growth Advisor needs to be satisfied that this support will be beneficial to the customer.
Provider Eligibility:
If you are able to provide businesses expert advice in the 4 areas above and have ability to deliver services over the next couple of months please register your service on the RBP Portal and select COVID-19 Support under the service categories.
Providers will need to register services with the following information:
- Description of the relevant management capability areas they can provide expert advice and support in
- An hourly rate for this service
- Details on mode of delivery, i.e. Zoom, Skype, or Phone
- Select the new COVID-19 support subject category
Please note the service will need to be delivered and invoiced prior to the 30th June 2020.
We are grateful for the overwhelming response we have had already from Service Providers wanting to support our businesses. Any services that have been submitted already will need to be amended so that they are in line with our COVID-19 support requirements.
Please be patient with us, we will be working hard to approve service registrations as quickly as possible.
In addition to this support our Regional Business Partners are working hard to schedule webinars on these topics which will be free for any businesses to register on.
More information to come on these.
For any queries related to our Regional Business Partner Network COVID-19 response please continue to email:
rbp@nzte.govt.nz
Ngā mihi,
The Regional Business Partner Team
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