Business support & funding

Our business grants, seminars and other initiatives support the local economy and the many organisations that do business in it.

Business programs

Applications now open for retail innovation program

Learn, free of charge, from innovation and entrepreneurial leaders and experts.

Grants & funding

All grants & sponsorship

We’re supporting the biggest one-day retail event in Australia

Join Vogue Australia and American Express for this virtual festival of shopping, fashion and beauty. From 22 October to 1 November 2020.

Surveys, case studies & reports

Visitor profile and experience survey 2017

We undertook research to help businesses identify possible considerations and opportunities.
Last updated 30 December 2017

All business support & funding programs

Business & economy

Night-time economy

Sydney has the largest night-time economy and the biggest number of visitors in Australia - as well as the country's densest residential and commercial districts.
A man standing at a set of lights holding the leash of a guide dog.Community support & funding
Man attending to a garden bed on top of his house.Environmental support & funding
Artist Rosie Deacon standing alongside her creative hoarding designCultural support & funding