NEIS News
October 2007: Annual National NEIS Awards winners announced
Winners of the 2007 National NEIS Association Business Awards were announced at the Small Business Development Conference held in Perth in October 2007. The annual awards celebrate the acheivements of NEIS businesses and provider staff across four categories.
The award winners were:
- Best New Business: FLIPP Management
- Best Growth Business: Blundell Property Management
- AAMI NEIS-Change Award: Speed Thinking
- Unsung Hero (NEIS provider): David Rozynski of Mission Austraila Toowoomba
August 2007: Your Business Success features NEIS again
NEIS graduate Beccy Fleming and her Canberra dance studio Kokoloco featured on the Channel 9 small business television show Your Business Success in August 2007.
Also highlighted on the show was Beccy's former NEIS provider Steve Millard of South East Training Services - nationally the only 5-star NEIS provider.
You can view the highlights of the show on the ninemsn small business website.
November 2006: Annual National NEIS Awards - celebrating outstanding small business
Each year the National NEIS Association - the peak national body for NEIS providers - recognises the acheivements of NEIS businesses through the National NEIS Awards. The 2006 awards were presented by the former Minister for Workforce Participation, Dr Sharman Stone.
The award winners were:
Find out more about these outstanding winners in NEIS Success Stories.
November 2006: NEIS business runner-up in the Nescafe Big Break
Nicholas Morris, a 22-year-old Indigenous NEIS participant, won the runner-up prize of $15,000 in the 2006 Nescafe Big Break competition. Nicholas was one of six finalists in the running for the $100,000 main prize. He and his wife Yahvinah operate Soulveg, a vegetarian catering business, founded on the belief that good healthy (and tasty) food will lead to a healthy body.
Check out other NEIS Success Stories.
August 2006: NEIS featured on Channel 9's Your Business Success show
The Channel 9 small business television show Your Business Success recently featured the NEIS programme. The show looked at two very successful NEIS businesses:
- DisAbility Assist - established by Ms Janet Hartrick 13 years ago in Brunswick to provide support workers for people with a disability and institutions; now employs approximately 100 staff, with about 70 per cent full-time. More recently, DisAbility Assist has gone on to win the 2006 National NEIS Hall of Fame Award.
- Fitness Worx - established by Ms Simone Minett in Caulfield in 2005 to provide non-competitive fitness training to children through in-school classes and after-school groups; has already expanded to NSW and Queensland and now employs about 50 staff, mostly part-time.
You can see highlights of the Your Business Success NEIS programme on the ninemsn small business website.
You can order a copy of the NEIS Interactive CD-ROM through a NEIS provider or Job Network member. Click here to find your local NEIS provider.
July 2006: New NEIS places for mature age job seekers
A new category of NEIS places is now available for job seekers aged 50 years or over and not on any income support allowance - known as Non-Allowee Mature Age (NAMA) job seekers. These places are ideally suited to people who can't get Newstart allowances because for example they received a retrenchment payout, have a spouse who is employed, or have some other form of income such as investment properties.
NAMA job seekers must be able to demonstrate a capacity to be financially self-sufficient during the period of NEIS Assistance, and are required to meet all other normal NEIS personal and business eligibility requirements.
For more information on the NAMA entry into NEIS, see For people aged 50 year and over.