A whole lot of cruise ships are heading to town. What’s the opportunity for small business? Tourism and Innovation are about to take centre stage. And what is the future of Google for small business? And how can you prepare?

This is the Darwin Small Business Network.

Good news stories start popping up in the NT News after criticism mounts of their doom and gloom economic coverage. The NT Government appears to want to charge us more for power. And what’s on for small business this month.

This is the Darwin Small Business Network.

The latest economy snapshot shows some better days may be ahead. A thinly veiled slap in the face of a grassroots movement by the Territory’s powers-that-be and a wrap up of the events and workshops that will boost your business.

This is the Darwin Small Business Network.

A new head of of the NT’s Department of Trade, Business and Innovation breathes some fresh hope in to business big and small. Two big industry projects are getting underway. And a wrap up available workshops and learning events.

This is the Darwin Small Business Network.

Good news for those wanting to build or buy a house in the NT. More exposure being showered on the Darwin Reignite movement. A flurry of workshops from the ASBAS program. And our biggest DSBN event yet.

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With locals up in arms about violence at Palmerston Shopping Centre during the past week, we ask whether we, as small businesses, are being helpful if we're jumping on the popular bandwagon of spreading even more bad news about our region. 

We've brought about a few changes to our monthly events and our podcast - more focus on local news of interest to small business owners in Darwin and possibly even a cohost?

And there's a sneaky little online discount engine called AppSump where you can find some great little software gems at pretty insane prices. We unwrap the concept.

They're alive and kicking with big engagement, lots of stuff for sale and a mountain of opportunity, but are the local Darwin Buy, Sell & Swap groups on Facebook a place for small business to thrive? We look at the kinds of businesses that do great on there... and those that really need to just stop.

A big deal has been struck for a $200 million revitalisation of the Darwin CBD after a decade of neglect has seen it decline as a detail centre and struggle as a centre for tourism. With big new projects underway, we look at what, if any, opportunities there are for small business.

With the news that VietJet wants to fly between Darwin and Ho Chi Minh City in 2019 and whispers that Donghai wants a slice of the Darwin-Denpasar route, perhaps even the Darwin-Dili run, what are the real effects of additional outbound flight options for Darwin residents on Darwin small business. We asked close to 100 businesses in a survey, and they're not very excited about it at all.

We're in the midst of economic doom and gloom in Darwin with stores closing and changes on the way, but according to Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis, we've seen this all before, haven't we?

We take a look at Facebook's new Mobile Studio to see if the tools and case studies in there are of any use to us.