Your City Business, 9 October 2025
The Adelaide Economic Development Agency's (AEDA) latest City Business newsletter gives you information and resources to support your business.
Learn more about:
- The New AEDA Investment Prospectus Now Available
- Hear Innovative Business Ideas at the ThincSeed Pitch Night
- 15,000 Reasons to Celebrate North Adelaide's Perryman's Bakery
- Extend your Trading Hours During the National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant
- Grant Opportunity: Enhance Your Digital Presence
- Multicultural Businesses in the Spotlight at City Conference
- Public Lecture with Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth
- New Mainstreet Occupancy Report Released
- In the Spotlight: Why Acler is Proud to Call Adelaide Home
New AEDA Investment Prospectus Now Available
Adelaide stands at the forefront of investment opportunity—a city defined by ambition, confidence and a proactive approach to progress. Renowned for its competitive business environment, Adelaide offers premium infrastructure, outstanding commercial facilities and a vibrant public realm. Discover how your business can thrive in Adelaide by exploring AEDA’s latest Investment Prospectus.
Hear Innovative Business Ideas at the ThincSeed Pitch Night
Entrepreneurial ambition will be centre stage when ThincSeed Accelerator Program participants present their proposals to leading innovators. Proudly made possible by support from AEDA’s Strategic Partnerships Program. It is on Wednesday, 19 November 2025, from 5:30 pm.
15,000 Reasons to Celebrate North Adelaide's Perryman's Bakery
North Adelaide bakery Perryman's is celebrating 100 years of operation in the city. The business owners credit their success to upholding traditions, expanding menu offerings and serving up its iconic gingerbread babies. The City of Adelaide is supporting Perryman’s 100th anniversary by assisting with a celebration on Saturday, 11 October 2025, from 9:30 am -1:30 pm.
Extend your Trading Hours When Father Christmas Arrives
’Tis the season to extend trading hours during the National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant crowd. Leverage foot traffic and extend your trading hours on Saturday, 8 November 2025, to attract more people to your business. City traders can open early and showcase exclusive offers to attract pageant visitors, boost city vibrancy and celebrate the beginning of the festive season.
Grant Opportunity: Enhance Your Digital Presence
Small businesses can boost their digital presence as part of the federal government's 'Australian Small Business Advisory Services—Digital Solutions' grant program. The program aims to elevate social media strategies, harness the potential of AI and unlock a suite of digital growth opportunities.
Wine of a Time in the CBD
Septimus House of Cheese and Wine is connecting regional winemakers with the CBD by bringing iconic drops to its new co-cellar door. This innovative concept allows wine brands to bring their cellar door experience from the regions into the city, allowing them to share their products with a new audience.
Multicultural Businesses in the Spotlight at City Conference
Learn how to create a thriving, inclusive business at the Multicultural Business and Entrepreneur Conference on Tuesday, 14 October 2025. The 'Connecting Beyond Borders: The Future of Global Leadership' conference will bring together a diverse range of entrepreneurs and business leaders to explore trends, share ideas and strengthen multicultural business networks. AEDA Economic Advisor and data guru Jordon Tomopoulos will be among speakers at the event.
Public Lecture with Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth
Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth will deliver a lecture as part of the Psychosocial Safety Climate Global Observatory (PSC-GO) at the University of South Australia. Ms Booth’s presentation will explore work, health and safety frameworks, and highlight how collaborative engagement drives improvements in workplace practices.
New Mainstreet Occupancy Report Released
Download the latest AEDA Mainstreet Occupancy Report to empower your strategic planning and drive informed business growth. The report showed Melbourne Street in North Adelaide has the best occupancy rate in the city with at least 95 per cent of all properties in use, followed by Rundle Street.
In the Spotlight: Why Acler is Proud to Call Adelaide Home
To celebrate the start of ADL Fashion Week, Acler co-founders Kathryn Forth and Julia Ritorto spoke to Broadsheet about why designers do not need to operate from the eastern seaboard to make it big in the fashion industry. The camaraderie between designers, the work-life balance on offer, as well as creative energy, all make Adelaide the perfect place for a fashion label to thrive, the women say.