Photo caption (Left to Right): Bruce Billson, Minister for Small Business; Local business owner Lloyd Borrett, The Scuba Doctor; Emma Hunt, Director, Small Business, PayPal; Russell Zimmerman, Executive Director, Australian Retailers Association; and Sassoon Grigorian, Director of Public Policy, eBay

Last week (September 12), eBay and PayPal in partnership with the Minister for Small Business, Bruce Billson, hosted a Driving Business Online seminar in Frankston, located south east of Melbourne city centre.

Driving Business Online helps small businesses get onto the Internet, to make their existing online business more successful.

The Forum included speakers Russell Zimmerman, Executive Director, Australian Retailers Association; Sassoon Grigorian, Director of Public Policy, eBay; Emma Hunt, Director, Small Business, PayPal; and local business owner Lloyd Borrett, The Scuba Doctor.

Issues raised at the seminar included Internet connectivity speeds; small business finance; supply chain; multi-channel commerce and eCommerce trends.