In 1989, the Bundaberg Tourism Board performed a feasibility study on the establishment of a business incubator and business support organisation in Bundaberg. Two years later, through the work of a visionary group of local business leaders, The Riverside Enterprise Association was established and incorporated as a Not for Profit Association.

After launching and operating Bundaberg’s first business incubator in an old warehouse on the banks of the Burnett River from 1991, the former Wyper Peterson hardware building was purchased and fitted out, and in 2004, our organisation relocated into its current headquarters which comprises a 28-space business incubator, conference centre and business advisory service.

Thirty-four years on, our organisation now known as Regional Business HQ is one of Australia’s longest continuously running business incubators, and since establishing, we have directly assisted more than 7000 local businesses.

In January of 2019, Regional Business HQ expanded its operations to include The Generator coworking space and innovation hub located above the Bundaberg Post Office. In October of 2019, we further expanded our footprint and opened The Generator Gympie to house our team of business support staff and to provide the Gympie region with a premium coworking facility.

In 2020, we rebranded from our former trading name of Bundaberg Business Enterprise Centre and took on our current name of Regional Business HQ to better reflect the range of services that we offer and the support that we provide to businesses across regional Queensland.

Our organisation maintains it commitment to strengthening business in regional Queensland and to helping create sustainable regional employment by assisting and nurturing new and existing businesses. Our voluntary Board of Directors continue to drive our strategic direction and as we grow our support and assistance for regional business, our team of dedicated and skilled staff work tirelessly to achieve our organisation’s purpose.