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Western Sydney has emerged as the state’s most dynamic entrepreneurial hub and is on track to have more businesses that employ staff than eastern Sydney within 15 years.

Almost 23,000 employing businesses were added in the western suburbs between 2017 and 2025, compared with just over 10,000 across the eastern region of Sydney, analysis by peak body Business NSW shows.

Blacktown council area stood out for entrepreneurship between 2017 and 2025, with a 17 per cent increase in businesses that employ others (after…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU