NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Source: AAP/Joel Carrett. Business groups are increasingly frustrated that the New South Wales government is yet to announce support for businesses facing a two-week lockdown. Alexi Boyd, interim chief executive of the Council of Small Business Organisations (COSBOA), says businesses in New South Wales need “meaningful, immediate and accessible support”. “Particularly in regional areas because they’re not only losing holiday income, but are also losing income from trading with city-based businesses they would normally supply to,” Boyd tells SmartCompany. The NSW government announced stay-at-home orders for four local government areas on Friday, which coincide with the winter school holidays. The government then expanded COVID-19 restrictions to cover Greater Sydney, the Central Coast, the Blue Mountains and Wollongong from Saturday evening.