Aug 18 - The Annual Outstanding Business Awards were hosted on Saturday Night with Hunter Mutual Limited being annouced as 2008 Outstanding Business of the Year. Held at the civic centre, the night promised the best of the best and introduced a new award in recognition of community Corporate Citizenship - proudly sponsored by the Singleton Argus and awarded to local business the Central Hotel. The Chamber will be publishing a full list of winners along with a run down of the evening in the next Chamber News to be published end of month. in addition, don't miss the Singleton Argus Winners Feature to be published Friday 22nd of August!
Many thank to our major sponsors - Coal & Allied, Pegasus Management, Singleton RSC, Westpac Bank, Clemeco Group, Singleton Argus, Redbank Power, EC Throsby, Singleton Council and Power FM.
Jul 4 - Singleton Chamber of Commerce - Connecting Business, Creating Community.
Our charter sees the chamber as an organisation that looks to facilitate economic growth, promote local community change and importantly to drive sustainable local development.
We recognise that understanding the local business community and the local economy is the logical first step to achieving these aims - we have therefore embraced this project and welcome your involvement.
This project, “your business our future”, has been developed by Singleton Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Singleton Council in partnership with the NSW Department of State and Regional Development to maximise the opportunities for business growth and development and to assist the future economic sustainability of the region.
By having access to reliable data, both Council and businesses can plan growth strategies and manage threats and barriers. We can attract new business to fill identified market gaps. We will understand where infrastructure needs fall short and where skills and resources gaps are, compared with what educational and training capability already exist.
The project recognises that the most important aspect of the local economy is in fact the local business … we commend this project and invite your enthusiastic participation.
we encourage you to go to the following link and complete the survey online. If the link does not appear to work - copy and paste into your browser address bar.
May 5 - In the wake of the recent CDMA shutdown, President Gill Eason has invited comment by Singleton and surrounding Hunter residents on their experience with the the loss of CDMA coverage and the subsequent rolling out of the Telstra "Next G" Network. Despite promises made that the new network would offer great coverage and that previous CDMA customers would not be disadvantaged, it appears this may not be the case. If you ahve had an experience you would like to share or simply would like to leave comment you can either log into our forum or send your comments to news@singletonchamber.org.au. ALL COMMENTS will be acknowledged.
May 7 - Singleton VIC has announced thier booking deadline for inclusion in the Singleton Visitors' Guide is fast approaching- interested businesses should contact Ann Cameron of the VIC direct or download a Singleton Prospectus from our list of downloads below.
Apr 1 - The Government has kicked off the 2008 Parliamentary year by introducing legislation that will begin the implementation of its Forward with Fairness IR policies.On 28 March 2008, the Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Act 2008 commences operation. This legislation starts the transition to the Government’s new national workplace relations system intended to cover the whole private sector, which is due to come fully into effect by 1 January 2010. However, this transition legislation does not affect employers currently not in the Federal system. A full briefing of how these changes may affect you can be found in this month's issue of the Chamber News available for download.
Mar 31- Combined Chamber/Council Strategic Business Audit - At the last meeting, we decided on the consultant to be engaged and will do reference checking and finalisation of engagement after the committee meets with the consultant to confirm methods of operation and other details. We hope to be up and running by April!
Around 400 jobs will be created once the centre is finished, and around 600 in the construction stage - all good for the town! Chamber is working with the developers and we will ensure that local businesses are included in any discussions with the developers.
DON'T MISS OUR NEXT MEETING TUESDAY 9th September
WOMEN IN BUSINESS SCHEDULED FOR 18th AUGUST HAS BEEN CANCELLED - for more information contact chamber secretary cheryl.knight@wizard.com.au
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