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Bellingen Business Directory 2010

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:47:33 +0000

We are currently compiling the Bellingen Business Directory 2010. We are visiting local businesses over the coming weeks to assist you with this process. Please confirm all your contact details for the FREE listing. You can do that from this page.

You can find out more information on the Bellingen Business Directory 2010 by going to the Directory page here.

You can also download a directory application form here to submit you free listing or to book advertising space:

Bellingen Chamber of Commerce Business Directory

Payment details here

Urunga Mylestom Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Invitation – 11th November

susan — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:29:21 +0000

A presentation on Planning for the Future

UMCC Breakfast Invitation – November 09

‘Switch On Your Brand’ Coffs Harbour Seminar 26th & 27th October

susan — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:21:14 +0000

The best ways to Switch On Your Brand and keep it on.

The S.M.A.R.T.E.R. way to successful marketing.

Your best customers and how to keep them.

Application form as follows

CoffsHarbour_Followup_Fax Advocate

Go Green – Energy Efficiency and Climate Action Workshops – How to Save Money?

susan — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:44:40 +0000

Mid North Coast Tourism invitation to:

Go Green – Energy Efficiency and Climate Action Workshops – How to Save Money? Limited to only 40 participants so register FAST! Remember limited to only 40 People RSVP Monday 26 October.

At the moment only three of these workshops will be held across the State to include Sydney, Blue Mountains and Coffs Harbour.

For more information go to www.midnorthcoastnsw.com.au/workshops

Ecotourism Australia will be presenting to our tourism industry operators in Coffs Harbour on Thursday 29 October. The cost of the workshop is $10 and includes a free Workbook valued at $45 that contains practical information on how to reduce your energy consumption and cut emissions. At the same workshop, the Dpt of Environment and Climate Change will provide advice on cutting power bills and carbon pollution and information on how to receive a subsidised energy assessment and your own action plan for your business.

Overall details for this sustainability seminar are as follows:

· Date: Thursday 29 October 2009

· Where: Aanuka Breakfree Resort, 11 Firman Street, Coffs Harbour

· Times: 1pm – 5pm

· Cost: $10 (limited to only 40 participants) and includes afternoon tea

To register for this workshop contact Kristie@ecotourism.org.au

Family Summer Holiday Promotion – Deadline 27 October 09

susan — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:51:41 +0000

FREE TNSW PROMOTION FOR FAMILY SUMMER HOLIDAYS!!!!!!

Following on from the success of previous family holiday promotions, Tourism NSW and Mid North Coast Tourism will once again be undertaking activity to promote travel to regional NSW during the summer school holiday season. The prime objective of the promotion is to drive leads/bookings to operators offering good value accommodation and activities suitable for families.

Timeframe:

The campaign will commence from 15th November to encourage families to take a break in NSW.

We have requested a response from the industry by Tuesday 27th October to provide offers to be featured on visitnsw.com.

Promotional Plans

Tourism NSW will invest in the following activities to promote NSW as a great family summer holiday destination and drive traffic to visitnsw.com for family holiday offers/packages:

· Advertising & PR

The campaign will include print, online, value added editorial and PR.

· Website – visitnsw.com

The call to action for all promotional activity is to visitnsw.com.au for offers and to plan your Family Summer Holiday in NSW. Campaign pages will promote the holiday experiences available in NSW and operator offers available.

HOW TO BE INVOLVED

There is no cost to regional operators to participate: the focus is on showcasing product on visitnsw.com (accommodation, attractions, etc).

Holiday Options/Offers

The call to action for the “Family Summer Holiday” promotion will be to visitnsw.com/family

Opportunity: Promote your product on the “Family Summer Holiday” pages on visitnsw.com and leverage the promotional activities undertaken by Tourism NSW.

Action: Complete the relevant Offer Forms below (separate forms for accommodation, attractions, hire, tours etc) and return it before Tuesday 27th October to Tourism NSW.

Accommodation offer form Summer Holiday promo

Attractions Lodgement form October Holiday promo

Hire Offer form Summer Holiday promo

Tour Offer form Summer Holiday promo

Validity: All offers provided are required to be valid during the Summer School Holidays (from 19th December 2009 to 26th January 2010). Exclusions can apply, e.g. Not available between 25th December to 1st January.

Mandatory: The offer must be applicable to families. E.g. Rate must be for a minimum of 2 adults and 2 children.

Value: The offer must provide a special value to the customer that is beyond the normal rate or service normally offered. For example, accommodation partners may offer: Pay 5 nights get 6th night free.

If you require any additional information please do not hesitate to contact Nora Ortiz on (02) 9931 1477 or email nora.ortiz@tourism.nsw.gov.au in the regional marketing team.

Belinda Novicky

Mid North Coast NSW Tourism

P.O. Box 262

Port Macquarie NSW 2444

Mobile: 04000 33663

Direct Office Line: (02) 65694058

Escape to nature’s playground! Check out the great outdoors’ deals and offers available:

www.midnorthcoastnsw.com.au/nature

Former Chamber Secretary and Partner Seeking Next Career

susan — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:31:25 +0000

I am a former Secretary of the Emerald Chamber of Commerce in Queensland (400 members). Having recently finished my last assignment, we are currently seeking our next career moves.

About Mark

My last position was General Manager for Emerald Coaches, managing a $4m business with 25 staff. I oversaw all business activities including sales and marketing, operations, administration, HR and finance.

My achievements included: -

Creating ongoing process efficiency improvements (staff rosters; time sheets; breakdown roster; fuelling schedule) saving cost and time; Overseeing a major improvement in staff morale and welfare - implemented open door policy and open communication about business performance; held regular staff feedback meetings; increased percentage of local employees in the workforce; replaced outgoing employees with those of higher quality; Significantly improving health and safety in the workplace environment by arranged an audit, implementing audit findings and maintaining set standards of the physical environment; developed and introduced new policies and procedures in consultation with all staff which also enabled the business to align with key client policies and contractual obligations; Developing a supplier cost reduction programme; Identifying future strategy options by undertaking business, client and market analyses Regional Small Business of the Year Award for 2009.

In my previous contract role with the Queensland State Government, I had responsibility for industry and regional development. My remit was to develop targeted networks, clusters and supply chains with business operators and representative organisations to enhance regional business performance.

As a Senior Manager for Trade and Investment with Deloitte, I managed a team that delivered advisory services. We achieved excellent results by helping businesses to achieve contracts worth GBP30m from an annual fee income of GBP1m.

From 2005 to 2007, I ran my own successful small business having identified a new business opportunity to supply migrant workers to UK employers with skills shortages after EU expansion. My strategy enabled me to develop the business quickly in year one and exceed my initial revenue targets within six months. During the business life cycle, I made decisions to alter marketing, recruitment, employer service and sourcing strategies to enhance business performance and respond to changing market conditions and helped employers to address genuine skills gaps whilst ensuring that workers received equal terms and conditions of employment as their UK counterparts.

During my spell as Investor Development Manager, I was responsible for the delivery of a new regional investor development programme for companies identified as having strategic importance. I established and developed close support relationships with business leaders and assisted with delivery improvement projects as part of a wider remit to retain existing and develop further investment. The programme identified and supported over 50 projects in areas of site expansion, staff recruitment and retention, productivity improvements, marketing, supplier development, E-business, access to finance and others.

With the Skoda Group, I managed the overseas representative network and successfully opened a sales branch in South Africa, achieving sales of $1m in year one and $1.6m in year two.

I developed my early career with leading distributors of industrial products starting as a warehouse operator/driver and progressing via promotion to internal then field sales, when I regularly met and exceeded sales targets. I possess an excellent understanding of all business operations, written and verbal communication skills and strong problem solving and decision making skills. I have experience of managing teams with different employers using situational leadership, consensus and delegation, proven relationship management skills, networking, negotiating and influencing skills across all levels. I am highly professional, intelligent, analytical, loyal and friendly.

About Elle

Elle is highly experienced in customer service and administrative roles and previous responsibilities have included: -

Marked work, gave appropriate feedback and maintained records of performance . Managed pupil behaviour and applied appropriate and effective measures when necessary.

Dealt with membership applications and enquiries via phone, email and post. Maintained membership database. Received, sorted and distributed post. Diary management including meeting and travel organisation. Dealt with all incoming correspondence . Took dictation and minutes .

Responsible for department accounts and budgets. Booked in customers vehicles for service and repairs face to face and over the telephone (reception duties). Processed work documentation . Updated customer and vehicle records accurately. Invoiced and handled cash payments. Processed incoming sales orders at the counter and by phone (reception duties). Stock control. Sales reports

In order to develop my knowledge and skills, she recently completed a Certificate III in Business Administration (Quick Books) at TAFE.

She has excellent client relationship, people and communication skills, and considered by former employers as being highly numerate and literate, hardworking, reliable, flexible, work equally well as part of a team or alone, punctual, friendly, honest and dedicated. She prides herself on doing all tasks to the very best of her ability.

Her immediate career will be slightly interrupted when she gives birth to our first child in December but plans to return to work as soon as possible.

Please contact us if you know of something suitable for either of us.

Mark and Elle Brennan [mailto:brennanml1966@yahoo.co.uk]

Fee Proposal for Energy, Water + Waste Audits for Bellingen Businesses

susan — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:52:58 +0000

Hello all

Well exciting news – The Bellingen Chamber has been successful in negotiating an opportunity for Bellingen Chamber members to have an energy, water & waste audit for a third of the normal price Matthew Parnell B.Build (UNSW), Building Consultant Licence no. BC749, ABSA Accredited Assessor for AccuRate House Energy Ratings no. 20593, NABERS Accredited Assessor no. 20067, Green Building Council of Australia > Accredited Green Building Professional, ABN 38 648 662 948 has submitted the following proposal which has been made possible by the fact that a larger chamber member (Bellingen Golf Club) has contracted Matthew to undertake a large scale audit and we have negotiated the following on the basis of Matthew doing the smaller business audits in conjunction with the larger business audit.

Matthew has a long history in Bellingen, particularly in building related issues, and he attended our last Sustainable Business Forum which is where I started discussions with him about this initiative

Matthew needs a minimum of 5 small businesses to contract with him to be able to provide his services for the price quoted so come on fellow members – let’s be leaders in sustainable business practice and show other business communities how it can be done.

Regards Guy

Guy Saddleton – President

Fee Proposal for Energy, Water + Waste Audits for Bellingen Businesses

The energy audit process conforms to Australian Standards, with a three-level approach. The methodology will be driven by the energy audit process as the core activity, with the water audit included, and the waste audit as an add-on if desired. The waste audit will require intensive on-site data collection over 2 weeks by the business owner/operator.

For Bellingen small businesses, I am proposing an extended Level 1 Energy audit incorporating most procedures from a Level 2 audit, including the on-site component, but with limited general costing of recommendations and expected savings. The written Report will be of a summary nature only, in order the keep costs down. A level 3 audit is very time consuming and likely to be too costly for businesses, so it has been excluded.

The water audit will be done within the energy audit pricing structure.

A list of data to be supplied by individual businesses will be issued prior to the audit visit.

The fee for a combined extended Level 1 energy audit + water audit is $200 + GST per business.

The extra fee for a waste audit is $50 + GST per business.

Assumptions

The audit price and process is based on the assumption of a typical small business in Bellingen’s CBD, with a single level tenancy with up to 4 major spaces or rooms plus amenities and store-rooms; 2nd storeys can be included if energy systems are simple, and if part of the one tenancy.

As it is not known what types of businesses will apply, I reserve the right to review the fee structure if the size and complexity demands more time and consideration. This will be informed in advance, where possible.

Site visit times will be appropriately scheduled to eliminate one-off visits.

All requested documentation is available on the day of audit.

Floor area dimensions to be provided by the business owner/manager: from lease documents or site measurements. Waste audit data must be collected by business owner/manager over a minimum 2 week period.

The fee structure generally applies to separately metered tenanted space, but can be a whole building assessment if totally owner-occupied.

Site processes require meeting with managers to confirm operating hours, to discuss relevant issues and to arrange access to any plant and equipment spaces, and electrical metering. If access to any critical space is not available at the time of site visits, extra visits will be required and may attract an extra charge if they can’t be re-scheduled to coincide with other visits. If requested data is not made available, the audit may not be able to be completed.

Contact BCoC Co ordinator coordinator@bellingenchamber.com.au

Minutes of Bellingen Chamber of Commerce AGM

susan — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:47:05 +0000

Bellingen Chamber of Commerce – AGM

Wednesday 23^rd September 2009

Waterfall Way Centre Hyde Street Bellingen NSW 2454

Meeting opened: 7:05 pm

Chairperson: Guy Saddleton

Minutes taken by: Susan Haworth

Present: Guy Saddleton,, Robin Courtney, Laurie Kane, Ian Coe, Sue Lennox, Alexandra Careaga, Mark Carpenter, Susan Haworth,

Apologies: Terry Walker, Jo Keers, Ralph Lynch, Marie-Josee Shurey, Karen Mills

Confirmation of Minutes of AGM 2008

Motion: Minutes from last meeting to be accepted

Moved: Guy Saddleton

Seconded: Laurie Kane Carried

Business Arising None

Presidents Report

Submitted and read by Guy Saddleton

Motion: Presidents Report be accepted

Moved: Laurie Kane

Seconded: Robin Courtney Carried

Treasurers Report

Financial statement submitted for year 1.7.2008 – 30.6.2009 by Robin Courtney

Motion: Treasurers Report to be accepted

Moved: Guy Saddleton

Seconded: Laurie Kane Carried

Election of Executive Committee – 4 positions

Guy Saddleton handed over to Ian Coe to chair meeting at this point

All positions declared vacant & nominations called from the floor.

President

Nominated: Guy Saddleton – Guy Saddleton Real Estate