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HBEN Newsletter 5th December 2011
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| Great to see so many people enjoying a relaxed catch up at last week's Combined Business Networks' Christmas party! With all the antlers and santa hats, it really is starting to feel like Christmas. We saw great generosity in prize donation and fundraising efforts with the team at the Macquarie Business Centre - mbc- for the Hastings Women and Children's Refuge. We raised $2,000!
Don't forget to book in for our December breakfast with the team from Oxley Insurance Brokers, this Thursday. Dress up, network and enjoy great insights from Customer Service expert, Dr Ian Brooks. We're also working on plans for next year - keep the date for an inspirational 19 January breakfast and for the women in business amongst you, read on for details about the Women in Business Mentoring Program coming in 2012.
Finally, if you are looking for a great way to engage with other local businesses, we have just one 2012 Patron opportunity available. Why not join us in hosting one of our great monthly business networking breakfasts? Click here for more details or give me a call.
As this will be our final newsletter for 2012, I'd like to wish you a wonderful festive season with family and friends and look forward to seeing you in the new year!
Regards,
Liesa Davies
Manager, Hastings Business Enterprise Network
Tel: 02 6583 4412
E: manager@hastingsben.com.au
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Council rates and funding
Now is the time to have your say on future rate levels. Council is considering a new application to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) to secure long term rate funding that would deliver the infrastructure and particularly roadworks that the community has identified as priorities. If the application is not approved, Council's general rate revenue could be reduced by almost $2.5 million in July 2012. To make any application to IPART it is vital that community views on proposed options for a rate rise are considered. To have your say and read more about the rating options, their impact and the works program they will generate; the services at risk if $2.5 million is removed from the budget visit click here. Just by completing the survey you can be in the draw to win one of three IPad2s.
Enterprise Connect services now available to tourism industry
Businesses in the tourism industry will now have access to comprehensive business support available through Enterprise Connect. Enterprise Connect provides eligible small and medium sized businesses access to tailored, independent business advice, advisory service funding, workshops, market intelligence and networking opportunities. To find out more visit the Enterprise Connect website.
Top 10 businesses started in a garage
The humble garage isn't just a storage space. It can provide the ideal space to launch a new business, as last week's naming of iiNet founder Michael Malone as Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year demonstrates. As Malone told us last year, iiNet launched in his mother's garage, only moving due to the extraordinary amount of phone lines he needed installed to the premises. Read more... (from Smartcompany.com) |
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The Business Calendar
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7 Dec: Chamber members lunch with Member for Port Macquarie, Leslie Williams MP, Quality Resort Sails, $50, bookings: maree.mcentyre@nswbc.com.au or phone 6584 0910
8 Dec: Hastings Business Enterprise Network Breakfast. Get your christmas outfits ready! Join the final breaky of the year with customer service expert, Dr Ian Brooks, Pier One, Panthers, Read more...
19 Jan: keep the date - Hastings Business Enterprise Network Breakfast, details coming soon.
For more local business events information, check out the Local Business Calendar here.
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Mentoring for Growth - Women in Business 2012
Women in small business on the Mid North Coast have the opportunity to gain long lasting business skills when the Port Chamber of Commerce partners with other local business networks to deliver the Women in Business Mentoring Program in early 2012. The NSW Department of Trade and Investment Program offers a proven formula of workshops, mentoring and networking to strengthen the growth stage of small business.
The program comprises five business education workshops over five months, two networking events and 10 hours of mentoring to assist participants with their business growth. It caters for up to 25 business owners who are looking for strategies and skills to help take their businesses to the next level, with the added advantage of having the support of a business mentor through the program. For more info click here or phone the Chamber office on 02 6583 4412. Business owners who are interested are encouraged to fill in this expression of interest form. If you are an experienced business owner and would like to mentor a program participant, please provide your details here.
From the Port Macquarie Community College:
14-28 Jan: Introduction to MYOB (3 sessions 9am - 4pm), $275
18 & 20 Jan: Producing a Professional Resumé (2 sessions 10am-1pm) $120
17 & 24 Jan: Declutter your space Glenda Hamilton (2 sessions 6:30-8:30pm) $58 |
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8 Dec: Elizabeth McGregor (Chair) and the Board of Regional Development Australia, Mid North Coast invite you to a "Communities of Interest" Reception - to continue their conversations on regional issues with stakeholders. (Wauchope Country Club, 4.30pm - 6.00pm) Drinks and Light refreshments provided. RSVP to Megan on 02 6583 8647 or meganm@rdamidnorthcoast.org.au by 5.00pm on Tues, 6 Dec.
9 Dec: Oxley Highway Community Celebration, Come celebrate the $158M upgrade of the Oxley Highway. Walk part of this new gateway to Port Macquarie or join in the festive carnival style event, with market stalls, Kid Zone, cycling criterium, street performers and the Oxley Highway Parade. To participate in the market stalls, parade or for more information, contact Pix Jonasson, Event Coordinator on 0418 211 738.
For more of what's coming up locally click here |
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