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Commerce Ballarat Weekly News Bulletin 16 January – 22 January 2010 Welcome to the end of another busy week. Find out below what is happening in and around Ballarat, useful website links, members news and who made the media this week. Quote of the week “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” Walt Disney Welcome New Member: · Fifteen Trees Colleen Filippa Info Comm Breakfast Sails on the Lake Lake Wendouree Friday, 12 February, 7:15am – 8.45am Members $15 Non Members $25 Join us for an update on the past 12 months and a look into the future from our councillors and Economic Development Team. · CBD Strategy · Economic Development Strategy 505 Club BGT 14 Hill Street Thursday, 25 February, 5.30pm – 7.30pm Members Free Non Members $15 An evening of networking and fostering relationships to grow your business. Drinks and Savories provided Commerce Race Day Ballarat Turf Club Friday, 12 March, 11.30am Cost: $55 per person, $550+gst table of 10 includes entry to course, 3 course meal, race book. Chance to Win Great Prizes Two Gold Class Movie Screenings for 18 people Table for 6 Terrace Dowling Forest Many more Guest Speaker - Don Elgin Being born without the lower portion of his left leg was no barrier for him he went on to win a gold medal at the 1994 World Championships in Berlin. Don competed in the Sydney 2000 Paralympics Games where he won bronze in the Pentathlon. In pursuit of his ultimate goal of being number one in the World in the below knee amputee Pentathlon Don moved a step closer when he finished with a Silver medal at the 2002 IPC World Championships. 2004 Athens Paralympics Games Don became a triple Paralympics medallist winning one Silver and two Bronze. As a respected voice on sport both on and off the track Don commentated at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and appeared on Andrew Denton’s ABC TV show Enough Rope. An Inspirational Speaker!! Tables only to be hosted by Commerce Ballarat members. B.L.E.N.D yum productions 312 Fussell Street Wednesday, 24 March, 5.30pm – 7.30pm Members Free Non Members $15 Are you 39 or under and looking for an opportunity to share ideas and impressions of today’s business world. Drinks and Savouries provided Members News ActionCLUB Group Coaching Program Attending ActionCLUB can make a big difference for your business. If you are ready to set your business on the ultimate track to success then ActionCLUB is for you. In just 7 sessions, you'll have the tools and strategies you'll need to guide your business to higher profits and greater levels of success. You'll get an edge over the competition. And you'll discover what thousands of other business owners already know about the impact ActionCLUB has had on their businesses. · ActionCLUB's 7 Sessions include: · Setting your future · Generating cashflow · Streetwise marketing · SalesRICH for more effective results · TeamRICH for building better teams · GrowthCLUB for creating working systems · Leverage - The Board Game - putting into practice what you've learned Date: March 15th in Ballarat. For more information or to book in phone 5331 6066. Powercor Media Release Residents may be forgiven for thinking ‘Big Brother’ is roaming the streets around Ballarat in the coming weeks as Powercor’s inspectors use cameras on telescopic sticks to check the condition of pole tops. Small powerful cameras are mounted on telescopic rods and raised above the cross arms that support overhead power lines to relay images back to the ground. These images help identify potentially faulty electrical equipment, reducing the likelihood of pole fires and power outages. The infrastructure being inspected this month services around 4,600 customers around Ballarat. Media inquiries: Powercor Australia’s 24-hour media service on (03) 9683 4342. Ballarat Cancer Research Centre Get your team and sponsors together to participate in this year’s cycle classic. Funds raised from the event will be donated to Ballarat Cancer Research Centre. Over the past two years the Come to Life Ballarat Cycle Classic has raised over $200,000. Date: Sunday, 21 February 2010 Where: Lake Wendouree More information http://www.ballaratcycleclassic.com.au/ Commerce Ballarat will be entering a team if your business is unable to field and team please join ours, contact kara@commerceballarat.com.au Australian Bureau of Statistics Building Activity, Sept 2009 http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/8752.0?OpenDocument Construction Activity, Sept 2009 http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/8782.0.65.001?OpenDocument Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry MR007: Australian Business Supports NAPLAN Benchmarks MR007: Australian Business Supports NAPLAN Benchmarks MR008: Private Sector Key to Boosting Productivity Innovation Ministers adopt national innovation policies Federal, State and Territory Innovation Ministers have adopted a set of national innovation principles to guide policy development and increase the consistency of government innovation programs across Australia. “This is a real first for national innovation policy, and a vivid demonstration of governments working together to make all Australian innovation programs efficient and accessible,” said Australian Innovation Minister, Senator Kim Carr about the release of the Framework of Principles for Innovation Initiatives. “The adoption of these principles by all governments will increase the coordination of innovation program design to ensure that innovation programs are complementary and respond to the changing needs and priorities of Australian businesses.” Senator Carr said the agreement to build on existing commercialisation capabilities in each State and Territory, through Commercialisation Australia, will further support high-wage, high skill jobs amongst Australian innovators Home alone: keeping it from the client Over half of Australian home based businesses choose to keep clients in the dark about operating from home in fear of losing business, according to a survey of Australian home operators. The survey conducted by Serviced Offices International found 56.2 per cent of business owners believe prospective customers are hesitant to work with a business that is home based. Of those businesses that do tell clients, 67.6 per cent said they would never hold meetings at their home office. The top two reasons being that it looks unprofessional (47.4%) and ultimately, is their personal space (30%). Michelle Mills, Managing Director, Serviced Offices International said: “There are nearly one million people running home based businesses across Australia, but it is no surprise that such a large number keep their place of business a secret. Image is very important, especially for a home operator who has to convince customers that home life will not infringe on the quality of product and service provided.” The best perks to working from home according to home based operators are the flexible working hours (82.5%), not having to travel to work (68.9%) and being able to live and work from wherever (52.4%). Regional Industry Link Website If you’re not on it, how are you going to know about it? Are you registered? www.regionalindustrylink.com.au Operation and Lease of Art Gallery of Ballarat Cafe Reference No: 1509 Published Date: 21/12/2009 Closing Date: 27/1/2010 City of Ballarat is seeking expression of interest from parties interested in the operation and lease of the Art Gallery of Ballarat Cafe. More information www.regionalindustrylink.com.au Northern Victorian Irrigation Renewal Project Reference No: 1368 Published Date: 13/3/2008 Closing Date: 14/4/2012 The Victorian Government is investing more than $billion to upgrade Northern Victoria’s ailing irrigation infrastructure. The upgrade will improve water delivery management and irrigation services, and recover much of the water now being lost through leaks, evaporation and system inefficiencies. More information www.regionalindustrylink.com.au Nation Building – Building Education Revolution Reference No: 1427 Published Date: 27/4/2009 Closing Date: 27/4/2011 The Commonwealth Government’s economic stimulus package has committed $16.2 billion over three years to Australian schools through the Building the Education Revolution (BER) program. More information www.regionalindustrylink.com.au Publication: The Courier www.thecourier.com.au Date: Saturday 16 January A seat in Dana St is no longer a mean for Queen Elizabeth Centre residents. The Ballarat City Council has installed four specially modified benches for residents and visitor of the aged care facility. Date: Monday 18 January Ballarat mining company Imerys Minerals has donated another 67 mega litres of water to the city’s storages. Under an agreement with Central Highlands Water, the authority organises with the Environmental Protection Authority to test the water quality and set up a water monitoring program. Since the project began, there have been no issues with the mine water quality. Date: Wednesday 20 January The University of Ballarat has made first-round offers to more than 2000 students. The number of offers is up about 20 per cent from 1600 last year. The university followed a state-wide trend, with health-related coursed proving popular, including nursing and sports science. However, there was also a high number of applicants for education and music theatre. Works are almost complete on an upgrade of the Kennedys Road and Gillies Road intersection at Miners Rest. The City of Ballarat hired Ballarat-based contractor Mid West Civil to complete the works, which began in November. The works would give motorists advanced warning and would help moderate speeds and control traffic. Date: Thursday 21 January Families will be the focus of Ballarat’s Australia Day celebrations at Lake Wendouree this year. The City of Ballarat will host a range of events starting on the Lake Wendouree foreshore at 2pm and culminating in the 3BA Skyworks Spectacular fireworks at 9:30pm. Australia Day Celebrations traditionally finish off with a bang thanks to the 3BA Skyworks over Lake Wendouree. This year will mark the 20th anniversary of 3BA’s involvement in the fireworks, a milestone general manager John Fitzgibbon sometimes doubted they would reach. A $2 million training facility will soon lay the foundations of the careers of thousands of Ballarat workers. This week, a convoy of trucks was on site as workers laid the physical foundations of the BRACE Industry Training Centre, under construction in Windermere St. Date: Friday 22 January Who’s in it today? Post Master General Telephonists’ reunion North Ballarat Sports Club Dates of Interest: Bisnet Breakfast It’s 2010 and if you don’t have a website you may be missing out on a whole new market. If you do have a website then your goal should be to increase the traffic into that site so that your business is being exposed to a much larger audience. Learn how, with just a few simple changes, you can dramatically increase the traffic to your website and by doing so, win more business. Our next Bisnet breakfast has Internet entrepreneur Ben Stickland as guest presenter. Ben will give a practical workshop showing how easy it is to boost traffic to your website using case studies from the Ballarat region. Date: Tuesday, 2 February 2010 Time: 7:00 to 8:30am Venue: Alexandria on Lydiard RSVP: cso.ballarat@rdv.vic.gov.au ICT Breakfast The monthly Ballarat ICT Cluster Breakfasts bring together local IT professionals from the Ballarat region. The guest speaker for the February breakfast is Matt English, IBM Global Business Services. Date: Tuesday 16 February 2010 Time: 7.30am for 7:45am (sharp) Location: Neighbourhood Cable Conference Centre, Greenhill Enterprise Centre, University of Ballarat, Mt Helen Campus RSVP: Friday 12 February 2010 (essential for catering numbers) Contact: Ian Howes Email: i.howes@ballarat.edu.au Phone: 5327 9893 Fax: 5327 9895 Rural Press Club of Victoria Biotechnology: what does it mean for Victoria Date: Thursday, 18 February 2010. Time: 7:30am registration for 7:45am sit-down. Venue: Hilton on the Park, 192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne Moderator: Ed Gannon, President of the Rural Press Club of Victoria. Further details: www.ruralpressclub.com VECCI Modern Awards and the National Employment Standards BRE7342 Date: Friday, 5 February 2010, 10:30am – 12:30pm Venue: Alexandrian on Lydiard St North Cost: Member’s free, non-members $25.00 From 1 January 2010, the new Safety Net introduced by the Fair Work Act 2009 will be in operation. The new Safety Net is comprised of two elements - modern Awards; and the National Employment Standards. The introduction of the Safety Net is the second, and final, transitional stage of the introduction of the Fair Work Act 2009. Westpac Westpac together with Jen Dalitz, founder of sphinxx are holding the Ascend Leadership Development Day for women. The vision is to see women equally represented in leadership roles, in our work places, businesses and communities. Guest speakers include: · Pamela Catty - Take the Lead · Suzanne Mercier - Authenticity · Bev Brough - Networking · Jen Dalitz - Negotiation Date: Tuesday, 23 February 2010 Venue: RACV Club, 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne For further information click here Regional Women Leaders Convention A National Event for Regional and Rural Women Date: 19 & 20 April 2010 Venue: RACV Club For more information contact Dominic Meachen at Workplace training Advisory of Australia on 1300 138 037 or dmeachen@wtaa.com.au Note: You are receiving this email as part of your membership with Commerce Ballarat of Commerce. If you do not wish to receive this information, please email info@commerceballarat.com.au with the words ‘unsubscribe Weekly Bulletin’ in the heading. |
