By ROBERT WALLACE
TCCI CEO
I HEARD some worrying statistics recently about how Tasmanian families derive their incomes and it served to reinforce the TCCI’s desire to promote a more competitive and sustainable State economy.
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TASMANIA’S peak employer body the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) has welcomed the State Government’s new focus on economic management.
TCCI CEO Robert Wallace said the Government’s strategy was welcome news for business which for some considerable time, had been calling for the budget to be brought under control.
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BELL Bay is a crucial component of the Tasmanian economy, providing up to 30 percent of Gross State Product (GSP) and sustaining thousands of export jobs.
Bob Gozzi (chair of the Bell Bay Industry Group), Gregg Hannan (Rio Tinto), Infrastructure Minister David O’Byrne and Greg L’Estrange (Gunns).
A CHANGE to the rate of the goods and services tax (GST) should be investigated to replace inefficient state taxes such as payroll tax and conveyance and insurance duties.
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By ROBERT WALLACE
TCCI Chief Executive
AS we move into another year, many Tasmanian businesses will be confronting significant challenges and like the rest of the community will be looking for strong direction and leadership from our State and Federal Governments.
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TASMANIA’S newest discount retailer Shiploads is defying the national retail gloom and reporting excellent trading since it opened its first store at Cambridge Park just before Christmas.
Managing director Ashley Wilson said the new store was experiencing very strong trading and support from shoppers defying national reports that the retail sector had slowed.
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By MARK BOWLES*
THE year 2010 has been tough for many businesses as the effects of the Global Financial Crisis continued to flow onto Tasmania’s shores. The Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Tasmanian Survey of Business Expectations shows that 2011 poses another set of business challenges.
The Tasmanian Survey of Business Expectations outlines a sliding business outlook for 2011 and reports mixed expectations for the March quarter.
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WHEN Michael Handley decided to open his gourmet pie shop - Tinnies Pies in Launceston - one of the first things he considered was connecting his bakery to the natural gas network.
He is pleased to report, 12 months after opening, that it was the right decision.
“I use natural gas for cooking and hot water,” he said.
Michael Handley owner of Tinnies Pies, is delighted with his decision to go with natural gas.
LEADING Tasmanian integrated communication consultancy, Corporate Communications (Tas) Pty Ltd, has appointed Nicolas Turner to the position of managing director.
Mr Turner replaces Tony Harrison who remains as Corporate Communications’ chairman and continues to work as a consultant and mentor to the firm.
From left, Corporate Communications’ chairman Tony Harrison, managing director Nicolas Turner, marketing director Craig Harding, with two of the firm’s new consultants, former journalist Genevieve Morton and communication graduate Stefania Cefola.
By ROBERT WALLACE, TCCI’s Chief Executive
BRINGING the State Budget back to surplus is the biggest test facing incoming Tasmanian Treasurer Lara Giddings.
The Deputy Premier has confronted many challenges in her short but impressive political career, but none is perhaps more important that the one she has inherited from her predecessor, the experienced political warhorse Michael Aird.
Robert Wallace, TCCI's Chief Executive
