Presidents Report
To all members and businesses in Southport
For a limited time, the Southport Chamber are currently offering a year free membership. We encourage all businesses to sign up, and if you have already, encourage your neighbouring businesses and all businesses in your network to sign up for free membership of the Southport Chamber for a year.
Cr Brooke Patterson Division 6 June Report
SOUTHPORT REPORT
Last week Council adopted its 2020-21 roads to recovery budget – a budget that lays out the City’s economic plan to recover from the global pandemic.
Institute of Glycomics - One of Australia's Flagship Biomedical Research Institutes
Australian research into the use of convalescent plasma in clinical trials for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 should be supported according to a leading immunologist from Griffith University’s Institute for Glycomics.
Professor Michael Good AO, a member of the National COVID-19 Health and Research Advisory Committee and chair of the working group on convalescent plasma therapy.
Queensland Government - Small Business COVID-19 Adaption Grant Program – Round 2
The objective of this program is to support small businesses subject to closure or highly impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) shutdown restrictions announced by the Queensland Government, to adapt and sustain their operations, and build resilience.
After Round 1 of the program was allocated very quickly, a second round has been announced and will be accepting applications from 1 July 2020.
COVID-19 RDA Gold Coast Business Impact and Information Survey
RDA Gold Coast has released the findings from its COVID-19 Business Impact and Information Survey.
This study was undertaken to gain real time insights on the impact of COVID-19 on Gold Coast businesses, how businesses are reacting to government support packages, their current situation, and future projections.
Institute for Glycomics researchers tackle COVID-19
Four teams of expert scientists from Griffith University’s Institute for Glycomics are targeting the virus SARS-CoV-2 to discover new vaccines and drugs to prevent or cure COVID-19.
The teams are led by the Institute’s group leaders Professor Mark von Itzstein AO, Professor Michael Good AO, Professor Michael Jennings, and Professor Johnson Mak, all world-renowned research scientists in their various fields of infectious diseases research.
It’s time to get serious and ease restrictions
• Small business revenues could collapse by up to $27 billion during the June quarter as a consequence of COVID-19 restrictions
• $13 billion of revenues were lost in of Queensland during the March quarter according to the ABS
• Time to act now and not wait for specific dates
Queensland businesses need to start operating fully and it needs to happen now said the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ).
Southport Chamber waives Annual Memberships to help local businesses navigate recession
In a city first, the Southport Chamber of Commerce have launched a new initiative to help Gold Coast businesses on their road to recovery over the next 12 months.
The initiative will see annual membership fees waived for new and existing businesses who join the Southport Chamber before July 30, 2020.
This initiative is open to all businesses, no matter what industry or size, with a focus on those trading within Southport and it’s surrounds.
Small Biz Training
he Queensland Government have just launched free online training for small businesses and employees impacted by COVID-19 as part of their plan to unite and recover for Queensland jobs.
More than 400 free training courses will be available to Queenslanders through two portals.
The Queensland Small Business Skills Hub will have courses across four topic areas:
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