Your SBC Executive Committee is: Garry Wilbraham-Bomaderry Bowling Club, Tony Emery-Soilco, Glenn Rowen-Southern Area, June Baker-Nowra Central Promotions, Lynnette Kearney-ITeC, Doug Symes-Novus Capital, Paul Henderson-Shoalhaven Auto Electrical, Murray Mortimer-MR Mortimer Associates, Beverley Bloomfield-Interglobal Solutions, John Lamont-Nowra Chemicals, Chance Hanlon-Hanlon Windows.

I would like encourage all members of the Business Chamber to attend as many monthly meetings as possible and the next Monthly Meeting is to be held at Nowra Golf Club on Tuesday 18th September at 6pm.This is your Business Chamber and it is a good way to meet new business associates and have your say on the issues that will develop our business environment in the future.Spotlight on Business for September meeting is Raise 4 Fun presented by Nicole Ballinger. Mr. Roger Till from Boxbuilt will do a presentation on how their business operates and how they are helping the unemployed to get jobs in our local community. Natalie Witenden from Shoalhaven Student Workplace Learning Program will follow up with a brief outline on how businesses can assist the school leavers prepare for the workforce.
The 2007 Shoalhaven Business Awards will be held on Friday 14th September and will be a show case of our local businesses, good luck to all the nominations.The Executive are working on many items but the major items of interest are the nine story development at Bridge Road and the Princes Highway and the Stocklands Development and the effects that is may have on the Nowra Central Business Area.
Also I would like to remind the members that the Shoalhaven Business Chamber website is an excellent opportunity to advertise your business and find a business as well as a host of other information.

• 2007 Integral Energy Shoalhaven Business Awards - The Awards Gala Presentation will be held on Friday 14th September 2007 at Worrigee House Reception Centre (flyer)
• Bounty Motor Inn - Turn Stress into Success - 8.30am - 4.45pm, Wednesday 7th November, Bounty Motor Inn, Bomaderry. This workshop, presented by Paul Smith, psychologist (information flyer) Enquiries and bookings 4421 8518. Limit 25 participants.
• Shoalhaven Campus – Astronomers: Friday 21st September. (more)
• Shorelines Restaurant has a great new Chef – (more)
  

Doug Symes – Director of Novus Capital Pty Ltd: Would like to thank the strong support given by the Shoalhaven Business Chamber members at the recent fundraising function held for Alycia Targa to compete
in the Young Rider World Cup in Germany this December (press release)

• If you would like to put on an employee, but want to see how they work before committing yourself, this program may be a great benefit to you and your business! (details)
• Shoalhaven Area Consultative Committee is co-ordinating a Careers Information Day to be held on Wednesday 26th September, 2007 at the Nowra School of Arts, Berry Street, Nowra (opposite the Arts Centre) from 10.30 a.m. until 3.00 p.m. (details)
• Student Workplace Learning Program - Streamline recruitment. Friday 14th September 2007.(details)
• An invitation from Slow Food Saddleback - Wednesday, 19 September 2007 (details)
  

The TAFE PLUS Business Faculty Short Courses commencing soon are available for anyone looking to upgrade their skills for work, career or personal development reasons. For (course details). For bookings please call the Nowra TAFE Campus on 44219895. To view the current Semester 2 TAFE PLUS training calendar listing all courses on offer please visit: http://www.illawarra.tafensw.edu.au/its/its_c.htm

Illawarra ITeC is holding a free tax seminar for small business – ideal for current business operators or those thinking of or just starting a business. (Seminar details)

The Office of Industrial Relations will be conducting workshops locally for September and October 2007: (workshop details) to register for any of these workshops or for more information on any of the OIR workshops, please email WIN@oir.commerce.nsw.gov.au

Using eBay to Create and Grow an Online Business - Free seminars in Wollongong 17 September 2.30 - 4.30pm (seminar covers). To book your seat on line visit www.smallbusinessmonth.nsw.gov.au

Shoalhaven Area Consultative Committee workshops: Self Esteem and Building Successful Work teams 19.10.07 and How to charge what you’re worth - get your pricing strategy right 25.9.07. (workshop details)

Frontline Management course for those larger businesses out there! (course details)

Nowra CBD Spring Fever $10.000 Giveaway commences for eight weeks from Monday 17th September to Tuesday 6th November. Each Monday and Tuesday between 11.00am and 1.00pm a lucky person will be selected at random from a Nowra CBD business. All prizes will be awarded in Nowra CBD gift vouchers which can be spent in over 150 participating CBD businesses. (NCP Newsletter)

Friday 5th October – 10.00am to 2.00pm – “Mumbo the Clown” – Face Painting, Balloon Sculpture, Magic Trick and Bubbles. Friday 12th October – 10.00am to 2.00pm – Childrens’ Reptile Show and Exhibition – from Nowra Wildlife Park. Thursday 11th October – 10.00am to 12.30pm – “Mumbo the Clown” – Face Painting, Balloon Sculpture and Bubble Magic.

For all the latest Shoalhaven Business Information visit

www.shoalhavenbusinesschamber.com.au

NSW Minister for Industrial Relations, John Della Bosca, announced on 9 August 2007 that an inquiry into a
national industrial relations system will be undertaken by the Iemma Government.
Mr. Della Bosca said the aim of the inquiry would be to develop a series of options for a national system to replace the Federal government's Work Choices system.
"We are supportive of greater harmonisation between the States and Territories and co-operative federalism," the Minister said. "This is an area we want to investigate further to see how we can get the best outcomes for employers and workers in NSW."
"We need a system in Australia that is fair, protects the rights and entitlements of families, and has a real safety net and an independent umpire - all the things that have been removed by Work Choices."
"We are supportive of greater harmonisation between the States and Territories and co-operative federalism," the Minister said. "This is an area we want to investigate further to see how we can get the best outcomes for employers and workers in NSW."
Mr. Della Bosca said the inquiry would be headed by eminent constitutional expert Professor George Williams, the Anthony Mason Professor and Director of the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at the University of New South Wales.

The inquiry will:

• Identify principles to underpin a harmonised national industrial relations system within a framework of cooperative federalism;
• Consider the range of options for achieving such a harmonised national
• Recommend the optimum model for NSW.
  

Professor Williams is preparing an Issues Paper which will be released for public comment in September 2007. The Issues Paper will be posted on the Office of Industrial Relations (OIR) website, and you will have the opportunity to lodge your views electronically. For more information on the inquiry and terms of reference
please visit the OIR website .

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