Suncorp Group – $5,000 Grants available to small business
Suncorp Group are giving small businesses a helping hand. All you have to do is tell us your best tip for running your small business and you could receive $5,000 from Suncorp Bank. There are two $5000 Grants to be awarded each week for four weeks, as voted by the community and our panel of experts. That’s a total of $40,000 to be awarded.
How do I enter?
All you have to do is tell us your best tip (in 100 words or less) for running a small business and you could receive $5,000 from Suncorp Bank. Perhaps how your business survives or remains competitive despite a challenging environment?
You can also include an image, as well as a bit about your business and we will create a unique URL and web page for you to share with friends to generate as many votes as possible.
How many grants are there?
There are two $5000 Grants to be awarded each week for four weeks, as voted by the community and our panel of experts. That’s a total of $40,000 to be awarded.
How are the grants awarded?
The grants are awarded each week in 2 ways: the first grant is determined by our panel of judges and the second is voted on by the community, the People’s Choice Award.
The panel of judges will decide on the best tip of the week and award a grant, but the Peoples Choice Award will be awarded to the business with the highest number of votes at the end of the week.
Each week, public voting will be reset so that all entries will be eligible to win right throughout the promotion period, click here for more information.
Nominations are now open for 2012 Toowoomba Business Excellence Awards
This year’s Toowoomba Business Excellence Awards were officially launched at Tilly’s Crawlers Parts (Winner of 2011 Heritage Business of the Year Award) on Wednesday 9th May.
Heritage Bank has been the major sponsor of the awards for the past four years, CEO John Minz said, “The bank’s support of these awards demonstrates our commitment to fostering business growth in the local region. The Chamber’s awards are a great way for local businesses and their staff to get the recognition they deserve.”
Nominating a Toowoomba business in this year’s Awards is easy! Simply complete an online nomination form or call the Chamber office, 07 4637 9276. Nominations will close on Thursday 5 July, 2012.
For any enquiries regarding the 2012 Toowoomba Business Excellence Awards can be directed to the Chamber office on 07 4637 9276.
ES2012 Survey Registration Winners
A big thank you to all the delegates who took time out of their busy schedules to complete feedback forms from the recently held Energy Summit 2012.
This feedback will ensure next year’s event will be bigger and better.
We’ve drawn three winners from this pool of entries and we can announce the following people will each receive a complimentary registration at the 2013 Energy Summit to be held at SQIT from th 6th – 8th March:
Craig Tunley
Melanie Jolliffe
Ged Brennan
New President for Chamber
At today’s TCCI General Board Meeting, Geoff McDonald resigned from his position as President to pursue his new position of Councillor elect for the Toowoomba Regional Council.
The Board have now elected and warmly welcomed current Board member Andrew Wielandt into the role as President of the Chamber.
Sadly, Councillor elect, Nancy Sommerfield has also resigned her position on the Board to pursue her new position within the Toowoomba Regional Council.
The Chamber Board and staff wish Geoff and Nancy all the best with their exciting new roles and look forward to their attendance at future Chamber events.
Regional Business Leaders Forum Lunch – Lucky door prize winners!
Congratulations to the following guests who attended last Fridays’ lunch:
Cr Paul Antonio – Prize: Toowoomba Golf Club – 4 x rounds of golf – 18 holes
Suzie Washington – Prize: Toowoomba Golf Club – 4 x rounds of golf – 18 holes
Sid Knell – Prize: Toowoomba Golf Club – 4 x rounds of golf – 18 holes
Dr Geoff Slaughter – Prize: Preston Peak Wine gift pack
