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Queensland's business opportunity: What we can all do now to support long-term economic recovery
Queensland’s business opportunity has the ability to secure a more confident and certain future for the state’s economy if local consumers look to their own communities for goods and services and support small businesses. Read more.
Queensland businesses at risk of emotional, social and financial impacts of domestic and family violence in the workplace: CCIQ report
Two thirds of Queensland business could be vulnerable to the emotional, social and financial impacts of domestic and family violence in the workplace though poor understanding of the law and their obligations to employees. Read more.
Business confidence takes another hit in Queensland parliamentary question time
Queensland businesses desperate for certainty as to when they will be able to get back to business are still in the dark after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was today in parliamentary question time unable to commit to a vaccination target which would allow the state’s economy to re-open. Read more.
Business want to choose if refusing entry to unvaccinated customers is right for them
Queensland small business planning their COVID economic recovery should be able to choose if refusing entry to unvaccinated customers is in their best interests. Read more.
Vaccinations in the workplace: Small businesses are still concerned with immediate ability to recover
Without an official government mandate for the population to be vaccinated against COVID-19, businesses acknowledge the choice remains with the individual and business owners are unable to independently mandate vaccines in the workplace until then. Some members want to know what rules are in place around mandating vaccines in the workplace and at this time they are able to incentivise vaccinations as part of their Workplace Health and Safety plan, for example offering employees time off to attend vaccination and COVID test appointments. Read more.
$25,000 payments available for COVID-impacted businesses after four Queensland lockdowns this year
Queensland businesses impacted during the state’s fourth lockdown this year have access to payments of up to $25,000 to help them pay for ongoing bills and overheads, maintain their commitment to staff and plan their long-term recovery. Read more.
Queensland businesses afforded certainty they have been pleading for months
Tourism and hospitality businesses planning their COVID restriction and lockdown recovery have today been offered some of the certainty and support they have been desperate for all year. Read more.
CCIQ Pulse Survey: Far North Queensland business confidence fragile as they remain locked out and locked down
Business confidence and COVID-19 economic crisis recovery in Far North Queensland is undermined from COVID restrictions and lockdowns, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland’s June quarter Pulse Survey shows. Read more.
CCIQ Pulse Survey: Sunshine Coast businesses less confident in the next 12 months than the rest of the state
Supply chain disruptions and associated rising input costs for Sunshine Coast businesses are limiting business confidence levels and their ability to recover from the COVID-19 economic crisis, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland’s June quarter Pulse Survey shows. Read more.
CCIQ Pulse Survey: Gold Coast business confidence the lowest in Queensland
Deteriorating business confidence on the Gold Coast is the lowest in the state, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland’s June quarter Pulse Survey shows. Read more.