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‘It’s hard to employ people when there is nowhere for them to live’: How the state’s critical housing crisis is impacting regional Queensland businesses
From the Far North to the South West corner of the state, Queensland businesses are facing disruptions to their ability to grow and scale as the wide-spread housing crisis puts pressure on the labour force. Read more.
CCIQ joins peak groups in uniting for unprecedented call for National Housing Summit
Queensland’s worsening housing crisis has led to eleven of the state’s peak bodies uniting in a call for urgent action from the Federal Government. Read more.
Now is the time for business vaccine mandates to be reviewed and removed
Emotionally and financially exhausted Queensland businesses have a right to know what the state’s 90% vaccine mandate review included and what it meant for rules impacting their day-to-day trade. Read more.
114 chambers: CCIQ’s Regional Policy Committees highlighting business insight across the state
From tourism and labour markets in the Far North, to supply chains and exports in the South West and the economic and finical impacts of COVID and natural disasters across the state, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ) is hitting the road to gather direct insight into the most significant business issues in Queensland. Read more.
CCIQ calling for State and Federal Government business disaster recovery support to consider extraordinary emotional and financial impacts
CCIQ calling for State and Federal Government business disaster recovery support to consider extraordinary emotional and financial impacts. Read more.
Still work to do to support Queensland business flood recovery
Queensland businesses have been afforded some of the timely recovery confidence they have been desperate for following wide-spread flooding however there is still work to do to support economic, emotional and physical business recovery in Queensland. Read more.
‘DOUBLE WHAMMY’: Queensland businesses need timely support to recover from combined COVID and flood devastation
Queensland businesses suffering from the compounding impact of the COVID economic crisis, and the recent flooding need timely access to financial and emotional support. Read more.
Brisbane businesses among the most optimistic, despite higher than average costs
Brisbane business are among the most confident in the performance of the state and national economies in 2022, despite higher than average labour and operating costs. Read more.
CCIQ DATA: Above average employment levels in Bundaberg businesses pushing operational, labour costs
Political and economic stability, labour market impacts and economic activity were among the most significant constraints to business growth in the Wide Bay and Burnett region in the December quarter, new data shows. Read more.
Border re-opening economic potential not realised in the long-term for Gold Coast businesses
Gold Coast businesses made the most of the frontline of state border re-opening, recording an increase in sales and revenue and general businesses conditions in the December quarter, despite low confidence in future conditions. Read more.