By Joe Smith
From Monday 28th
May to Friday 1st June it is Queensland Small Business week. So if you are a small business owner I would
like to congratulate you for taking the risk (and hopefully the rewards) of
operating your own business!
There are over
400,000 small businesses in Queensland compared to just over 10,000 medium
businesses and 611 large businesses.
This represents a huge number of people putting some ‘skin in the game’
as well as employing Queenslanders. The
stats show that small businesses employ 44% of the workforce compared to 23% in
medium businesses and 33% in large businesses.
In Gladstone, these
small businesses are mostly locally owned and put a lot back in to our local
community through employment, sponsorship and donations as well as volunteering
in local clubs and organisations. With
this in mind, I would urge everyone in Gladstone to Buy Local as your support
of small local businesses is essential in getting the local economy back to
where it used to be.
The Buy Local
campaign is an initiative of Gladstone Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It is supported by the Gladstone Observer and
Gladstone Regional Council as well as all of the members of the Chamber. You
should keep your eyes open for our Buy Local video which is being launched
during Queensland Small Business Week and should be on TV screens not long
after!
One other item that
the Gladstone Chamber of Commerce and Industry have recently launched is the
Boom, Bust, Recharge report which is the third study to be carried out for the
Gladstone Region. The results from the
study are very detailed however one key point to take from the report is that
71% of businesses expect the operations of their business to remain similar or
increase over the next 12 months.
With
the support of locals I would hope these businesses can grow which will
generate further employment of locals which in turn will put more money back
into the local economy. A detailed copy
of the report is available at www.gcci.com.au
If you would like a
no obligations chat with us regarding your business, please call or email us at
Sothertons Gladstone on 4972 1300 or email sothertons@sothertonsgld.com.au.
We will hopefully
be able to work with you to ensure you can celebrate future business success!
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