Tag: business
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Stage Three Water Restrictions
Stage Three water restrictions have taken effect for Metropolitan Melbourne from the 1st of January 2007. The following restrictions apply (source Yarra Valley Water): Watering days: Even numbered properties can water on Saturday and Tuesday; Odd numbered properties can water on Sunday and Wednesday; Watering is not permitted on Monday, Thursday and Friday; Where there…
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Ringwood Chamber of Commerce: End of year function for 2006
The Ringwood Chamber of Commerce held its end of year function at O’Connors Restaurant in Ringwood North. Throughout this year the Ringwood Chamber of Commerce has been actively involved in the planning for the Ringwood Transit City and it is encouraging to see that businesses in Ringwood want the best possible outcome for Ringwood. 2007…
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Maroondah HomeBiz Christmas 'Office Party'
Maroondah HomeBiz’s Christmas ‘Office Party’ provides home based businesses with the opportunity to enjoy a Christmas function amongst other home based business owners. Tonight’s HomeBizz Christmas function held at the All Smiles Cafe located at the Ringwood Golf Course continued Maroondah HomeBiz’s tradition of providing a friendly and supportive environment for home-based businesses. Just as…
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Stringybark Festival: Community support for better public transport
Stringybark is a weekend-long annual community festival organised by Knox City Council and held at the Rowville Community Centre. Like previous years, the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA), like other community groups such as the Knox Environment Society (KES) and Environment Victoria (EV), held a stall at the festival to engage the community in the…
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Local Government Focus: Maroondah goes the extra mile
Local Government Focus is a newspaper for councils and that aims to highlight examples of best practice in local government. In this regard it was great to see the work of Katie Goodrope, Maroondah City Council’s MetroAccess worker featured in the newspaper: In July, Maroondah City Council’s MetroAccess Coordinator, Katie Goodrope, received Vision Australia’s ‘Making…
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Maroondah Business Week – 2006 Business Excellence Awards
Maroondah Business Week came to a close tonight with a cocktail function to announce the Maroondah Business Excellence Awards. The business excellence awards provide a way of recognising Maroondah’s many successful businesses particularly those that are innovative and supportive of the local community. A total of 29 nominees were entered with eight being presented an…
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Maroondah Business Week – HomeBiz Business Panel
As part of Maroondah Business Week, Maroondah HomeBiz a non-profit organisation representing home based businesses, presented a panel of successful home based businesses to highlight the themes that are crucial to the success of small and medium businesses. The panel consisted of four very different home businesses however several key themes emerged including the need…
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Maroondah Business Week Networking Function – Hosted by Robyn Henderson
This evening Maroondah Business Week continued with a networking function hosted by networking specialist Robyn Henderson. Robyn explained the strength and necessity in building comprehensive business networks to develop business relationships and drive sales. Networking is expected to account for more than 87 per cent sales making networking a necessary skill for businesses in expanding…
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Maroondah Business Week Breakfast – Hosted by Kevin Sheedy
The Maroondah City Council Week continued this morning with Kevin Sheedy hosting the NAB Business Breakfast. Kevin spoke of the need for innovation within business and highlighted some of the partnerships that have been created through innovation between the AFL and the various clubs. Maroondah’s Business Breakfast is part of the week long Maroondah Business…
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Maroondah Hospital: Charity Golf Day Thank You
Maroondah Hospital located in Mount Dandenong Road, Ringwood East, held its first annual golf day to encourage businesses to sponsor equipment purchases for the Hospital. Today’s event was a presentation organised by the Hospital staff to explain the purpose of the fundraiser and the equipment that they were able to purchase after the successful event.…