Ritchies Supa IGA in Ballina Central has been announced the winner of the IGA International Retailer of the Year Award for 2008.
The local supermarket competed against 5000 stores in 44 countries to win the prestigious award. Regional manager David Scally accepted the award at a ceremony held in Phoenix, Arizona, in the USA.
Ballina store manager, […]
Ballina Shire businesses are being asked to allow their staff to wear boardshorts to work for a day.
“2007 has been named the Year of the Surf Lifesaver and marks the centenary of the surf life saving movement, and on Friday October 19, Surf Life Saving will be celebrating our 100th Birthday, and we are asking […]
Behind the steering wheel that is driving our local economy are a number of local entrepreneurs operating as home-based businesses and they are growing in number, according to Ballina Shire Council economic development officer Jane Laverty.
“Seventy per cent of small business is home-based and after meeting only three members of the Ballina Shire Home Based […]
Ballina’s Bonanza Fruit Market is a rare commodity these days — an independent greengrocery.
And despite a move from the Boulevard Shopping Centre across the road to River Street, proprietor Karel van Engelen, pictured, says he will remain independent, offering fresh fruit and vegies at prices comparable with or better than the big supermarket chains.
Karel made the […]
Employers throughout the North Coast are being encouraged to tap into a free online recruitment service being offered by Southern Cross University.
The University has recently upgraded its online Career Hub system to provide an easy link between the region’s employers and a variety of willing workers, many of whom are available on a flexible basis.
And, […]
A free seminar in Lismore on May 1 will explain the new independent contractor laws to independent contractors, businesses and workers.
The seminar is being held by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations and is one of a national series.
Topics covered by the seminar, which will run for about an hour from 8.30am, include:
Who do […]
The NSW Labor Government’s last-minute policy announcements on trying to address the skills shortage is an admission of failure over the past 12 years, Shadow Minister for Skills Development and Training Don Page said.
Mr Page said the skills shortage had been generated by under-investment in TAFE, low-completion rates for apprenticeships and traineeships and a lack […]
Ballina MP Don Page today announced the NSW Liberal/Nationals Coalition would exempt 39,000 families and small businesses from paying land tax by raising the land tax threshold to $415,000.
Mr Page said the NSW Coalition would raise the threshold by $47,000, from the NSW Labor Government’s $368,000 to $415,000 in 2007/08.
“Raising the threshold will also provide […]
The NSW Labor Government’s new scheme offering free business vehicle registration for small business owners who employ apprentices during 2007/08 does nothing to lift the low apprenticeship completion rate, Shadow Minister for Skills Development and Training Don Page said today.
Mr Page said while he welcomed the Labor Government’s provision of free business vehicle registration and […]
Shadow Minister for Skills Development and Training Don Page today announced the NSW Liberal/Nationals Coalition would provide apprentices with two $500 cash bonuses during their training to help address the skills shortage.
Mr Page said under the cash incentive scheme the NSW Coalition would provide apprentices with a bonus at the completion of their first and […]
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