At the Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce we want to support you and your business in any way we can. This week we are all about providing you with opportunities to help you do your best work possible. From providing you the latest updates, hosting online webinars and in-person activities to keep you informed including:

• Finding Staff To Support You Through Omicron
• Preparing Your Business For Phase 2 Of The Omicron Public Health Response
• Protect Your Business and Your People During the Omicron Surge - A Free Webinar
• FREE Marketing Workshop
• How To Stay In Control Of Your Mental Wellbeing During Uncertain Times
• FREE Counselling For Business Owners
• How Small Steps Will Lead You To Long Term Change
• A Members Exclusive Event
• Torpedo7: Family and Friends Offer

We are very pleased that we have a couple of great webinars in this line up over the next few weeks including hearing from the team at Rako Science who will talk about approaches to Saliva testing deployment for businesses.

Finding Staff To Support You Through Omicron

We expect that many businesses will have developed business continuity plans to support your business through any disruption created by the Omicron variant. You may be splitting your teams in some way if you can, or simply planning for the disruption of staff needing to isolate. This may mean you need staff for short periods of time to provide some cover. We can help with this.

The Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Jackson Street Programme have worked with the Ministry of Social Development to come up with a way to help:

• Match employers with someone on the Jobseeker benefit for whatever length of time required. i.e. a day, a week or more
• Streamline the process with only a few details required
• Eligibility for the MSD Wage Subsidy if the employment turns out to be longer term.

To view a short summary of this opportunity click here.

Preparing Your Business For Phase 2 Of The Omicron Public Health Response

With a move into Phase Two of the Omicron Public Health response likely to ensue soon, we want to give you a digestible guide on what this might look like for you and your business.

Last week, we shared an infographic that summarised what phase two would look like for businesses in regards to critical services & rapid antigen tests. 

In case you missed it, you can view the infographic below here.

Protect Your Business and Your People During the Omicron Surge - A Free Webinar

What can you do to protect your business and your people during the Omicron surge?

Patrick McKibbin (CEO Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce) and Leon Grice (Director, Rako Science) will sit down to talk about approaches to Saliva testing deployment for businesses.

Join us for a live discussion and Q&A.

When: 15 February 2022
Time: 12PM NZST
Where: Online on our Facebook Page
Price: Free

To register for this webinar on Facebook click here.

Our Silver Partner, Synthesis Marketing, Is Hosting a FREE Workshop

As 2022 gets into full swing, now is the time to prepare for the year ahead and put in place the marketing strategies and tactics that will ensure that you smash your revenue goals over the next 12 months!

At this session, the team from Synthesis Marketing will share the key steps to take in planning smarter marketing moves for 2022.

When: 22 February 2022
Where: Hutt Valley Chamber, Level 3, 15 Daly St
Time: 5pm - 7pm
Price: FREE

To register for this event on our website click here.

How To Stay In Control Of Your Mental Wellbeing During Uncertain Times

It's not easy to run a business and deal with the effects of COVID.

Patrick McKibbin (Chief Executive, Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce) & Sabina Larsen (Counsellor & Director, Reach Out Counselling) have a sit down to discuss strategies to stay in control of your mental wellbeing during uncertain times in this FREE online webinar.

When: 24 February 2022
Time: 11:30 AM NZST
Where: Online on our Facebook Page
Price: Free

To register for this webinar on Facebook click here.

FREE Counselling For Business Owners

As we face further uncertainty from COVID-19 the stress that it causes especially to business owners and leaders is often underestimated.

The constant adaption to change, the long term uncertainty and the responsibility as an employer can take a toll on your mental wellbeing.

Chamber Member, Reach Out Counselling, based in Petone and Palmerston North, specialise in among other things how to deal with the impact of COVID 19.  

We encourage all our members to prioritise health and wellbeing and take advantage of the opportunity for counselling sessions fully funded if you're a business owner.

How Small Steps Will Lead You To Long Term Change

Wellington Performance and Productivity Coach, Josie Askin,
is running a trio of online micro-classes to help people understand the need to ‘think small’ and prioritise the little things if 2022 goals are going to stick. Half the proceeds of these micro classes will go to the Wellington City Mission.

3 areas to be covered include:

• MINDSET | 10 February 2022
• MOVEMENT | 17 February 2022
• NUTRITION | 24 February 2022

When:  10, 17 & 24 February 2022
Where: Online
Time: 5:45pm - 6.30pm
Price: $20 per class | $50 for all 3

To register for this event on Eventbrite click here.

Members Exclusive Event:
Wine Tasting With Sommelier, Gurjit Singh

Gurjit Singh, Chamber member and an accredited sommelier is hosting an evening of networking while tasting a range of New Zealand wines including Toi Toi Sparkling Rose, Palliser Pencarrow Sauvignon Blanc, Theory & Practice Chardonnay, Theory & Practice Syrah and Toi Toi Pinot Noir.

If you enjoy tasting wines from around New Zealand and would like to learn a little more about the art of wine tasting then join us as Gurjit Sigh Barry walks us through a tasting of these 5 New Zealand wines.

When: 03 March 2022
Where: Hutt Valley Chamber, Level 3, 15 Daly St
Time: 5pm - 7.30pm
Price: $35

To register for this event on our website click here.

Upcoming Events

We have several more events coming up throughout the year. These will include:

• Business After Five networking events
• Gibson Sheat's Political Series
• BNZ Technology & Innovation Series
• Business Safaris
• Women in Business Events
• Learning & Development workshops from our partners

Plus many more!

To stay up to date with all our events, keep an eye out on future newsletters of the Hutt Valley Business Weekly. You can also follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook to see these events as they come up.

Torpedo7: Family and Friends Offer

Thanks to Torpedo7, you can get up to 50% off their range of products. (T&C's below.)

Valid Dates: 16 February – 1 March 2022

How To Redeem:

• In store - Show the attached flyer. Store staff to scan the barcode
• Online - See the promo code on flyer to use at the online checkout: F68C80F57

Terms and Conditions: Discounts are off RRP. If the product is already on promotion customer will receive the lower of offer or promo pricing. Not all products are eligible for a discount. Variations in the regional COVID-19 alert levels may cause a delay in non-essential orders being shipped. Not available in conjunction with any other offer. Excludes Bikes and Frames, Electronics, Freight, Gift Cards and Workshop Services. Valid from 16/02/2022 to 01/03/2022.

Job Vacancies

Are you a member and have a role that you'd like to get filled?

Contact Andrew our Employment Coordinator. You can reach him on:   andrew@hvchamber.org.nz or call 049399821.

If you have a job suitable for a student get in touch with our Education to Employment Coordinator Amanda Walters at  amanda@hvchamber.org.nz or call 049399821.

To view more of our vacancies, click here.

Membership

Are you or your business a member yet?

Your membership includes exclusive offers, members-only events, networking opportunities with local council and other businesses, promotion across our social media channels, website, email and network, FREE employer services, FREE weekly meeting room hire, plus many other benefits.

For more information on our memberships or how you can become a member email annette@hvchamber.org.nz or call 04 939 9821.

Thank you to all our Partners

As always, special thanks to all our Members and Partners for your ongoing support.