Chamber backs small business campaign

The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has backed the NSW Business Small Business Too Big to Ignore campaign which was officially launched in the week on Monday, April 15, by the NSW Business Chamber.

"This is an important national campaign for small business leading up to the Federal Election in September and is driven by local chambers of commerce through the NSW Business organisation," said Chamber president Mr Matthew Wales.

"The Small Business Too Big to Ignore campaign will push issues that affect small business and give business owners and employees an avenue to put their case for improvements to business conditions to politicians from all parties.

"Politicians need to understand that small business employs over seven million Australians which is around 60 per cent of the Australian workforce.

"Here on the Peninsula, this percentage is much higher with the vast majority of business fitting into the small business category.

"We are all concerned about small business competitiveness, the impact of the carbon tax, escalating power costs, cost of wages and superannuation, government red tape and industrial relations laws," he said.

Mr Wales also said that the launch of the Small Business Too Big to Ignore campaign coincided with the recent visit to the Peninsula by Shadow Federal Minister for Small Business, Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs Mr Bruce Billson.

"We were fortunate to have Bruce Billson at our recent Chamber function at the Bayview Brasserie where he actively endorsed the Too Big to Ignore campaign," said Mr Wales.

"He was very supportive of the issues that small businesses face on a daily basis and backed the NSW Business campaign to have the voice of small businesses heard at a Federal level.

"The dinner was attended by the Central Coast manager for NSW Small Business Daniel Farmer and Liberal candidate for Robertson Lucy Wicks.

"Mr Farmer is the face behind the NSW Business Campaign on the Central Coast and spoke passionately about the power of small business to influence Federal outcomes and achieve benefits for the struggling small business sector", said Matthew Wales.

"This is a great campaign which will be rolled out through the media in the coming months and we encourage both sides of politics to pay attention to our issues and the impact of Government policies on business operations," said Mr Wales.

Media Release, 24 Apr 2013

Matthew Wales, Peninsula Chamber of Commerce