The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is again heading to regional Victoria to speak with local businesses to inform a regional policy that focuses on increasing competitive advantage and investment, building on what we learned in previous engagements.

Victoria’s booming post-Covid visitor economy continues to grow, generating a new record high in the latest data.

Nominations have opened for the Gender Equity Awards, now in their third year of fostering more equitable and diverse work environments.

Accelerating investment in business and education, urgent tax reform, increased clarity about the reliability, cost and path to net zero and turbo charging Regional Victoria are among the recommendations in the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 2024-25 Federal Budget Submission.

The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 2024-25 Federal Budget Submission calls on accelerating investment in business and education, urgent tax reform, clarity on energy security and net-zero, and turbocharging Regional Victoria.

The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is holding 12 free workshops throughout Victoria to help prepare and equip businesses with essential information around the Federal Government’s complex changes to workplace and industrial relations laws.

Stamp duty on commercial and industrial property will be phased out in 2024 after the Victorian Government finalised the transition towards a property tax system.

Beyond exchanging business cards or adding LinkedIn contacts, networking builds meaningful relationships that can help people and organisations grow.

A Pay Equality Toolkit has been developed by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) achieve pay equality in their workplace.

The Asia Pacific Financial and Innovation Symposium (APFIS) will be held in Melbourne this year, combining innovation and expertise to shape the future of the financial industry sector.

The Federal Government is undertaking a strategic review of the apprenticeships incentive system as Australia faces its most serious skills shortages in decades.

As traditional ideas of work continue to be challenged in a post-pandemic world, a Victorian Chamber webinar will address the evolving role of a workplace leader.

The State Government has boosted a program allowing students to finish Year 12 while pursuing paid training.

"A business can survive with an average product or service and a brilliant sales team performance, but a brilliant product or service can fail with an average sales team performance."

The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is proud to announce that we will be hosting our internationally acclaimed women-in-business program, Chamber Change, in Geelong on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at GMHBA Stadium.

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