The Victorian Chamber is engaging regional Victoria to speak with local businesses to inform a regional policy that focuses on increasing competitive advantage and investment.

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.

It's time to stimulate active collaboration with city stakeholders to propel Melbourne forward.

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.

“To stimulate our economy, we need a national approach to innovation, infrastructure and investment”.

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.

I’m pumped after leaving the track this morning following our annual Grand Prix breakfast. It was great to see so many of you there celebrating this exhilarating event.

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

The Victorian Chamber’s advocacy for a plan on how our state will transition to net zero has been further supported with a survey of our members which revealed that 86 per cent of businesses believe the move to renewables will impact the quality of their output.

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.

Following months of strong advocacy on behalf of Victoria’s business community, I’m pleased to see WorkCover premiums will be frozen, with no increase on premiums for 12 months, after the State Parliament passed the WorkCover Scheme Modernisation Bill 2023.

It’s been another hot week, with bushfires raging and many parts of Victoria on high alert due to severe weather.

It was great to get back to Regional Victoria this week as some of the Victorian Chamber Team and I spent a couple of jam-packed days in Geelong.

With the state budget still months away, earnest discussions are occurring now to influence what will be handed down.

It’s not panning out to be the week we had hoped for. On one of the busiest days for many of our members, the lights went out.