The May Hunter Business Mining Lunch was proudly sponsored by Orica. Speaker was The Hon. Don Harwin MLC. ... more
The June Business Development Forum, proudly sponsored by BusinessBasics, was held on 21 June.
Topic was 'using technology to innovate, save time and increase profit' with guest speaker, Josh Doolan, Managing Director, Mudbath Digital.... more
We held a Hunter Business Infrastructure lunch on 23 June, proudly sponsored by GHD.
Guest speaker was James Warburton, CEO, Supercars... more
The first Hunter Business Infrastructure lunch for 2017 was held on 2 June and was proudly sponsored by GHD.
Guest speaker was Gordon Wymer, CFO, Snowy Hydro.... more
The July My Business Is Your Business was hosted by GraysOnline, at the Sunnyside Tavern, Broadmeadow. They partnered with SOS Technology Group.... more
The July Hunter Business Infrastructure lunch was held on Tuesday 11 July 2017, proudly sponsored by GHD.
Guest speaker was The Hon Gladys Berejiklian MP, Premier of New South Wales
... more
Some of our Hunter First members were given an exclusive tour of NeW Space on Thursday 13 July 2017, before it was open to the public.... more
The August Business Development Forum, proudly sponsored by BusinessBasics, was held on 9 August.
The topic was 'changing staff mindsets' with guest speaker, Kellie Mills from Mills-Eaton Training.... more
The July New Member Function was held at The Newcastle Club, welcoming some of our new members to the Chamber. Our Senior Vice President, Gillian Geraghty, presented members with their certificates. ... more
The September My Business Is Your Business was hosted by NCP Printing with partner Variety: The Children's Charity. The networking event also included a tour of the NCP Printing workshop. ... more
The September New Member Function was held at the Newcastle Club. Chamber President, Jonathan Vandervoort, presented some of our new members with their membership certificates. ... more
The September Hunter Business Mining Lunch was held on 29 September 2017 at Merewether Surfhouse, proudly sponsored by Orica.
Guest speaker was Scott Winter, Managing Director, MACH Energy.... more
The August My Business Is Your Business was hosted by Crowne Plaza Newcastle who partnered with Hover UAV. ... more
The October Business Development Forum was held on 11 October 2017, proudly sponsored by BusinessBasics.
The guest speaker was Bren Hammel, Director at Eureka SEM, who talked about the topic Digital Marketing Part 1 – Tools and techniques... more
The October My Business Is Your Business was hosted by Quest Newcastle West, with partner Mills-Eaton Training. The event included a tour of Quest.... more
The last New Member Function for 2017 was held at the Newcastle Club on 21 November. Hunter Business Chamber director Geoff Crowe presented some of the new members of the Chamber their certificates. ... more
The 2017 Hunter Business Awards were held on Thursday 31 August at NEX (Wests City).
The awards were presented at a gala dinner sponsored by the University of Newcastle and attended by a record crowd of more than 560 business people from across the Region.
MC for the evening was Mike Rabbitt. ... more
The September Business Development Forum was held at the Greenhouse, New Lambton Bowling Club.
The topic covered was 'How everyday people become successful leaders'. With a panel of speakers:
*Jackie Dujmovic, Director, Hover UAV
*Kari Armitage, Managing Director, Quarry Mining & Construction Equipment
*Ben Dewson, Managing Director, Holistic Security... more
The May New Member Function was held at the Newcastle Club, welcoming some of our new members to the Chamber. They were presented their new member pack and membership certificate by our President, Jonathan Vandervoort. ... more
The June My Business Is Your Business was hosted by The Business Centre, at their new location in Dick Street, Newcastle West. They partnered with Ability Links Hunter Region. ... more
The May Business Development Forum, proudly sponsored by BusinessBasics, was held at NEX (Wests City) on 10 May. The guest speaker was Matt Hingston from Greater Bank discussing the topic 'A better way to get more value out of your customers'... more
The May My Business Is Your Business was hosted by Umwelt and partnered with McCullough Robertson. ... more
The first New Member Function of 2017 was held at the Newcastle Club, welcoming some of our new members to the Chamber. They were presented their new member pack and membership certificate by our Immediate Past President, Ross Taggart.
... more
The March My Business Is Your Business was hosted by Experienced Office Furniture and included a tour of their operating workshop.
Harrys Schnitzel Joint was the partner who provided some delicious schnitzel wraps.... more
The March Business Development Forum, proudly sponsored by BusinessBasics, was held at NEX (Wests City) on 8 March. The guest speaker was Amit Oberoi - Managing Director/Founder of The Resilience Factor discussing the topic 'Avoiding burnout at work by using the right tools' ... more
The February Hunter Business Mining Lunch was proudly sponsored by Orica and held at Merewether Surfhouse. Speaker was James Palmer the Asset President at BMC & NSWEC Coal at BHP Billiton.... more
The February My Business Is Your Business was hosted by Westfield Kotara within the Kinn Thai restaurant. Partnered with House of Airlie Public Relations, guests were treated to 6 course tasters and matching Keith Tulloch wines. ... more
The first Business Development Forum for 2017, proudly sponsored by BusinessBasics, was held at NEX (Wests City) on Wednesday 15 February.
The topic discussed was 'Securing funds from the government with case studies and contacts' with a panel consisting of;
*Amber Bibby - Training Services Manager, Hunter and Central Coast Training Services NSW
*Tim Cotter - Regional Manager, AusIndustry – Business Services
*Chris Kelleher - EP Adviser, Entrepreneurs Program... more