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A former Deputy Chair at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will take charge of the Canberra Business Chamber in the New Year, as part of the peak business body's new leadership team. Dr Michael Schaper will replace outgoing CEO Robyn Hendry, who finished a four-year term at the helm of the CBC in September. The Chamber held its annual...

Departing Business Chamber head Robyn Hendry says Canberra is booming, but there's work to do. Hendry, who left the role this month after four years, says she is "full of optimism" and believes Canberra has reached a major turning point economically and socially. "Just as I started at the Chamber, I recall having a meeting with Zed Seselja. He said...

Canberra Business Chamber CEO Robyn Hendry is moving on after guiding the ACT peak business group for the past four years. With the Chamber moving into a new phase, Ms Hendry felt it was the right time to step away and pursue new opportunities. "I have enjoyed my time at Canberra Business Chamber immensely and am sad to be leaving,"...

5 Steps to Perfecting Your E-Commerce Website. For many businesses these days, their main sales funnel will be their website. In fact, experts have predicted that e-commerce will exceed $2 trillion in sales over the next few years. While this is a mammoth figure, it is not necessarily a surprising one: consumers are increasingly foregoing brick-and-mortar storefronts and instead, relying...

The Canberra Business Chamber hopes the recent penalty rates decision by the Fair Work Commission helps create new jobs, especially for young Australians. "This is not an abolition of penalty rates, but a reduction in the Sunday and public holiday loading for the hospitality and retail sectors," Canberra Business Chamber CEO, Robyn Hendry explained. "Many businesses do not open on...

With information sharing a key underpinning for many businesses today and potentially the development of new businesses in the future, Canberra Business Chamber is seeking the views of the ACT business and wider community on how to position our region to capture the benefits of Open Data. A discussion paper has been developed by the Chamber's Innovation Taskforce to explore...