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Queensland business confidence weak as interest rate impact shows
Interest rates are having among the highest impact on business growth for the first time in more than a decade, new data from Business Chamber Queensland shows. Read more.
Business Chamber Queensland: Business energy relief has come at the right time
Measures in the Federal Budget to soften the cost of doing business come as Queensland businesses rank energy costs as having the most significant economic impact since 2018. Read more.
New report shows more than half of Queensland businesses need support to realise sustainable business benefits
Queensland businesses are making sustainability decisions beyond minimum standards, but more than half are missing out on efficiency benefits from working sustainably, a new report from Business Chamber Queensland shows. Read more.
Putting business first: A new name and era for Queensland’s peak business body
This week marks a new era for the Queensland business community as CCIQ relaunches as Business Chamber Queensland. Read more.
Flood resilience commitment some confidence for at-risk businesses, workforces and communities
Queensland businesses and workforces at risk of direct and indirect natural disaster impacts have been afforded some confidence in their future resilience. Read more.
CCIQ Pulse data demonstrates new set of challenges in post-COVID business environment
Businesses are facing a new set of challenges in a post-COVID environment, with attracting and retaining employees, insurance costs and interest rates listed as the most significant impacts in a major shake-up of business growth constraints in Queensland in the past year. Read more.
CEO column | Setting a sustainable business agenda in 2023
A decade of opportunity for Queensland business starts now. Read more.
Six months on from flooding disaster: 47% of businesses experiencing long-term impacts to financial viability
Close to 50% of Queensland businesses Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ) surveyed six months on from the February and March 2022 flooding event say the disaster either directly or indirectly impacted their operations while 47% of those indicated long-term, ongoing impacts to their financial viability. Read more.
Businesses must be at the forefront of government decision making about workplace relations
More than 75% of businesses surveyed by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ) are concerned proposed IR reforms mean they will lose control of running their business while close to 80% are concerned their wage costs will increase. Read more.
CCIQ Pulse data: Queensland business confidence weak despite operating levels returning to pre-COVID standard
Queensland businesses have weak confidence leading into the summer holiday period and beyond, despite strengthening business operating levels and increasing sales and revenue, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ) data shows. Read more.