Business group looks for work

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 12, Issue 555, 27 September 1994, Page 5

Business group looks for work

With the 'Winning Waimarino' Mainstreet group now taking on much of the promotion work for the community, the Ruapehu South Business Association is looking at new reasons for existence. Although the Mainstreet

group comes under the RSBA umbrella, the group decided at its last meeting it needed to find a new focus, while remaining the incorporated body that administers the Mainstreet project. Robert Horne suggested that the RSBA look to ways

it can help local small businesses, especially in terms of changing legislation. Impact from law He said the new Consumer Guarantees Act, the Privacy Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act all had an impact on every small business and the way they now had to operate. He said the RSBA was in a position to run seminars and courses to help people in small businesses to understand the new laws and

how these laws affected them. Other suggestions for activities for the RSBA included reviewing the council' s draft marketing plan and draft district plan and making submissions on issues that affect the southern Ruapehu community. It was agreed that the Kiwihost training programme was a worthwhile project and that it should remain part of the RSBA's operation. More effort was needed to promote the

courses, members felt. They agreed that a discounted price for Kiwihost courses should be offered to RBSA members, to encourage people to do the course and to join RSBA. The group also agreed that of a $60 membership subscription, $40 should go to fund the RSBA and $20 towards the Mainstreet project.