The Hutt Valley Chamber in the News
Our opinion is often sought on matters affecting the business community. Here are some recent media articles we feature in.
Retailers in the Regions Benefit as More Work from Home
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As we emerge from Covid-19 lockdown and as businesses start working on our recovery, it is great to see retail spend returning rapidly across both Upper Hutt and Lower Hutt.
Cafe Helping Rehabilitate Prisoners
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As many suburban shopping centres face declining business, the Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce is enjoying working with Hutt City Council to provide some innovative business support programmes to the Naenae shopping centre and Hillary Court. The new Shop Naenae online marketplace is a completely new initiative to take the shopping centre online.
Vocational Education Reform
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New Zealand Parliament credits the Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce as being one of the big advocates for changes to the Vocational Education and Training Reform Bill.
The Quest to Make NZ More Patient Friendly
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The Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce is pleased to support Crohn’s and Colitis New Zealand’s programme to raise the awareness of these common inflammatory bowel diseases. It is something that is prevalent in our society and rarely talked about.