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Capel Chamber of Commerce

Locality: Capel, Western Australia

Phone: +61 408 944 242

Address: Forrest Avenue 6271 Capel, WA, Australia

Website: https://www.capelchamber.com.au

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25.01.2022 The Office of Multicultural Interests (OMI) is conducting a study to better support Western Australian small business owners from culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) backgrounds. To support OMI’s ongoing planning, a research project has been commissioned to better understand the challenges faced by CaLD small business owners, the opportunities that they bring, along with the positive economic, social and cultural impacts they make to the wider Western Australian com...munity. OMI’s research vendor Capitalis, will be conducting phone interviews in the coming weeks with key CaLD small business owners to collect insights into CaLD small businesses and how OMI can support the CaLD small business community. If you are interested to take part in this study, you can reach out to Gareth Tranter ([email protected]) and Vanessa Fong ([email protected]). Capitalis will set up a brief telephone interview at a time suited to you. Your responses will remain anonymous unless you instruct Capitalis otherwise. A report will also be published on the OMI website to help promote CaLD small businesses to the wider community. Please reach out to Capitalis or OMI ([email protected]) if you have any queries in relation to this initiative. Please feel free to share this information with others in your community.

23.01.2022 Congratulations to Serenity Spa Capel for being presented with the Triple M Southwest Start-up Business Award on Saturday evening! Business owner, Kara has bu...ilt a successful and sustainable beauty spa in a small regional town and her spirit and enthusiasm for her business shone through in her application. Well done! See more

23.01.2022 AGM tonight. 5.30pm for a complimentary drink, 6.00pm for the AGM and 6.45 for complimentary pizzas. If you can spare us an hour of your time to help business in the Capel shire develop, we'd welcome your company.

23.01.2022 To all Capel businesses; please feel free to use this Facebook page to let people know if you're open or not or if you've been forced to change your access arrangement etc. For example, here's the announcement from Colroy's: To all Capel community: Colroy's will be open as usual for takeaway and fuel. Sorry for the inconvenience but our dining room will be shut till further notice

23.01.2022 In celebration of May the 4th day on Saturday. Otherwise known as Star Wars day. Wise words from Yoda.

23.01.2022 Looking at retirement villages? Boyanup has Meadowbrooke Estate in a wonderful setting next to the Preston River. Just a short walk into town.

22.01.2022 Small-scale commercial production is, every moment of every day, giving birth spontaneously to capitalism and the bourgeoisiewherever there is small business and freedom of trade, capitalism appears. V.I. Lenin

22.01.2022 Still two weeks to go....... PHOTOGRAPHERS WE WANT YOUR PHOTOS OF CAPEL AND WELL PAY FOR THEM!... The Capel Chamber of Commerce is producing a set of postcards featuring Capel townsite and surrounds. The postcards will be sold at various outlets around town in response to increasing requests from tourists and visitors to take home a local souvenir. The Chamber invites amateur and professional photographers to submit up to 5 photos of a scene which highlights an important part of the town or the Shire. It could be our famous curved bridge over the Capel River; the tuart forest; something to do with horses; Ironstone Gully Falls; or maybe our beautiful beaches. All entries will be judged by the Chambers executive committee and the 4 winning photos will each receive a $50 cash prize. Entries must be electronic images at least 1 megabyte in size. Send your entries to the Chamber at [email protected] Closing date is Friday February 28. So go through your photo albums or visit your favourite part of the Capel Shire to take that special photo for our postcard competition. Each winning photographers name will be shown on the reverse of the postcard which features their photo. Entry implies that the Chamber has free use of each photograph for use on a postcard or for general promotional or marketing purposes. Photograph credit: Janene Wells

21.01.2022 Not a Chamber matter but very relevant to Capel. Well done to Rae and Richard.

19.01.2022 PHOTOGRAPHERS WE WANT YOUR PHOTOS OF CAPEL AND WELL PAY FOR THEM! The Capel Chamber of Commerce is producing a set of postcards featuring Capel townsite and surrounds. The postcards will be sold at various outlets around town in response to increasing requests from tourists and visitors to take home a local souvenir.... The Chamber invites amateur and professional photographers to submit up to 5 photos of a scene which highlights an important part of the town or the Shire. It could be our famous curved bridge over the Capel River; the tuart forest; something to do with horses; Ironstone Gully Falls; or maybe our beautiful beaches. All entries will be judged by the Chambers executive committee and the 4 winning photos will each receive a $50 cash prize. Entries must be electronic images at least 1 megabyte in size. Send your entries to the Chamber at [email protected] Closing date is Friday February 28. So go through your photo albums or visit your favourite part of the Capel Shire to take that special photo for our postcard competition. Each winning photographers name will be shown on the reverse of the postcard which features their photo. Entry implies that the Chamber has free use of each photograph for use on a postcard or for general promotional or marketing purposes.

19.01.2022 We're still able to receive RSVPs for our AGM and sundowner networking evening on Monday week November 30 at the Peppermint Grove Beach community centre. Details below. We'd love to have you join us and meet our special guests Sgt Chris Page, OIC, Capel Police Station, and Di Fisher, Manager of Industry Engagement at SWTAFE. A final reminder notice will go out later this week but feel free to book in now. And we promise to serve you nicer food than shown in the photo!!!

17.01.2022 Please RSVP by 5.00pm this Friday March 13 if you'd like to attend our FREE sundowner as per the flyer below.

17.01.2022 MEMBER’S NETWORKING AND SOCIAL EVENING + 2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MONDAY 30TH NOVEMBER 2020 ... PEPPERMINT BEACH COMMUNITY HALL Hayfield Drive, Peppermint Grove Beach All Members, family and friends are invited to join with the Committee members for an evening of networking and meeting new people. Food and drinks will be provided and we will have 2 special guests who will be briefly introduced to you, after which you can chat with them as appropriate. Sgt Chris Page, Officer In Charge | Capel Police Station Diana Fisher and mark seaward, Managers, South Regional TAFE 5.30pm AGM to start 6.00pm food and drinks 6.30pm guest speakers Evening will end at about 7.30pm We look forward to meeting you on the 30th November. For catering purposes please R.S.V.P to Kandy Green [email protected] or by phone 9727 3720 or email to Bec Barr [email protected] PROUDLY SPONSORED BY THE SHIRE OF CAPEL

13.01.2022 What to do if you have been affected by mail tampering in the Capel area. Contact Australia Post on 13 13 18 to register a complaint quoting ref number 26709868... Keep a copy of the reference number they give you. You can escalate this complaint if you are unhappy with the decision. If you are unhappy with the response post escalation you can contact the Postal Industry Ombudsman https://forms.business.gov.au/smart/servlet/SmartForm.html (Ironically the link from the Australia Post site does not work) If you wish to lodge a compensation claim you will need to attend the Post Office along with the damaged envelope. Take note, this compensation is capped at $50. (Im unsure how you will go about claiming something that wasnt recovered) Feel free to make a Police report 131 444 or https://www.police.wa.gov.au//Stolen-and-Damag/Questions-A at this stage we unsure that it will achieve anything but it doesnt hurt to have a paper trail! For those concerned about Identity Theft, the advice I received from the police was to cancel all bank/credit accounts they might have had access to and open new accounts. They also said to contact the Credit Reporting Agency ,Veda Advantage https://www.equifax.com.au/pe/articles/whats-identity-theft and ask for an alert to be placed on your file. Contact Tom Munday from Fairfax Media 0455088420

11.01.2022 The Shire of Capel Tourism Award winner, Holberry House Bed & Breakfast.

11.01.2022 To help the federal government better understand how the coronavirus is affecting business in the Capel area, please fill out this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RCCIWACovid19Impact The survey has been produced by the Regional Chambers of Commerce and Industry WA.

11.01.2022 Very few people at the Capel RSL cenotaph this morning as you would expect but a large number of wreaths, including one from the Capel Chamber of Commerce.

10.01.2022 A BIG thank you to Capel Bendigo Community Bank for handing out $40,000 to the Capel community at a fun night last Saturday. Every group attending received some much-deserved funding support for their many good projects. The Capel Chamber of Commerce was one of the recipients, being granted $1000 to cover most of the cost of the first engineer's report for our Metal Horses project (more details about this project soon). Thank you again to Capel Bendigo Bank staff, board members and customers. And what was our trusted Chamber committee member Lynda doing on the night? Enjoying a free hand massage!!!!

10.01.2022 RTW Steel Fabrication & Construction

10.01.2022 The Chamber held a very successful sundowner this evening at RTW Metal Steel Fabrication and Construction. Many thanks to Rick, Javo and Claire for hosting us providing the drinks and to Bec and Kandy from the Chamber for some excellent finger food. The Chamber will be knocking on your door once the coronavirus pandemic has done its worst to see if you'd like a Metal Horse to help promote the Capel townsite and shire.

10.01.2022 The best way to support small business apart from shopping with us is share our posts please

09.01.2022 Scam alert!!! If you receive a letter like this in the mail, it's a scam. The company - Registry Australia Pty Ltd - is asking for money for what appears to be ...the registering of your business name but, if you're already registered with the federal government through ASIC, your business name is already protected. Registry Australia is a private company, nothing to do with government, and the service they offer is essentially a scam, having no value whatsoever.

07.01.2022 If you run a food-related business or want to buy food from local (or more distant) food producers, this website may be of interest: https://fairfoodie.com.au/

06.01.2022 Do you have a budding young artist aged 10 to 17 years? Tracie Walsh is hosting a series of six Young Buds! workshops to express creative ideas through painting and drawing on Saturdays commencing 8th February. Bookings essential through Tracie 0407 991 211.

06.01.2022 CAPEL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO SUPPORT LOCAL SHIRE BUSINESSES THROUGH A $10,000 VOUCHER SCHEME The Capel Chamber of Commerce is about to invest more than $10,000 worth of business into a Shop Local voucher scheme to benefit businesses within the Shire of Capel. With seed funding from the state government and arranged by the South West Development Commission (SWDC), the Chamber is partnering with Community Bank CAPEL and Caroline Suckling from Capel Elders Southern Districts E...Continue reading

05.01.2022 Have you ever wanted to know how your Accountant works out the sums on the down turn or significant growth of your business? Join this workshop on 4 Novem...ber to learn the calculations on your own business financial reports https://bswconnect.com.au//workshop-stress-testing-financ/ This workshop is presented by RWK Accountancy and Sponsored by Capel Community Bank Branch

05.01.2022 The Capel Chamber of Commerce invites members, Capel shire residents and business operators to join us at a sundowner to be held on Tuesday March 17 - see details in the photo below. Non-members are most welcome Two special activities at the sundowner will be: * announcing the winners of the Chamber's photographic competition, with the winning photos to feature on postcards to be sold at Capel retail outlets (and elsewhere if requested)... and * cutting of a metal horse by RTW's sophisticated computer-controlled laser cutter as part of our promotion of the Metal Horses project. Attendance at this event is free, with drinks and finger food provided by Chamber members. Feel free to arrive from 5.15pm onwards, with the Metal Horse to be cut out of an iron sheet starting at 5.30pm, announcement of the winning photos around 6.00pm and all formalities completed by about 6.15pm. RSVP back to me is essential for catering purposes. Regards Bernie Masters President Capel Chamber of Commerce M 0408 944 242

04.01.2022 Capel Barber Shop Open Thursday 9-1pm Friday 9-5pm Saturday 8-1pm

02.01.2022 There's a reason why we like our local Capel Bendigo Bank branch:.... ING and Bendigo Bank have highest banking customer satisfaction for home loan customers as COVID-19 strikes 30 June 2020 Original article by Roy Morgan... New financial data from Roy Morgan shows ING with the highest banking customer satisfaction among home loan customers (87.0%) in April, ahead of Bendigo Bank on 86.3%. The data is the first to measure home loan customer satisfaction for banks after COVID-19 hit Australia in mid-March. Since then banks have offered significant support to their home loan customers. These actions appear to be paying off, with the customer satisfaction ratings of home loan banking customers increasing for six out of the 11 banks measured compared to a year ago. CBA enjoys the highest home loan customer satisfaction of the big four banks, with a rating of 77.8%. Total home loan customer satisfaction with the big four banks is 75.1%. These latest banking satisfaction ratings have been obtained from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey, derived from in-depth interviews with over 50,000 Australians each year

01.01.2022 They've arrived!! Capel's new souvenir postcards are now for sale at the Capel Newsagency and Capel Post Office. The cards feature the winning photographs from our recent photo competition and they show some beautiful local scenes. Buy them as a gift to visitors; post them to friends or family; or just buy a couple to put on your mantelpiece to remind you what a great part of the world we live in.... Other retailers in Capel are most welcome to buy these postcards at wholesale prices for resale to the public. Please contact the Chamber if interested. Many thanks to the photographers whose photos are on the postcards and to Garry and Lyn at the newsagency and Magda at the post office for suggesting this as a Chamber project.

01.01.2022 Dear Capel Chamber of Commerce members, A Busselton-based business is not renewing its lease of the large shed it is currently using in the Busselton LIA and needs to find another shed by June 30 or it will close down. Is anyone aware of a large shed - 15 metres wide and 40 metres long or larger - available in the Capel LIA or in the Capel townsite or on a farming property close to town? If we could assist this business to come to Capel, it would create significant bene...fits for other small businesses in our area. As a thought, does anyone know if the old service station site on Capel Drive opposite the Shire offices is being used at present? If it's empty, any idea who the owner is so that I can contact them? Please let me know of any suggestions you might have. Stay well. Bernie