RCG Creative in Alexandra Hills, Queensland | Consultation agency

RCG Creative

Locality: Alexandra Hills, Queensland

Phone: +61 409 649 321

Address: 8/195 Vienna Road 4161 Alexandra Hills, QLD, Australia

Website: https://www.rcgcreative.com

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25.01.2022 {PROJECT 70} Watch our interview with the absolute local legend, Julia Delaforce from Horses for Health. I love her strength and her smile. She lights up the room when she walks in! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ1gLCP2A8s

21.01.2022 First day open yesterday was lots of fun! Will be open again Thursday night

21.01.2022 Found a card I made my sister 17 years ago... Bec Creations... this whole creative branding has been with me forever!

18.01.2022 To all my brave friends running small businesses. I just want to salute you and let you know we are all in this together. Since mid Feb I've seen my company's ...sales drop by 10-20% progressively each week. This week our sales are now 60-70% down. It's carnage out there and I know I'm not the only one suffering. It will only take a few more weeks of this to topple businesses like mine that maybe haven't given themselves enough of a buffer and it's overwhelming and terrifying wondering what might lie ahead. I thought a few people might benefit from some practical tips that may help some of you navigate through this time. I'm not an expert and I am not even sure if I will make it through in one piece, but here are a few things that I've been doing to try and keep my head above water. Feel free to share if it helps someone you know. 1. Call your bank's hardship line. They can put a halt on your mortgage, credit card and loan repayments. Some banks may have a dedicated hotline due to Corona Virus. Call them. Now. Stop the cash going out of your account as you need that to run your business. 2. Call the ATO. If you are on a payment plan or have ATO debt they can defer it 6 months and will also stop interest accruing over this time. If by then it's not better, call them again. Call 1800 806 218 for Corona affected businesses. Hot tip with the ATO, if you don't get somewhere with the person you are speaking with, call again. You might get a more sympathetic person the next time and that will make all the difference. www.ato.gov.au/coronavirus 3. Call the National Debt Hotline. 1800 007 007. They have advisors that can give you some tips and get information on the government's incentives a few days before the public. 4. Renegotiate your rent with your landlord. I've already had rents come down 75% in response to corona virus in the last few days, but even this is not enough in some cases. I would push as hard as you can for FREE rent until things start to normalise. It's better that you are there and trading and paying nothing for a few months and survive than for you to go under and the property end up vacant. There is no harm in asking. The best way to get rent concessions from my experience is to give them actual data and figures. Show them the decrease in turnover day upon day or month to month. Compare the figures to previous years as a point of reference or attach a P&L to show that your businesses is now sustaining losses. Be clear about what you want and be persistent. Everything is always up for negotiation. I can send you an example of some of my emails if that helps you. 5. Renegotiate your supply terms. Everyone is in the same boat and your suppliers want you to stay in business. They might write off some debt, or extend the payment term out for several more months, or you can suggest a payment plan. Be pragmatic about it, pick up the phone and see what can be done so you can both weather the storm. 6. Stop every non essential payment from going out. Apply for hardship on your credit card, your car repayments, phone bills, everything. 7. Cut down on wages. Communication is key. Change your trading hours, remove the cross overs, try to be as equitable as you can with hours and keep morale as high as possible. Maybe consider rallying your team together to collectively take a hit to their hours for the good of everyone. Without our teams' support during this crisis we won't survive. 8. Shift your business model. We have to find a way to adapt our products and services to our new paradigm. Can you bring your business, product, service to the customer if they can no longer come to you? Is there one thing you can focus on during this time, even if it's not the most lucrative, just something to keep cashflow going? 9. Consider all options. Talk to your accountant, talk to a liquidation specialist, talk to a business broker. Work out your options whilst you have some still. Just choose your advisers wisely. 10. Don't panic. Phone a friend. Look after your mental health. Try get some sleep. Go for a swim or a run. Don't let fear take over your decision making. Now more than ever we need to have emotional and mental clarity. Finally, if you have a friend that runs a small business that is affected by what's going on right now, here's a few things you can do to help them out. 1. Send them encouraging messages or give them a call. It's really scary and lonely out there! It really is so important to know that others actually care. 2. If you are one of the lucky ones with a stable income then actually use their service, buy their product, recommend it to others, do what you can to keep them in business. If businesses are temporarily closed then buy gift vouchers to spend when their businesses (hopefully, with your help) reopen. We need you now more than ever. 3. If you can help with your time, skills or knowledge then offer it for free. Isn't that what friends are for? It's times like this that we need our communities around us supporting us. It's not a time to try to profit off one another but help each other however we can. I hope some of this has been helpful to someone out there. Hopefully, after all this blows over, we will all still be standing with our livelihoods and sanity intact. Til then, stay strong, shop local, support your small businesses and share the love. Johann

17.01.2022 This guide can help guide you and your business during difficult times.

10.01.2022 "We are like books. Most people only see our cover, the minority read only the introduction, many people believe the critics. Few will know our content." -- Emile Zola

09.01.2022 {PROJECT 70} Interview 009 - Garry White - Community Hero Garry gives his all to the Redlands community. Whether its with Bendigo Bank, Netball, Meals on Wheels, Entrepreneurship, supporting youth and so on - Garry is there. https://youtu.be/m7wope9FZrI ... "One of the most incredible humans I have met and to hear his story was wonderful". - Rebecca

09.01.2022 Just a billboard with some bloody stakes in it. Until the sun goes down #Dracula (Via: BBC One)

09.01.2022 {PROJECT 70} Do you know Fairy Raine? Watch her story here>>

07.01.2022 {PROJECT 70} Interview 008 - Mayor Karen Williams Redlands Coast Mayor Karen Williams has community values at the core of all she does. Being first generation Australian, she tries to stay in touch with her German and Polish heritage. ... She is passionate about small businesses because they enable you to have your own fingerprints on products. Through her leadership she has navigated the Redlands in a rapidly changing world. Karen appreciates change as she believes, If you continue to do things the same way all the time you are going to get the same result. Through her time as Mayor she wants young people to celebrate what the Redlands is and the huge potential it has for the future!

05.01.2022 Open for the first time tomorrow, Saturday 30th November - 9am to 12noon - 195 Vienna Road Alexandra Hills- under the IGA Debit and Credit Card payments only

05.01.2022 He swapped the trading floor for a mattress on his office floor. But so far, it’s been worth it. Chang Wen Lai’s express delivery service Ninja Van is now set to become one of Southeast Asia’s next $1 billion dollar unicorns. So how’d he do it?