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24.01.2022 The newly renovated heritage listed Lockyer Creek Bridge officially opened for public use on Saturday 22 December. What a fantastic Christmas present for BVRT users.

24.01.2022 BREAKING: Queensland will be the first state in Australia to set a target to buy from more local small and medium-sized businesses. Our state is home to more t...han 438,000 small businesses and we want to help them to grow and succeed. From July 1, we’ll introduce a new target with 25% of all government purchases to be from Queensland small and medium sized businesses. The target will be extended to 30% by 30 June, 2022. We back Queensland jobs by backing Queensland businesses #qldjobs #covid19

23.01.2022 It’s taken 11 years since the project was first announced, but the opening of the 30 kilometre stretch between Toogoolawah and Moore, combined with the renovati...on of the Lockyer Creek Bridge, finally completes the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail a full 161km in length from Ipswich in the south to Yarraman at the northern end of the trail, making it the longest rail trail in Australia. Filmed by Element Video Productions. Produced by the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail Users Association Narrated by Sherree Bale Sponsored by Somerset Regional Council and Ipswich Volkswagen

22.01.2022 Shoppers may be rejoicing at the big behemoth that is Bunnings in the Lockyer Valley, but businesses have warned it could be the death-knell for many local shops

09.01.2022 Spread some Christmas joy by buying from your local Queensland small business this holiday season. You can show your support for going local to grow local by updating your profile picture with this frame. #eatqld #BuyQld #GoLocalQld #QLDsmallbiz

09.01.2022 Facebook is coming to the Sunshine Coast to share tools, tips and resources to help you thrive online.

06.01.2022 Australian businesses hit hard by email scams Australian businesses reported more than 5800 scams with losses exceeding $7.2 million in 2018, a 53 per cent increase compared to 2017, according to the ACCC’s Targeting scams report. Much of this increase is due to the $3.8 million reported lost to sophisticated ‘business email compromise’ scams. When combined with losses reported to the Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network, these scams cost Australian businesses over ...$60 million. Scammers are hacking business email systems and impersonating the intended payment recipient. The scammers request changes to bank account details so that the business makes the payment to the scammer instead of the legitimate business, ACCC Deputy Chair Mick Keogh said. Depending on how long the scammers get away with this and how large the transfers are, this scam can be devastating to a business’s bottom line to the extent of forcing small and medium businesses into closure. This scam targets businesses of all sizes and even small local sporting clubs and community groups. Any organisation that transfers money via bank accounts is a potential target. Scamwatch has even received reports of the hackers intercepting house deposits that have been sent to conveyancers, real estate agents or law firms. Small businesses with fewer than 20 staff were most likely to be targeted by scammers and accounted for more than 75 per cent of reports to the ACCC. Businesses were most likely to be targeted with false billing scams (1819 reports) but investment, hacking and phishing scams also caused significant losses. Australian businesses must protect themselves by ensuring their staff are aware of these scams so they can identify and avoid them. Every business should have clear processes for transferring money and a procedure for verifying requests to change bank account details that uses multiple modes of communication, Mr Keogh said. Australian businesses are encouraged to visit www.scamwatch.gov.au to learn more about scams targeting them and how to protect themselves. Businesses can also sign up to the ACCC’s Small Business Information Network to receive emails about new or updated resources, enforcement action, changes to Australia’s competition and consumer laws, events, surveys and scams relevant to the small business sector.

01.01.2022 Best social media advice for business.