At Grey Lynn Business Association, we want to make sure we’re here to serve our members during this testing time, meeting the challenges ahead.
Shop local, eat local, spend local
This is a simple message – we ask everyone to buy local to support Grey Lynn businesses through Covid-19. Your team at Grey Lynn Business Assocation is working on a whole range of ways to support businesses in our community.
Importantly, if you need to access the Government’s business assistance package, it’s open to businesses employing less than 21 people, the self-employed and contractors. Compare how you were trading last year at the same time and if down by greater than 30% apply for assistance. For the self-employed and contractors this can be difficult but Government will take a view on cancelled forward contracts and consider that as part of 30% downturn. More information is available on www.workandincome.govt.nz. Targeted turnaround date for payment is 5 days.
Remember there’s also support for those in lock-down isolation and a number of tax changes.
Within the next couple of weeks, we will be talking to our members and businesses within Grey Lynn to find out what the challenges are, further assistance needed and opportunities available. We’ll also be leveraging different platforms to speak to people.
Social Media
First up, we’re creating a new platform from our Facebook page. This will provide a noticeboard for our members – and the greater local community – where you can keep connected and informed about what’s going on locally day-by-day. We hope you’ll use our noticeboard, especially in these times of isolation, to communicate and share, to remind people what is in their backyard. Everything you need is here locally and businesses can use this noticeboard to stimulate sales and promote great deals. Check out our Facebook page which will have an instant response mechanism.
What’s happening
Secondly, we are launching a new format e-newsletter for our members. We invite you to take advantage of this What’s On & What’s Happening forum and welcome your feedback on how this letter can be more useful and dynamic for members. Meanwhile, we’ll be keeping you posted on our monthly activities and the exciting happenings we’ll be leading on.
B2B communications
Using enterprise video communications, we are looking at how we can continue B2B networking to bring to you highly specialised advice on business survival in a Covid-19 world, and virtual social interaction. We know it can be very isolating working from home and potentially it’s going to get a lot more isolating but we’re absolutely committed to continue the network and communications. This will be available as a first step to our members.
Looking forward
When we’ve got Covid-19 behind us, we’ll be launching our new look that we believe reflects our Grey Lynn ethos and values and monthly updates on all the new initiatives we’ve got coming up this year.
Health and wellbeing
Did you know the greater Grey Lynn area is the biggest hub in Auckland for health and wellbeing services – gyms, counsellors, massage, homeopaths, osteopaths, yoga and Pilates studios, dieticians and health experts? And don’t forget we are the plant-based capital of the city, with the largest hub of vegan, vegetarian, organic restaurants, cafes and shops in Auckland.
And tune into our Facebook page to connect, share and have a platform to promote your business. For more information, email info@glba.co.nz
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