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2024 Christmas Party with Business Chamber South

Exclusive Breakfast with Jack DeLosa – Small Business Month October 2024

Shire Shark Dive – June 2024

2024 Shire Shark Dive – June 2024
The Sutherland Shire Business Chamber held our annual Shire Shark Dive breakfast at Doltone House, Sylvania Waters on Thursday 27th June 2024. This event promoted innovation and entrepreneurship in the shire!

With thanks to our MC and Sharks:
Jeremy Fleming, StageKings
Darren Tasker, Executive Director/Strategy and Growth Venture Crowd
Kelly Slessor, Founder of The Ecommerce Tribe, Shop You and the Digital Inclusion Project
Peta Wessell, Co-founder of Peta + Jain

A huge congratulations to our winners from our 2024 Shark Dive event:
First place winner: Melanie Carr, Founder of Here and After
People’s Choice Award: Morgan McCarthy, Founder of Screenhush

Thank you to our sponsors who made our 2024 Shire Shark Dive event possible:
Event partner: ANSTO
Event Sponsor: Web Bird Digital
Venue Partner: Doltone House, Sylvania Waters
Photography Partner: Sophie B Photography
Supported by: Sutherland Shire Council, Venture Crowd and Scylla Distilling Co

Kickstart 2024 – February 2024

We were delighted to bring you our Kickstart 2024 Breakfast with two exceptional business leaders to motivate you to kickstart 2024!

Andrew Morello is from The Entourage – Australia’s leading business coaching and training provider for 6, 7 and 8-figure business owners, and the country’s most recognised brand when it comes to paving the path forward for high-growth entrepreneurs.

Andrew focussed on the “Six Elements” of business, to help you identify exactly where your business can become more EFFICIENT & EFFECTIVE in 2024, and to take you to the next level.

Yasser Zaki, Global CEO of Tender Loving Care and longtime supporter of the chamber, who was awarded APAC CEO of the Year for 2023. Yasser gave us insights into his incredibly successful leadership style, which has seen TLC rapidly expand globally.

Shire Thrive Spotlight on The Shire – November 2023

The Chamber was thrilled to invite the The Premier, The Hon. Chris Minns, MP, to the Shire to share his vision and address the key issues affecting your businesses today.

With almost 200 guests in the Doltone House venue, this forum proved to be both informative and engaging, with a lineup of politicians, and business leaders from a wide range of industries and we trust the conversations will continue and be translated into positive outcomes for our community.

The Premier joined a panel of Shire business leaders to discuss Social Infrastructure. Joining him was Vicki Weeden, The Sutherland Hospital; Tim Boyle, ARCS Australia; and Mark Meyer, Landmark Group Australia.

The Office of the 24 Hour Economy Commissioner, Michael Rodrigues, joined the second panel to discuss hospitality and tourism including Dino Mezzatesta, Cronulla Sharks; Jeremy Fleming, Stagekings; and Paul Richardson, Club Central Group.

We also heard from the Sutherland Shire Mayor, Carmelo Pesce.

Small Business Month – October 2023

In collaboration with Cronulla Chamber of Commerce and NSW Government we were proud to host a successful ‘Shire Thrive’ event for Small Business Month at Doltone House, Sylvania Waters.

The event featured keynote speaker Carlii Lyon and The Resilience Panel discussion. Sutherland Shire Business Chamber welcomed 200 attendees to our event.

June 2023 Shire Shark Dive Breakfast

In June, we hosted our inaugural Shark Dive breakfast at Cronulla RSL, supported by our major event partner, the Southern Sydney Innovation Network (SSIN). This event celebrated innovation and entrepreneurs within the Shire.

The sell-out breakfast attracted over 100 esteemed guests, including Sutherland Shire Mayor Carmelo Pesce, CR Leanne Farmer and CR Laura Cowell. The event featured an exceptional line up of accomplished entrepreneurs, dubbed ‘The Sharks’, who shared their remarkable success stories and offered their top tips for aspiring business owners.

In addition to the Shark stories, three local Shire businesses pitched their big ideas to the Sharks live. The competition provided contestants with a platform to raise brand awareness, secure expert advice, and provided invaluable networking opportunities.

April 2023 Shire Thrive Business Breakfast

We were thrilled to welcome more than one hundred guests to our April Shire Thrive Business Breakfast at Doltone House in Sylvania. Our keynote speaker, accomplished digital marketing entrepreneur Kate Toon, shared invaluable tips and strategies on digital marketing that left our attendees feeling inspired and motivated to take their social media game to the next level.

The event continued after a short break, whereby our panel moderator, Alan Barnett from Web Bird Digital, led a discussion with our panel of experts. They shared their insider marketing tips and secrets that have proven to be essential to their business success. Our panellists included Anna Cesarano from Doltone House, Christopher Melotti from Melotti Media, and Belinda Smith, a Harvey Norman franchisee.

February 2023 Shire Thrive Business Breakfast

The February Shire Thrive Business Breakfast at Club Central Menai was an enlightening and inspiring experience for all who attended. Stephen Yarwood provided thought-provoking, captivating, and entertaining insights into the ever-evolving world of Artificial Intelligence and modern technology. His in-depth look into the future of technology had all guests discussing how they can best prepare and take advantage of the changing landscape.

Thank you Brad Chilby Photography.

Event Proudly Supported By Shire IT

September 2022 Shire Thrive Business Breakfast

The September Shire Thrive Business Breakfast was held at Tradies Gymea and delivered positive strategies, developments and ideas dedicated to helping the Shire thrive!

Jenny Ware MP Federal Member for Hughes, Cr Carmelo Pesce Sutherland Shire Mayor, and key Shire changemakers; Aliro Group, Landmark Group, Breen Resources, and Stagekings, joined the Chamber in sending a message of optimism and opportunity to all business owners as we enter a new stage of community focused positive growth.

Photography kindly delivered by Sophie B Photography

June 2022 Business Breakfast

The June 15 Business Breakfast was held at Club Central Menai and delivered key insights and education on preparing for the EOFY and how to improve overall business financial wellbeing as we move into a new financial year. Keynote speaker, Kirsty Fox from Tradies Accounting Toolshed delivered financial insight on how to support business sustainability and growth. The Panel of experts were Heather Locker from Sullivan Dewing, Vags Loutas from IMB Bank, Kirsty Fox from Tradies Accounting Toolshed, and Linda Hawkins from SYM Business Solutions. The panel provided practical take away strategies on what business owners need to do to, not only make the most of this EOFY, but be better prepared for the next one.