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PUCC Member Fabian von Lucken , Health Protect

 

Do you regularly wake with a headache, stuffy or streaming nose and sore eyes, but don’t know why? Your mattress or carpet may be the problem......

  “Not many people know that the invisible dust typically found in mattresses and carpets in private homes and hotel rooms is extremely toxic” says PUCC member Fabian von Lucken, a licensed operator for Health Protect International, which has pioneered specialised sanitisation services across Australia and the Asia Pacific region. 

 

 “A single gram of dust can harbour up to 2,500 dust mites, a notorious trigger for the 20% of people who suffer from allergies and asthma: that means up to 2 million mites in one double mattress! It may also contain pesticides, solvents and other carcinogenic substances, but the most thorough conventional cleaning won’t touch any of them,” he says.

 

Happily, there’s a cost-effective, environmentally-friendly solution. HPI’s award-winning organic, sanitisation treatments completely eradicate allergens from mattresses, carpets and furnishings, bringing swift relief to allergy and asthma-prone householders and protecting hotel guests. “An average home with 3 bedrooms of carpet plus living room and 3 mattresses takes around 4-5 hours to treat. It’s very affordable, starting as low as $65 for a single bed mattress, and all work is based on an itemised proposal submitted up front, so the customer always knows what’s going on. Our equipment is flexible and lightweight enough to work in small areas; there are no long bulky pipes. With HPI we guarantee our treatments for 4 months for hotels; for private homes, we recommend a treatment every 6 to 9 months”.

 

“Our Healthy Hotels Program has measurable benefits for hotel owners”, Fabian adds. “Our solutions are produced to the highest US standards. Regular application prolongs mattress and carpet life, saves up to 170,000 litres of water annually for a medium-sized establishment and dramatically improves in-room air quality. HPI- certified hotels gain a branding edge that attracts health-conscious travellers, especially allergy sufferers - just as offering “no-smoking” rooms did a decade ago. This increases occupancy, strengthens loyalty and increases market share for an excellent return on investment”.

 

“HPI believes that no health-conscious allergic or asthmatic person should continue to suffer from an unsanitary environment. Our aim is to slow and reduce the incidence of allergies and asthma not only by developing the latest sanitisation technologies to remove and neutralise allergens, but also by providing education and services throughout our Asia-wide network.”

For details, contact Fabian  at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , mobile  0419 126 612

President Report June 2010

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About the PUCC committee

Meet the President

Lawrence Gibbons

Lawrence has served as the President of the Pyrmont Ultimo Chamber of Commerce since 2007. Lawrence plays an integral part in ensuring the Chamber runs effectively and the business community is represented through the Chamber on local matters. He also ensures the Chamber maintains ties with local government and the City of Sydney. Lawrence is the Managing Director of the Alternative Media Group, publishers of The City News, The City Hub, The Bondi View and The Inner West Independent. He founded The City Hub in 1995, acquired The City News (formerly The Pyrmont Ultimo News) in 2002, The Bondi View in 2005 and The Inner West Independent in 2009. He served as a publishing consultant to the Honolulu Weekly and to Canada’s largest weekly newspaper, Now Magazine, in Toronto. He was the publisher of the Fairfield and Westchester County Weekly in suburban New York and the Advertising Director of the San Francisco Bay Guardian, one of the largest independent weekly newspapers in the US.

Meet the Vice President

Michael Layman

Michael Layman is part-owner of the SIGN*A*RAMA Sydney City (South) store located at Ultimo Sydney, which was established on 17 November 2005. SIGN*A*RAMA offers an artistic and professional site consultation service to clients and can provide the full range of signs for your business, from total National Project Management to a Business Card.

Meet the Treasurer

Bruce Napthali

Meet the Secretary

Rob McCourt

Rob McCourt has been a lawyer for 35 years and is the principal of McCourts Solicitors, based in Jacksons Landing on the waterfront in Pyrmont.  The firm specialises in conveyancing, small business law, estate planning and administration, employer/employee rights, trusts and superannuation deeds and commercial or general litigation. Rob prefers the common sense no-nonsense approach to the law with practical effective advice for individual clients and small businesses. He is supported by a tight knit professional team of three solicitors and three support staff. Rob has been a member of the Chamber of Commerce since moving his business to Pyrmont in 2002 and has been Secretary since 2008. McCourts Solicitors provides the Chamber with advice on various matters when required.

Meet the Non-Executive Committee Members

Margaret M McCue

Margaret McCue LLM (NSW) is the principal of McCue & Associates, a commercial and general law firm situated in Macquarie Street Sydney. She practises in general commercial and business law, property sales and purchases, commercial and retail  leasing, relationship and family law, wills and probate, as well as local court criminal matters. Margaret holds appointments as an arbitrator in the District and Local Court jurisdictions, and has an interest in alternate dispute resolution, having trained as a mediator with the Australian Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators (IAMA).  More recently, she participated in the 2008 Summer School held in Salzburg, Austria, conducted by the Central European School of Conflict Resolution. Margaret has an appointment as a sessional mediator with a statutory body.  The firm participates in a pro bono scheme at the Downing Centre Sydney. Margaret brings to PUCC her experience as a board member of a private school and secretary of a non-profit organisation dealing with emergency accommodation placements.

Sherryl Ryan

Culture at Work

Brenda Rea

Sanctuary Sanitorium

History of PUCC

The Pyrmont Ultimo Chamber of Commerce actively promotes local business interests in a dynamic, inner-city environment.
Pyrmont Ultimo has changed dramatically since PUCC was founded and incorporated in 1997 by a handful of local businessmen. Despite its rich early history, it was by then a colourless, dormant area with a shrinking population.

Totally transformed over the past few years, it has become Sydney’s recognized media and creative centre, where television presenters and movie producers mix with entrepreneurs, IT managers, architects, artists and accountants in lively lunchtime restaurants and bars.
Recent major residential and commercial development has attracted both workers and investment. The fast-growing resident population now approaches 20,000, with the same number of workers, and thousands of students commute in daily.

Well-known attractions like Star City, Darling Harbour with the Convention and Exhibitions Centre, the Maritime and Powerhouse Museums and Chinatown draw floods of visitors into the area all year round.

Not-for-profit PUCC is a completely independent organisation that cooperates readily with local government and other bodies to promote and safeguard the interests of the Pyrmont Ultimo business community and local residents.

We welcome as members all large and small businesses and individual operators who aim to enhance their own business opportunities and who recognize the value of working collectively through the Chamber to create optimal quality-of-life for the local community as a whole.

Our monthly networking evenings and social events, usually hosted in rotation by PUCC members and featuring a topical guest speaker, offer an ideal platform for meeting, discussing and promoting business services and products.

Our Executive Committee consists of a team of hardworking volunteers who want to ensure that PUCC is a creative and dynamic business force which is well structured and creates plenty of events, programs, services and networking opportunities for our members. Our committee also ensures annual government funding is received and disbursed back into the business community. We work hand in hand with local organisations and other chambers and welcome new members.

About Us

Pyrmont-Ultimo Chamber of Commerce has an enthusiastic membership that reflects the dynamic business environment it represents.

Television, radio, film production and multimedia organisations rub shoulders with artists, financiers and furniture showrooms. Visit any of the many atmospheric cafes and restaurants and you get a sense of the creative energy that epitomises this area. Then there's the entertainment offered by Star City, Darling Harbour, the Maritime and Powerhouse Museums.

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