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Christmas Party returns

The Chrizzy party returns! Dec 6 at The Photo Studio

A joint celebration of the Pyrmont Ultimo Chamber of Commerce and the Glebe Chamber of Commerce to welcome the Silly Season in style. Meet old and new friends, have a nibble and a drink (or two) and toast the season!

When: 6th December, from 6 to 8pm bird logo.tif
Where: The Photo Studio, 5 Franklyn St, Broadway (Glebe)
Parking at Broadway Shopping Centre (3 hours free parking)

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NOTE: This event is members only. You can apply for membership at the event or download the form and bring it with you.

AGM: President's message

President's Message, 25 Oct AGM at Doltone House

Pyrmont’s reputation as one of Sydney’s growing tourist and dining precincts was boosted with a twelve day (12) celebration of food, wine and art from 3 to 15 May 2011. Led by the Pyrmont Ultimo Chamber of Commerce, businesses in the area were teamed up with Mudgee Region Tourism and Mudgee Wine Grape Growers Association Inc to produce a program of 20 significant events spanning 12 days and including 12 degustation lunches and dinners in top Pyrmont restaurants, a children’s art workshop, wine tastings and cooking class demonstrations. All participating restaurants and bottle shops joined the Chamber of Commerce as a precondition to their taking part.
The finale event was a one-day outdoor festival of food, wine and art in the City’s award winning Pirrama Park on Sunday 15 May. Mudgee winemakers offered over 120 of the area’s premier wines for tasting from 30 Mudgee wineries along with a number of gourmet food producers from the region. The Pyrmont Art Festival, was in its fifth year and was incorporated into the outdoor festival and around 300 pieces of art will be on display including a 30 children’s submissions. $10,000 of prizes were won. There was live entertainment all day and ABC presenter, Whitney Fitzsimmons was the host for the day and for bike riders, free cycle parking was provided.
The full event program was promoted on www.pyrmontfestival.com, including a directly linked event program www.pyrmontuncorksmudgee.com.au, together with the Pyrmont Art Prize. The website, together with Sydney Morning Herald advertising, a radio campaign and a public relations campaign focused on social media and Pyrmont businesses commenced at the end of the second week of April 2011. Pyrmont also displayed 17 street banners for the four (4) weeks leading into the festival, with 30,000 flyers for a local resident mail drop and general distribution via City of Sydney libraries and community centres and via Mudgee Region Tourism distribution avenues.
The official media launch for the Pyrmont Festival was held at Star City on Tuesday 3 May and was very well attended. The attendee list included the Lord Mayor and City of Sydney Councillors, Mayor of Mid Western Region Council Mudgee Region Tourism and Mudgee local Council representatives, NSW Tourism, the Mudgee Wine Grape Growers Association Inc, Pyrmont Ultimo Chamber of Commerce and food, wine and art media.
The Pyrmont Ultimo Chamber of Commerce ran a successful SHOP LOCAL campaign throughout the month of August. Banners were installed with our Shop Local branding along Harris Street, Pyrmont. In the lead up to the Shop Local campaign, a significant number of retailers, restaurants and services with retail premises were approached in both Pyrmont and Ultimo to discuss participation and membership in the Chamber and in the Shop Local program. 280 businesses in Pyrmont and 148 businesses in Ultimo were approached. Two thousand post cards were printed and distributed to local shops and residents encouraging people to spend their money in the precinct. The same image and message were produced in a series of half page ads in the weeks leading up to the 18^th in the pages of the City News. At the start of the month, the City News donated a cover feature with the Shop Local message profiling a local retailer, reinforcing the importance of supporting local shops. An eight tabloid sized guide to the local precinct was also produced profiling local businesses and services countering the impression that Pyrmont lacks a retail base. Fifty thousand copies of the supplement were printed and produced on newsprint in the pages of the City News and the City Hub on August 18^th 2011. Participating businesses needed to join the Chamber and were eligible to receive half price ads, with the Alternative Media Group donating the other half of all print ad costs. The eight page supplement appeared in the Alternative Media Group’s annual BEST OF SYDNEY guide PLUS An additional 10,000 copies were produced on a glossy 52 gsm which was trimmed and stapled. Post cards were widely distributed to businesses throughout the peninsula. The glossy brochure was distributed to businesses in Pyrmont, Ultimo and Glebe as well as to apartment units throughout the peninsula.
To combat the perception that Pyrmont and Ultimo are lacking in general retail and in personal services and to counter the prevailing view that the precinct does not have much on offer generally, the PUCC ran a series of ads which highlighted events and profiled businesses in the precinct. At the centre of Pyrmont is Star City casino, whose Lyric theatre showcases a number of internationally renowned musicals and performances. As well, several existing and new music venues (including Rock Lily) in the casino regularly feature high profile performers. Monthly ads highlighted performances at the complex. On the Pyrmont side of Darling Harbour, the Maritime Museum has regular exhibitions which were featured as does the Sydney Heritage Fleet (both of whom are members). The Sydney Fish Markets also has regular events. In Ultimo, the Powerhouse has monthly exhibitions which were highlighted. At the Broadway Centre (in Ultimo) the Hoyts Cinema several dozen films screen daily in a large multiplex as does the IMAX at Darling Harbour. The campaign was intended to bring visitors from across inner city to the Peninsula and to encourage locals to spend time and money in the precinct. The ad ran monthly from November to October (except during the month of May when all activity focused on the Pyrmont Festival). Ad space was also allocated to promote quarterly networking events. Ten ads were run with half of the cost of the campaign donated by the Alternative Media Group
In addition to all of the above, the Chamber has held five quarterly networking events with tonight’s AGM being the fifth event. The first networking event was held at Seviches at 1 Harris Street. Held on Tuesday December 14^th, it was the Chamber’s official Christmas party. The event also featured Wine Tasting by the Mudgee Wine Association and served as an introduction to the upcoming Food, Wine & Art Festival in Pirrama Park. The second event was held on Wednesday 24 February and was cohosted with the Potts Point Business Partnership and the 2010 Business Partnership. In the lead up to the State election the Chamber hosted a Q&A with Don Page MP, Shadow Minister for Small Business and Commerce. Members were encouraged to bring their own questions for the candidate. A robust discussion about the issues and problems confronting local small businesses was held on the evening. On May 3 the 2011 Pyrmont Festival of Food, Wine and Art launched with a flourish on at Star City's smart new Bistro 8. The Members only launch event was lubricated by generous quantities of premium Mudgee wines and featured a number of distinguished guest speakers. Among them, Andrew Stein, President of MWGGA, noted that this was Mudgee's first-ever festival partnership with a Sydney precinct and vividly described Mudgee's "diverse range" of both wines and wine-makers .. "the youngest is just 27 and the oldest, over 70"... and the unprecedented success of the region's unique blended wine, Mudgee Gold. On Tuesday 9 August, members returned to Bistro 80 for a sneak preview of the changes coming to the casino. Members were treated to a special hard hat tour of the billion dollar facility which promises to be an entertainment destination, featuring more than 20 new restaurants, bars and cafés, a new five star hotel and spa, retail boutiques, an international nightclub and a fully refurbished casino. The event was booked out and was over capacity with three groups donning hard hats and looking behind the scenes at the soon to open complex.
A monthly newsletter has been generated. Broadcasts went out to a data base of 900 plus local businesses Monthly newsletters provided local businesses with news and information about a range of activities on the Peninsula. As well as keeping members informed about the Chamber’s own events, newsletters provided extensive coverage of a range of developments on the peninsula, including a massive redevelopment of UTS (complete with a new building by Frank Gehry), the redevelopment of the CUB site directly across Broadway and the billion dollar makeover of the Casino. In addition, newsletters included profiles of members, paparazzi shots from quarterly networking events and general information about changes to management at key institutions in the precinct. Content from the newsletters was uploaded to the website, with newsletters providing a link to the site, invite members to “click through” for additional information.
This year’s accomplishments would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of the executive committee. So a big thanks to:
Rob McCourt, Secretary
Bruce Napthali, Treasurer
And Sherryl Ryan, Margaret McCue and Brenda Rea who have served on the committee in at large roles.
For the last three months, the executive committee of the PUCC has worked tirelessly to prepare a three year business plan as part of the new arduous requirements by the City of Sydney for Chambers of Commerce to receive economic development funding. The Chamber retained the services of Charles Perry to write and prepare the plan, which is nearly ready for submission. Next year the Chamber will again seek funding to hold our successful food and wine festival and shop local campaign. We look forward to the coming year and thank the local business community to promote and champion the local precinct.

Annual General Meeting Oct 25 at Doltone House

Annual General Meeting Oct. 25 at Doltone House

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WHAT: Pyrmont Ultimo Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting

Members are invited to discuss reports from the past year’s activities, committee elections and general business. The invitation and AGM documents are on the PUCC home page, click on AGM documents to view and download.

WHEN: Tuesday, 25 Oct. from 6 pm to 8 pm.

WHERE: Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont.

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NOTE: This event is members only. To apply for membership, download the form at www.pucc.com.au and bring it, with payment, to the event.

Pyrmont Ultimo Chamber of Commerce networking at Star City

Networking and nosh at The Star

See the changes coming to The Star NOTE: This event is booked out

entertainmentfacade The Pyrmont Ultimo Chamber of Commerce is holding a networking session at The Star with a guided hard-hat tour of the venue, followed by a networking session over drinks and canapés at Bistro 80 Wine Bar.

Star City recently confirmed its new name and identity, The Star, as its new look nears completion.

The Star is scheduled to open on 15 September and promises to be an entertainment destination, featuring more than 20 new restaurants, bars and cafés, a new five star hotel and spa, retail boutiques, an international nightclub and a fully refurbished casino.

Where: Bistro 80 Wine Bar, Level 2, Star City, 80 Pyrmont St Pyrmont

When: Tuesday 9 August, 5pm to 7pm

For more information on the redevelopment, please visit www.futurestar.com.au.

Attendance numbers are strictly limited so RSVP today.

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See you there!

Small Business Q&A

smallbusiness_qa Pyrmont-Ultimo Chamber of Commerce, Darlinghurst Business Partnership and Potts Point Partnership are co-hosting a Small Business Q & A.

Our guest speaker is Don Page MP, Shadow Minister for Small Business and Commerce.

Meet Don Page MP and bring your own questions for the candidate in the lead up to the upcoming State election.

• How would a Coalition State government change policies toward small business in NSW
• Can the character of Sydney's village precincts be saved if small businesses die off?
• Will a Coalition government eliminate bureaucratic red tape for small businesses?
• Will a Coalition government support the creation of a Small Business Advisory Group to support local businesses?

WEDNESDAY 24 February 2011
6PM TO 8PM

CLUB SWANS
28 Darlinghurst Road
Potts Point NSW 2011

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