Treat employees like your family
beneficial to all. Everything in moderation though, as returning to work is inevitable on the majority of occasions. WHO IS ON YOUR BUSINESS MOBILE’S SPEED DIAL? The business mobile doesn’t have speed dial, but it does have the contact details of the wonderful crew of tradesman who drop or rearrange their day to help us with our emergencies in the hectic world of body corporate administration. IF YOU HAD $1 MILLION SPARE, WHAT INDUSTRY WOULD YOU BE INVESTING IN NOW? Oh to have a million dollars spare (laughs) …. If this was indeed the case, I would invest in renewable energy industries and in groups like Save Our Spit, to stop land grabs and high-rise developments on Crown land, public parklands and marine parks. WHAT SHOULD GOLD COAST PRIMARY STUDENTS BE STUDYING? The basic “3Rs” – reading, writing and arithmetic. I have seen much time-poor spelling, the inability to calculate in your head and total disinterest in reading. Everyone is too preoccupied with the digital world. YOUR BIGGEST FRUSTRATION DOING BUSI- NESS ON THE GOLD COAST? AND HOW CAN WE FIX IT? The traffic congestion in getting from A to B for property inspections, meetings and banking. All take a huge piece out of the working day. Another frustration is emails – the continual flow of emails and the expectation of immediate action. If you receive 50 emails a day, and take an average of 10 minutes to action them, this equates to 8.5 hours – longer than a working day. It can easily become impossible to action them all within a working day. I can’t see an easy solution, other than the sender’s patience. BRUMBY’S Bakery’s Gold Coast franchisees got the Easter spirit, getting behind the brand’s charity partner, The Smith Family.
This year 25¢ from every six-pack of hot crossed buns sold at Easter raised $20,000 nationally for the charity.
On the Coast, Brumby’s Bakery Benowa Gardens franchise partner Tania Whitewood said local customers jumped on board to get behind the cause.
Well done.
Brumby’s helps Smith Family