BRANCH UPDATE Pawel Podolski NECA VIC Executive Director Dean Spicer NECA VIC President
WELCOME TO THE FIRST EDITION OF THE VICTORIAN NECA NEWS UPDATE FOR 2022. HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME REST OVER THE FESTIVE SEASON, AND ARE FULL OF ENERGY TO MEET THE INCREASED DEMAND WE’RE SEEING IN MANY POCKETS OF THE INDUSTRY.
NECA industry update Late last year, NECA Victoria sent out an industry update to our members. Through NECA’s role, we get to engage with a broad range of stakeholders and participants. I believe it is useful for all of our industry to understand some of the structural drivers and perhaps what to expect over the coming months – despite the many uncertainties that will still need to be navigated this year.
areas. The most encouraging result was that, despite the challenges of the last few years, the overall mood was one of optimism, which bodes well for our industry going forward into the 2020s.”
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I share the executive summary with you here. If you are interested in the full white-paper, this can be accessed at www.bit.ly/vicupdate2021: “When we wrote last year’s industry update, we thought – or perhaps hoped! – that the end of COVID-19 was in sight. In retrospect, it’s probably just as well we didn’t know then what we do now! Given the upheaval COVID-19 has brought to the whole world, you would be forgiven for thinking that it would have a seismic effect on our industry as well. … COVID-19 has influenced the way we do business to some extent – contact with suppliers for instance, has been more remote than previously. The biggest impact of the pandemic though, seems to be larger companies moving away from commercial contracts into other
NECA VIC Excellence Awards The NECA VIC Virtual Excellence Awards were held on Friday 11 February, and were a great success despite the virtual format. Up to 900 people joined the celebrations from the comfort of their offices and/ or homes. There were some wonderful projects showcased. If you have not previously participated in the awards, and want to get a flavour of the projects and the exposure organisations receive by participating, an on-demand replay is available at www.bit.ly/vicawards2021 Nominations are now open for 2022. You’ve asked and we’ve listened! There’s a new Small Business Award this year, so I advise all our smaller members to take the opportunity to showcase the projects you’ve been working on.
April 2022
