Tasmanian Business Reporter February 2017

10 Tasmanian Business Reporter - FEBRUARY 2017
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Fine design recognised
HOBART business owner
Lucy Given has been
named as the first Retailer
of the Year winner in
the Gift and Life Instyle
Awards (GALA) and will
go on to represent Australia
in Chicago at the
IHA Global Innovation
Awards in March.
Lucy created LUC. design
in 2013, drawing on
her 25 years’ experience
in both commercial and
residential interior design
and retail.
Now the design store
offers those in Tasmania
a go-to source for
interesting, iconic and
well-designed products.
“Tasmania is a small
state and it is always a
challenge in any retail environment
to be competitive
and unique,” Lucy
says.
“It is such an honour
to have achieved national
Award winner Lucy Given from LUC design
recognition and be able
to represent Australia.”
The IHA Global Innovation
Awards (GIA)
were created as a means
of fostering innovation
and excellence in housewares
retailing around
the word. LUC. design
store will be one of the
national winners nominated
for the awards,
judged by an internationally
acclaimed
panel of
retail experts.
LUC. design
store will also
be recognised
among other
great Australian
brands and stores
at the annual Gift
and Life Instyle
Awards night,
held at the end
of day one of the
five-day Reed
Gift Fairs Sydney
event.
“The GALA
awards have
helped my business
and its
growth, along with
providing a platform to
be able to inspire people
to love great design and
make beautiful homewares
part of everyday
life.”
IN BRIEF
Loan guarantee
pilot scheme
Henty’s new
golden touch.
New truck retail
outlet for Tas
Thinking of selling or
buying a business?
THE State Government will pilot
a $500,000 loan guarantee
scheme, initially only for businesses
in the North West and
West Coasts, to support business
and job expansion.
Guarantees of between
$30,000 and $50,000 for up to
five years for Tasmanian-owned
businesses will be on offer in a
bid to generate up to $2.5 million
in local economic activity.
Under this scheme, the Government
will provide a guarantee
to successful applicants of
up to 20 per cent of the total
principal required for the purchase
of freehold property or
plant and equipment.
Applications will be open until
October 31, or when the total
guarantee limit is met.
For more information contact
Business Tasmania on 1800
440 026.
TASMANIA’S struggling mining
sector received a boost
last month with the first pour
at the Henty gold mine since
new owners restarted the operation.
The mine near Queenstown
had been in care and maintenance
mode since 2015 – with
150 jobs lost during the downturn.
It returned to production last
year when Diversified Minerals
bought it and employed 120
people to return it to operation.
Diversified started blasting
on site in the elusive hunt for
gold last September and the
first pour of a 300 ounce gold
bar took place in January.
It has been reported that
the operation needs to produce
1600 ounces of gold per
month to remain viable.
AUSTRALIAN parts retailer
and distributor Truckline and
Minecorp Tasmania have joined
forces to open CMF Solutions
retail outlets in two locations in
Tasmania – Spreyton and Hobart
– with the aim of providing
a huge range of truck and trailer
parts “straight off the shelf”
for Tasmanian customers.
Truckline is Australia’s largest
retailer of aftermarket truck
and trailer parts supporting all
makes and models of North
American, European and Japanese
commercial vehicles.
CMF Solutions, operating as
a Truckline reseller, opened in
Spreyton last October and in
Hobart last month.
CMF Solutions Director Michael
Coleman said the company’s
goal was to have a
wide range of product on their
shelves.
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Steering MONA’s
Macquarie vision
MARY Massina has started
her six-month stint as interim
Chief Executive
Officer
of the
Macquarie
Point Development
Corporation
to help bring
MONA’s
futuristic
vision for the
prime site to
life.
Business Mary Massina
and industry
welcomed Ms Massina’s appointment
after the resignation
of Liz Jack from the role.
Ms Massina had been the
Tasmanian Director of the
Property Council, and most
recently the Executive Chair of
the Planning Reform Taskforce.
She said she was excited by
the opportunity to start consolidating
MONA’s $2 billion,
30-year vision, which includes
accommodation, exhibition
space, commercial and conference
areas, a Tasmanian
Aboriginal history centre and
light rail as well as port developments.
The Government will conduct
an extensive nation-wide
recruitment process for the
permanent position in the
coming months.
New MyState
retail head
MYSTATE has created a new
position of General Manager,
Retail Banking Sales and
Service, which will be filled
by Kate Dean.
Mrs Dean will be responsible
for the performance of
the group’s branch networks
in Tasmania and central
Queensland and the development
of the group’s contact
centre.
As a
member of
the MyState
executive
team she
will report
to MyState
Managing
Director and
Chief Executive
Officer,
Melos Sulicich.
Kate Dean
Mrs Dean
has been Chief Sales and
Marketing Officer at Tasmania-based
B&E Personal
Banking.
Her appointment will enable
Huw Bough to take up the role
of General Manager, Broker,
focusing on the national mortgage
broker channel.