Business hub bustles

QUEENSCLIFF Marina’s Business Hub was packed over summer with holidaymakers utilising the quiet space to keep up to date with work commitments.

Owner Arash Harandian said boat owners docked at the marina, holidaymakers staying in town and local small business owners filled the desks daily.

“These are people who are either staying on their boat at the marina or in one of the many holiday accommodations around town who need to take a break to get some work done during their family holiday,” Mr Harandian said.

“It’s not easy to concentrate when everyone is having a fun time and making noise, and the Hub offers a retreat in a sense for people to focus on their work for a few hours and not interrupt their family holiday.”

He said demand for a space like this for those on holiday was so great that he had just announced a new partnership with Lorraine Golightly and the team at BIG4 Beacon Resort Queenscliff to be the Resort’s official Business Hub for their guests.

He said the growing participation from local sole traders and small business owners is a testament to a growing acceptance of the idea of shared workspaces.

“Co-working has been seen as very much a ‘city thing’ but regional business owners have just as much need for a professional work and meeting space as their Melbourne counterparts, and we are getting professionals and tradespeople alike coming in,” Mr Harandian said.

“We’ll soon be developing our new program of events to help business owners learn new skills and grow their operations in 2018.”

For more information, go to bhqm.com.au.