Casino Chamber of Commerce

Welcome to the Casino Chamber of Commerce. From here you can access local business and service information from our Business Directory. Businesses have various contact details listed and links to emails, websites, maps and a single webpage on this site if they have one. We also supply a list of important local links, recent news articles, coming events in Casino and much more.

CASINO is the bustling, commercial centre of the Richmond Valley, and is situated on the North Coast of NSW. All roads lead to Casino as it is the junction centre of five major highways. Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Byron Bay, Grafton & Tenterfield are all within 2.5 hours drive. It is 1 hour from the local beaches of Evans Head and Ballina and 1 hour from nation ranges and parks. Air travel to Sydney is available from the Lismore Airport which is situated only 20 minutes away.
Casino is home to Casino Beef week, The Northern Co-op Meat Co being one of its largest employers of the area. It is surrounded by a number of small villages situated amongst lush thriving rural areas producing beef, soya bean, wheat and barley.
The town centre is a thriving business community, and provides every service one would require. The business directory listed in this website will provide you with information on whatever business you require.

Casino has a population of 9860 in 2006 with 4323 houses

Things to see and do in Casino:
• Unravel the towns past at the Casino Museum
• Saunter through the towns lovely parklands along the Richmond River and visit the Platypus Pool below the Irving Bridge
• Take in the Art Deco buildings of the town centre and experience the miniature train trip
• Beef week in May focuses on the areas most important industry with fashion parade, talent quests, country music, rodeo and street parade and the crowning of the Beef week queen.

Member Benefits

The Richmond River Express Examiner & Chamber unite to offer fantastic advertising rates for members!
There are two sizes of advertising available as follows:

100 x 2 colour would normally cost $168.20 BUT FOR members who choose to be included in the Chamber page the charge will only be $107.27 (a saving of $60.93)

150 x 2 colour would normally cost $252.75 BUT FOR members who choose to be included in the Chamber page the charge will only be $160.91 (a massive saving of $91.84)!

There is no commitment to repeat your advertisement and the offer will be provided each two months to any member wishing to take it up.

This is such a fantastic benefit for members and represents a great opportunity for the Chamber to present a united message to the entire Richmond Valley.

To take up this offer please contact Dennis by telephone on 66622666 or email dennis.ford@northernstar.com.au

February 2010 Chamber Meeting

If you missed our first meeting for 2010 held on 2nd February our guest speaker was David Howard of Partners Energy – a local company focussed on advising how to reduce dependence on energy in the home and at work. Today’s building regulations are all aimed at reduced energy use. Partners Energy can help!

With the impending rise of electricity looming and posing a real threat to the bottom line profits of business and industry Partners Energy can assist with energy audits to reduce your costs.

Presently there are a number of State and Federal Government schemes which are aimed at assisting Small Businesses and Home Owners/Landlords reduce the cost of their electricity and water accounts and reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from industry and residents.

DON’T LET THE RISING COST OF ENERGY EAT INTO YOUR PROFITS!

NSW Government Small Business Energy Efficiency
The State Government is currently offering FREE Small Business Energy Assessments, for businesses which use up to $20,000 of electricity p.a.

Also in this scheme is a GRANT to assist the business upgrade equipment to reduce their electricity bills. This GRANT is up to $5,000 and is a 50% cost for the upgrades which the business owner chooses to undertake. There is no requirement to undertake any work at all.

Federal Government Green Loans Program

The Federal Government is currently offering FREE home sustainability assessments to Owner-occupiers, Renters and Landlords Home Assessments (usually valued at over $250.00) will advise householders of the most efficient and cost-effective environmental solutions for their property (inc. govt rebates) At NO COST a qualified home assessor can visit your home and suggest the best energy and water saving actions for your property Energy and water-saving changes you choose to implement can be as simple or as large as you like - an interest-free Government 'Green Loan' of up to $10,000 is also available.
For more information contact David and his staff at www.partnersenergy.com.au