Whilst Australia is experiencing another wave of COVID, and with Greater Sydney in lockdown, the feel from the business community seems to be one of resilience. For the most part, businesses have adapted and moved swiftly to remote working. The sentiment from a lot of corporates seems to be ‘business as usual’. However, there is a large contingent of small businesses significantly impacted by our latest shutdowns, cafés, restaurants, tourism, hospitality, gyms, hair and beauty salons. Some of these businesses may not recover from this shutdown, as short as we might see it. For some, it may be the final straw.

At EST10, it was a smooth transition, and we had plans in place and ‘mobilised’ seemingly quickly and efficiently, with our team meeting on Monday morning going ahead via Zoom, with no hitches. It is fortunate in some ways that we have been somewhat used to working remotely, and so it’s business as usual. Even our lovely Olivia has been working remotely as she travels around Australia at present–you may see some of her posts via our EST10 page, campfire and laptop combined! Whilst we are all busy working from home and grateful to be safe, I have to say, I am one to prefer the camaraderie and banter you have from a face-to-face office! 

This past month we were delighted to be involved in the Vinnies Sleepout and excited to have been able to raise $11,606! Thank you so much for all your support! We have signed up for it again next year and with a target of $20,000! You can read more about the experience ‘Sleeping Rough’ and the Vinnies CEO Sleepout.