The Regional Business Partners Network has more funding available for tourism related businesses in the Queenstown Lakes district.

If you are a tourism business or supply a tourism business you could be eligible for upto $5000 funding for advice and support plus another $5000 for implementation of that business advice.

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Have you heard about the tourism communities: support, recovery and re-set plan?

IT Centre is a registered service provider with the Regional Business Partners Network and we are currently supporting clients, funded by the RBP, through the ongoing effects of the pandemic. You too may be eligible for 100% funding towards advice and implementation of this advice.

WHO?

The Tourism Communities: Support, Recovery and Re-set Plan is government funding that targets tourism businesses physically based in the Queenstown Lakes District. Tourism businesses are those where 50% of operational output is/was purchased by tourists (domestic and/or international) or those that supply tourism businesses.
For more details about the fund and eligibility criteria click here.  

WHAT?
The funding is administered by Otago RBP Growth Advisors, and provides a number of initiatives focusing on ensuring tourism is more sustainable and resilient in the future and includes:
Business Advisory Support: (up to $5,000 per business operation) to enable businesses to receive expert advice and support, such as on changing target markets, or scaling their business.  
Implementation Support: Grants for businesses to implement business advice (up to $5,000 per business operation). 

What can you get advice on?

We can supply advice and service related to: –

• Business Continuity planning – e.g. what you need to consider and put in place to keep your IT Systems and data safe
• Digital enablement – e.g. advice on moving to cloud based systems and the benefits to your business, identify business systems and processes that could be made more efficient and resilient by the use, or better use, of cloud technologies

If your business is physically located within the Queenstown Lakes District and is a ‘tourism business’, please register with Regional Business Partners here.
If you are already registered, please indicate your interest in the funding by emailing support@otagorbp.co.nz or by contacting your Growth Advisor.

If you want to find out more about how you can take advantage of this funding call us today on +64 3 443 5499 or email us at help@itcentre.nz.

We are pleased to announce HP’s latest End-User Cashback available from 1st May – 31st July 2020.

To read the full terms and conditions please visit hp.co.nz/cashback

Call Us Now for pricing and availability 03 443 5499

How to redeem your cashback

Upload a copy of your proof of purchase and serial number by 7th August 2020 to the HP website hp.co.nz/cashback

Free Contact Tracking Form

Updated Friday 8th May

This Contact Tracking form is made possible by the power of Microsoft Forms which is part of Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365). You can do similar things with Google forms.

Call us on 03 443 5499, or contact us here, if you want to know what else can be done with your Microsoft 365 subscription, such as using SharePoint for cloud based document management and sharing for remote working, enterprise class email and calendaring or using Teams for collaboration and remote team working.

About Contact Tracking

It’s not clear what the exact requirements for contact tracking will be but this is a simple and cheap way you can start.

There are multiple ways of recording this sort of information and this may only be one way you use for your business for example you may have a manual register you use for people who don’t have a cell phone. Alternatively you could complete the form on their behalf.

Instructions

You may want to print these instructions before starting

Step 1. Create a form

• Click this link to go to forms.office.com
• Click Get Started and login with your Microsoft 365 or Microsoft personal account credentials if prompted
• Click New Form
• Click on the form title to edit it, you might want to add your business name. You can also enter a description.

Step 2. Add some questions

• Click the Add new button to add questions to get the information you want e.g. Name, phone number and who they are visiting

Step 3. Optional Extras

• Add a Health & Safety message
• Have customers choose a checkbox to agree to your terms of entry
• Add your company logo
• Change the theme of the form

Step 4. Click Send

• Make sure under Send and collect responses it says “Anyone with link can respond”
• Optionally Copy the link and save it somewhere so you can send it to people you know will be visiting
• Download a QR code by clicking the small circle with 3 squares, then click Download
• Print it and stick it on your door

Step 5. Good to GO!

• Your contact tracking register is now good to go
• We suggest you test the form your self and get used to using it

How visitors use it

• For an iPhone or a newer Android simply open the camera and point it at the QR code then tap the link that pops up
• For an older Android phone, open the camera, click on the Google Lens icon (normally a small square with a dot in the middle), point it at the QR code then tap the link that pops up
• Complete the form and tap Submit

Checking and downloading contact information

• Open Microsoft Forms in your browser – here’s a handy link forms.office.com
• You may need to sign in again
• Click the Responses tab and you can view submitted forms and see summary data
• Click Open in Excel to download an Excel spreadsheet containing all the forms submitted to date

Other Ideas

• Create a leaving form with just a name field so visitors can sign out when they leave
• Email, text or message a link to the form to people you know will be visiting you so they can just click on the link
• Provide temporary wireless network access for visitors who don’t have data on their phones

More Help

If you would like more help with set-up or customisation click here to contact us (our normal charges & Terms and Conditions apply).

What people have been saying about our free form…

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Thanks to IT Centre we have been able to make up a registry that requires no paperwork. Customers & Contractors can simply open up the camera on their iPhone or Android and it will redirect them to fill out our Contact Tracing Registry” “… thanks guys that is really cool will save us heaps of paperwork

Chris and Glenys Cowling, Tauranga ITM

Thanks team, that’s really easy. We’ll print it out on vinyl in reverse and stick it to the inside of our window

Sean & Claire O’Connell, Wanaka Signs

Wow, that’s really easy, thank you!

Sarah Burdon, The Camp, Lake Hawea

Fixed Price Setup

If you, a friend or family member is having trouble getting on the latest video conference app, IT Centre are here to help. Whether it is Skype, Zoom, Teams, FaceBook Messenger or another system, everyone wants to be able to reach out to others in this challenging time.

For a fixed fee we will get you connected on your computer or mobile device to one of these systems and give you a quick tutorial on how to use it.

If we can’t get you connected there is no charge.

This service can also be purchased on behalf of someone anywhere in New Zealand so why not give a gift to a relative or friend who isn’t connected yet, with our remote support tools we can pay a virtual visit and set them up.

To find out how you can take advantage of this offer

Email help@itcentre.nz or Call Us Now on 443 5499