Buy Local Campaign

Buying local goods and services creates many positives for our community – strengthening our local economy.

The aim of the buy local camaign is to promote the benefits of buying local by offering incentives to shop locally. Local businesses have supported this campaign by offering great deals to encourage you to buy local.

The Swan Hill region offers a wide range of the goods and services for your convenience. So before you look outside Swan Hill, Think Local – Buy Local

Support from the business community

The Buy Local Campaign was developed by the business community of Swan Hill as an initiative to reduce leakage from the local economy and maximum the benefit for our local community.

Acknowledgements

The Buy Local Campaign has been is a joint project of Swan Hill Incorporated the Swan Hill Rural City Council. The campaign has been supported $10,000 Brumby Labor Government grant as a part of the Provincial Victoria Buy Locally Program.

This initiative would not be possible without the generous contribution of campaign media partners The Guardian and 3SH / Mixx FM

Capability Register

An objective of the buy local campaign is to encourage business-to-business activity and increase the sourcing of goods and services from within the region.

To help locate potential suppliers/customers within the region, businesses are encouraged to register on the Regional Industry Link website

www.regionalindustrylink.com.au

Regional Industry Link (RIL) is a Victorian Government initiative to match the capability of regional industries with prospective buyers through the RIL website - bringing buyers and suppliers together to do business.

This initiative is managed by ICN Victoria. ICN is funded by the Victorian Government to replace imports, explore export opportunities and promote regional industry in order to assist in the economic growth of Victoria.

To view businesses within the Swan Hill Rural City that are already listed on the Regional Industry Link (RIL) click here

For further information please contact

Claire Oswin
Economic Development Officer
Swan Hill Rural City Council
Phone: 03 5032 3033
Email: coswin@swanhill.vic.gov.au