Battlefords Chamber of Commerce is continuing to deal with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. At this week’s meeting virtual meeting, Chief Operating Officer Linda Machniak reported some challenges businesses have been facing during the re-opening.
Machniak noted some of the personal services businesses were reporting that customers weren’t necessarily coming back now that they were open.
As well, there were reports of employees who did not want to return to work because they were on the Canada Emergency Response Benefit. These were common themes across the province, she said.
Later in the meeting she pointed to another issue they were hearing about: that businesses in some locations were finding difficulties getting quotes for insurance.
Members were urged to make the chamber aware of any business-related COVID-19 issues or concerns they were facing so that the chamber could advocate on their behalf.
