Inspiring Local Stories

2020 has been a year full of surprises for Rebecca and the team at Capital Chemist. At the start of the New Year the team was busy making sure their patients affected by the bushfires received their medication, followed by a seven week project to expand the store where they added three consultation rooms and a dispensing robot just before the pande...

Launching in 1969, Canberra Rubber Stamps & Signs (CRSS) is a family-run business that has been running for the last 51 years. The store was founded by Ross Miles. The business started as a humble rubber stamp shop, CRSS expanded into other things like signage, name badges & Engraving. CRSS is a family-run business, now run by Ross Miles’...

As Calwell locals, Kathleen and Elise had long ties to Capital Chemist, a fixture in their community since 1992. Elise got the chance to purchase the branch in 2006, while Kathleen jumped on board in 2016. Capital Chemist was Kathleen’s local pharmacy since she was a child, while Elise worked at the pharmacy as an assistant when she was a teenage...

Alex and her partner John started building their health food supermarket and café business from scratch in 2017, with a focus on providing affordable health foods for their local community. The business was affected by the bushfires which made the impact of the ensuing pandemic even more pronounced for local businesses across large parts of Austra...