AFTER five years of keeping local businesses up to date with the latest mobile phone technology, the Telstra Business Centre, located on the corner of Auburn and Clifford Sts is sadly no longer.
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A local real estate agent who licensed the building to Telstra contacted the Post on Tuesday afternoon to notify us of the business centre’s demise.
“Goulburn is currently in somewhat of a ‘growth spurt’ and for Telstra to do this is just misreading the signs completely,” he said.
This will now mean that businesses will have to travel to or contact the Mittagong or Canberra Telstra Business Centres or go to the Telstra store in Goulburn Plaza to purchase their phones or to sign up for a business phone plan.
Telstra Countrywide Area Manager for Southern NSW and the ACT, Chris Taylor explained the reason behind the centre’s closure.
“We made the decision some weeks ago to close the Goulburn Business Centre,” Mr Taylor said.
“The Business Centre has been struggling financially now for some time, simply because there hasn’t been enough business opportunities in the area to keep the centre sustainable.”
However Mr Taylor emphasised that the Telstra retail centre in Goulburn Plaza was thriving.
“We have a couple of employees in the retail centre that are business trained, so some of the simpler local business enquiries such as handset upgrades and business mobile phone plans can be handled at this location,” Mr Taylor said.
“But for more complex enquiries we will now refer the customer to the Canberra City Business Centre, and if their need is urgent we can send one of our representatives to them, rather than them having to come to us at the business centre.
In fact one of the people that works at the Canberra Business Centre actually lives in Goulburn and commutes down there everyday.”
Former Goulburn Business Centre Manager Bec O’Neill has been transferred to the Mittagong Business Centre and her fellow employee has sought employment with a local real estate agent.
The Canberra Telstra Business Centre is located in Bunda St, Canberra City, and for any enquiries you can contact them on 6267 2277.