2020 BackSA Gift Guide

92.63% OF SABUSINESSES ARE SMALL BUSINESSES* (1-20 employees) Your local bank This gift guide is one of many ways BankSA backs South Australia. Here are a few others: LENDING BankSA helps keep the economy moving by lending to home buyers and local businesses. ESTABLISHING THE MIT LIVING LAB The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has helped cities like Adelaide build a roadmap to economic growth. As the major sponsor of Adelaide’s Living Lab, BankSA is investing in this state’s future. GRADUATE PROGRAM As one of the state’s largest employers, BankSA provides great opportunities for South Australians. Our annual graduate program opens for applications in March 2021. Visit banksa.com.au BUSHFIRE GRANTS In 2020, BankSA Foundation donated $120,000 to help SA communities recover and rebuild from bush res. 82%OF SMALL &MEDIUM BUSINESSES have experienced a negative impact, due to COVID-19* The industries hardest hit by COVID-19 are some of SA's biggest ACCOMMODATION+ FOOD&BEVERAGE “BankSA has been imperative to our survival! As a small business, their support, in terms of managing nances during di cult times, has been amazing. They really value small businesses in the state, and prove it time and time again with initiatives like this gift guide.” – Nadine Crampton, Semaphore Pets & Garden HANS KUNNEN, ECONOMIST, BANKSA “Small businesses employ tens of thousands of people. They don’t compete against the global giants. And they don’t tend to have large amounts of capital (bank balances), so if things get tough, they can’t last as long. When you shop locally, you buildwealth and employment locally. The dollars stay in South Australia.” EXPERT VIEW Why it is important to support small businesses #webacksa It's never been more important to support local. As an intrinsic part of the South Australian community, BankSA helps small businesses not just survive, but thrive. 49% of South Aussies* say it’s di cult to knowwhat to buy for Christmas. So BankSA made a gift guide that supports SA businesses. Did you know? “Buy fromamate, helpout the state. Twobirds, one gift.” – Piping Shrike BANKSA.COM.AU  29 *BankSA Image Tracking October 2019 Special Topic – Christmas Spending – Report / Covid Insights Tracker - Fortnightly SME Presentation