Tamworth's Regional Business Summit is back with a packed program of presentations and guest speakers, after it was cancelled twice last year due to COVID-19.

And this year, how to find and keep the right staff will be in the spotlight, Tamworth Business Chamber director Jye Segboer said.

"There's nothing better than being in a room full of colleagues and like-minded business operators to share discussions," he said.

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"One of the big things is staff and that's why we're having such a strong focus on staff - attracting the right staff and how to retain staff into the future.

"It's the one thing you hear from businesses across the region, is 'I can't get enough people or find the right person', so we really want to take a focus on that."

The summit will run for two days at the end of the month and feature keynote speakers from the business world.

Warriors NRL chief executive Cameron George will speak at the event, after the city played host to the team twice last year for quarantine.

He will be joined by Gruen panellist Carolyn Miller, author and entrepreneur Andrew Griffiths, martial arts expert Nadine Champion and war veteran Damien Thomlinson.

Business leaders will also give presentations at the event.

The cancellation of two summits last year was a blow for the business community, but Mr Segboer said the chamber kept working hard through COVID-19.

"We helped over 95 businesses throughout our local region ... we've been very busy throughout this time," he said.

"We've certainly seen a small decline in membership, but for many reasons - some has been change of ownership, some has been closures, some has been that they just financially don't see the benefit being involved in the chamber.

"On the plus side of that, our increased activities has seen more businesses get involved."

Mr Segboer said the summit won't be all about reflecting - it will be about moving forward. Despite the looming cut off date for JobKeeper payments, he was confident the business community would continue to thrive.

"I think across our region business are doing very well at the moment ... so at the moment we don't think the JobKeeper drop off will affect our region in particular very much, but certainly we will be there to assist any business into the future."

The summit will run on March 24 and 25 at Tamworth Town Hall and tickets are available online.

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