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Monthly Archives: July 2009
The ACT Exporters’ Network welcomes Mr Grant Cothran, International Investment Manager, Virginia Economic Development Partnership to the ACT
“Watch this space” for your opportunity to participate in an upcoming event with Mr Grant Cothran, who is the International Investment Manager for the Virginia Economic Development Partnership. This event will provide a limited number of exporters with a unique opportunity to get hands-on advice about the mass of opportunities and support available in the [...]
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Pitch Club for ACT Exporters
The ACT Exporters’ Network has recently established a new initiative called ‘Pitch Club’.
Pitch Club is a capacity building program, designed to boost entrepreneurship, innovation and growth within the local export community.
The concept is that emerging exporters will be allocated 15 min to pitch their export objective and strategy to a panel of experienced exporters and [...]
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Student Connect Program
Members of the Canberra business community are invited to work with our key educational institutions to introduce final year students studying in the fields of accounting, ICT and electronics engineering to the ACT workplace through the StudentConnect program.
StudentConnect is an initiative of the ACT Government, which aims to introduce selected international students to employers in [...]
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Australia Records Trade Deficit in May as Global Recession Hits Home
According to trade data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics earlier this month, Australia recorded a seasonally adjusted trade deficit of $556 million in May 2009.
This figure was a $274 million increase on initial projected deficits .
Senator Kim Carr, Acting Minister for Trade at the time acknowledged that “while it is disappointing to see the value [...]
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Increased Funding Support for ACT Companies
From 1 July 2009, the ACT Government has increased the value of its TradeConnect export grant program to $10,000 per individual grant. Successful applicants are eligible for support of up to $30,000 over a three year period. For more information, please contact Laura Hartley at (02) 6205 3051 or Merlin Kong at (02) 6207 1641.
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Bionic Vision Science and Technology Initiative