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World Customs Organisation recognises CCES courses
On 26 January 2010 the Secretary-General of the World Customs Organization, Mr Kunio Mikuriya, together with a large cross-section of the customs community, celebrated International Customs Day at WCO headquarters in Brussels. During an historic ceremony, Mr Mikuriya awarded Certificates of Recognition to three universities whose academic programs comply fully with the WCO international standards [...]
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Last Chance to Benchmark Your International Business
How do your global plans stack up against other Australian businesses? How has the global economic downturn changed the trends and outlook for exporting and investing offshore over the last 12 months? Which offshore destinations are you targeting and why?
EFIC’s annual Global Readiness index (GRi) researches the current destinations for exporters and offshore investors, their [...]
Canberran recognised as Australian Export Hero
As we all know many people outside Canberra still think of the capital as a Government town. What they do not appreciate is that we have a dynamic business community many of which have taken on the world and won.
One of our success stories is CEA Technologies founded in 1983 by David Gaul and his [...]
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Launch of the 2010 ACT Chief Minister’s Export Awards Program
As Canberra Business Council begins its preparations for the launch of the 2010 ACT Chief Minister’s Awards Program on 27 April 2010 it is timely for ACT and surrounding region businesses to start thinking about their current export activities.
As General Manager of Recruitment Systems, an ICT software company based in Canberra I have always seen real [...]
The ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement to start on 1 January 2010. What you should be doing now!
Author: Andrew Hudson, Partner at Hunt & Hunt
Although it has been the subject of some media coverage, we are pleased to provide the following reminder as to the commencement of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (“AANZFTA”) on 1 January 2010.
The AANZFTA establishes the ”ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area” and confers a number of advantages [...]
A Tale of Two Economies
I recently had the privilege to travel with the Chief Minister and a group of local ACT companies, on a business mission to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United Kingdom (UK).
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2009 ACT Export Awards recognise leading regional businesses
The ACT Export Awards have rightly earned the reputation as one of the most prestigious and significant industry awards on the Territory’s business calendar.
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Introducing the new President of the ACT Exporters’ Network
It is with great pleasure that I have accepted the position of President of the ACT Exporters Network.
I think it can be said that I have devoted all of my working life to international business; whether it was my first job as a Japanese tour guide, over 20 years with Austrade, and now with local [...]
Pitch Club and mentorship support for the ACT export community
The ACT Exporters’ Network established Pitch Club in August 2009 to provide an opportunity for new and emerging exporters to ‘pitch’ their export objective and strategy to a panel of experienced exporters and industry specialists.
Pitch Club is a capacity building program, designed to boost entrepreneurship and growth within the local export community.
The basic premise is [...]
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Intelledox Expands Footprint into Asia