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Sport and Fitness Cluster Meeting
The Network’s Sport and Fitness Cluster is meeting on Thursday 5 May 2011 at Canberra Business Council’s new premises (216 Northbourne Avenue, Braddon) at 5:00pm.
If you are an exporter in the sport and fitness industry join us for networking and to share ideas and experiences. At this meeting Brendan Lynch (exSport) will also update members [...]
Effective Risk Management Seminars for ACT SMEs
CollabIT has secured DIISR funding through the ICT Supplier Advocate program to deliver cost-effective training to local ICT SMEs. Valued at $800 per person, the tailored training program will help companies to better manage risk as well as better communicate their risk management capabilities to customers. Managing risk was identified as the key training need [...]
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Providing performance bonds for overseas customers
Article provided by Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) …
Performance bonds are common requirements of international contracts. To remain competitive, exporters need to be able to provide them to overseas customers. However, a performance bond can be a significant percentage of the contract value. The difficulty for SME exporters is often that to issue a bond, [...]
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Austrade Webinar: Opportunities in the Chinese Wine Industry
Chinese wine production is growing rapidly supported by Chinese government industry incentives and demand from Chinese consumers. In addition to higher production there is an increasing demand for higher quality wines. As a result, Chinese winegrowers and producers are seeking to improve their vineyard management and winemaking techniques.
Join Austrade for a free webinar and [...]
Austrade International Education Seminar Series 2011
Austrade is holding seminars in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide on the latest trends, developments and opportunities in International Education.
International education is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world. However, tapping into this growth can be challenging as factors affecting demand vary considerably from market to market. Having up-to-date, high quality information [...]
ANU Students developing International Business Plans for Exporters
Are you interested in having ANU students developing an international business plan for you?
The international business plan is a major assessment component for third-year undergraduate and Masters students in ANU’s International Marketing/Global Marketing courses, with the students working in consulting teams for Australian SMEs wishing to sell their products or services in new foreign markets.
Six [...]
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ACT Chief Minister led Trade & Investment Mission
The ACT Government and Austrade invite Canberra-based businesses to expand their existing ASEAN business or take a closer look at opportunities in this dyanmic regional market, by joining the ACT Chief Minister, Jon Stanhope MLA on a business delegation to Malaysia, with the option to then also develop other opportunities in other ASEAN markets. The [...]
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Reminder: Austrade’s US Public Sector Mission
Only two weeks left to register for Austrade’s US Public Sector Mission, which will give participants the opportunity to explore the US US Federal, State and Local authorities alone are collectively the largest consumers of goods and services in the US, with annual expenditure estimated to be worth US$1.029 trillion annually. Now in a post-GFC [...]
UAE Forum
Join us from 5:00pm next Wednesday (16th March 2011) to meet with other exporters working in the UAE market. There’ll be plenty of time for networking and discussion, as well as the opportunity to hear from our speakers.
Speakers: Geoff Bell, Director, Science, Forensic and Engineering Centre, CIT and Professor David Widdowson, CEO, Centre for Customs & [...]
Inaugural Australia Arab Business Forum & Expo