I&I NSW BUSINESS PROGRAMS Presented by: Malcolm St Hill Business Development Manager, Hunter Level 3, 251 Wharf Road, Newcastle Tel:

I&I NSW Business Programs – Malcolm St hill Starting a business Business Advisory Service (Tel: )  Free business advice  Low cost business training Smallbiz website  Information and templates  Events Calendar

I&I NSW Business Programs – Malcolm St hill Managing & growing a business Growing Phase  New Market Expansion Program  Home Based Business  Aboriginal Business Development  Mentoring through Women in Business Mentor Program or Stepping Up Program  Business Clusters  Business planning

I&I NSW Business Programs – Malcolm St hill Managing & growing a business Expansion  Regional Business Development Scheme/Hunter Advantage Fund  Payroll Tax Incentive Scheme Innovation  Innovation Advisory Service  Australian Technology Showcase  Innovation Clusters

I&I NSW Business Programs – Malcolm St hill Investment attraction Hunter Advantage Fund  91 Projects Assisted with expected Investment of $430million & 2900 new & retained FTEs  Examples: –Ampcontrol (manufacturing) –Jetstar (aerospace) –Ulrich Aluminium (manufacturing)  $3 million additional funding announced 28/05/09

I&I NSW Business Programs – Malcolm St hill Investment attraction (cont.)  Volgren, will build state-of-the-art buses from new facilities in Tomago. 250 jobs.  Forgacs will build hull blocks for the Navy’s three Air Warfare Destroyers. 200 jobs and $10 million in investment.  Dungog Shire, I&I NSW and Hunter Water Corporation (HWC) have established a $500,000 fund to encourage new business investment and job creation in the Dungog LGA.

I&I NSW Business Programs – Malcolm St hill Managing & growing a business Exporting  Trade Mission & Market Visit Program  New Export Opportunities Program  Services Export Toolkit (from smallbiz website)  Exporters Network (register at  Export Advisers including Sharon Foster in the Central Coast Office and Dean Irwin, Newcastle

I&I NSW Business Programs – Malcolm St hill Innovation  Hunter & Central Coast Innovation Festivals 2008, 2009  Innovate the Hunter – (HunterNet/HVRF research) Innovative businesses: –are more diversified (markets & products) –look to the future and have an outward focus –share knowledge (helping and learning); and they grow faster; stay in business longer; and employ more and export more

I&I NSW Business Programs – Malcolm St hill Small Business September 2009  Annual celebration of small business & its contribution to the economy of NSW  Events include seminars, workshops, expos and award presentations  Full details on: 

I&I NSW Business Programs – Malcolm St hill Specialised activities supporting business Regional Tours  Bringing buyers/investors to regional areas e.g. food, investment, boutique wines Travelling Experts  Bringing specialist speakers to regions to conduct workshops Parliamentary Showcase  Hunter Central Coast food and wine producers – Parliament House Sydney 22 June 2009

I&I NSW Business Programs – Malcolm St hill Specialised activities supporting business Newsletters  Monthly Central Coast and Hunter e-newsletter for businesses  Innovation newsletter  FoodBytes newsletter

I&I NSW Business Programs – Malcolm St hill Strategic Projects  DAREZ/Williamtown Aerospace Centre  H-DISC – Defence Project Officer  Freight Hub Hunter Project  Hunter Bio Tx