1.UK Supermarket giant Sainsbury's shares insights  

Published 24 August 2010 in Sustainable Manufacturing Benchmarking Trade Opportunities & Marketing

Annie Graham, Head of Brand for Sainsbury’s – Sustainability, Agriculture and Health, visited New Zealand recently with an interest in sourcing NZ lamb in the off-season. She also joined a range of business representatives at a BusinessNZ roundtable to share her perspective and sustainable business insight.Read More

Tagged in: Exporting,Sustainable Manufacturing,Benchmarking,Trade Opportunities and Marketing

2.British High Commissioner: Why exporting matters to you  

Published 24 August 2010 in Sustainable Manufacturing Market & Technical Insight Trade Opportunities & Marketing

Just 10 weeks into office, British High Commissioner, Vicki Treadell shared her views recently at an Export Breakfast in Wellington. Her theme was internationalising the export of differentiated goods and services, which she advocates is essential to step change growth at both the firm and economy level.Read More

Tagged in: Exporting,Trade Opportunities and Marketing,Market and Technical Insight,Sustainable Manufacturing

3.Collaboration key to growth for HTS-110  

Published 20 August 2010 in Sustainable Manufacturing Innovation, R& D and IT Benchmarking Market & Technical Insight Trade Opportunities & Marketing Plant, Production and Logistics

Despite tough global economic conditions Industrial Research Ltd (IRL) spin-off company HTS-110 Ltd has continued to increase sales and has engaged the services of Lower Hutt-based Institute of Technology, WelTec, to assist in scaling up production processes.Read More

Tagged in: Innovation, R&D and IT,Benchmarking,Market and Technical Insight,Plant, Production and Logistics,Sustainable Manufacturing,Trade Opportunities and Marketing,Trade Partners

4.ProjectLink  

Published 05 August 2010 in Trade Opportunities & Marketing

New Zealand companies: subscribe online to ProjectLink and get hot leads for the Australian and Pacific markets before your competitors. ProjectLink offers qualified pre-tender business opportunities in the engineering, marine, building and construction industries in Australia and the Pacific. New Zealand contractors, consultants, suppliers and manufacturers have secured more than NZ$250 million worth of business through ProjectLink.

Talk to your NZTE account manager or contact NZTE on 0800 555 888.

Tagged in: Trade Opportunities and Marketing,Trade Partners,Sales & Marketing,Exporting

5.Government Procurement  

Published 03 August 2010 in Trade Opportunities & Marketing

You may have heard about the changes to government procurement. We suggest that you visit the redeveloped procurement pages by the MED. The new pages are designed to be a one stop shop for suppliers and agencies to find everything they need about government procurement. A new area has been developed for suppliers with tender opportunities, a toolkit and information on government policies. You will also find information on the Reform Programme plus the new Government Model Contracts which all government departments must use from 1 October.Read More

Tagged in: Government,Trade Opportunities and Marketing,Trade Partners

6.Malaysia opportunities now there for the taking  

Published 02 August 2010 in Market & Technical Insight Trade Opportunities & Marketing

Export New Zealand is welcoming the new Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia as an important opportunity for New Zealand businesses.Read More

Tagged in: Exporting,Market and Technical Insight,Trade Opportunities and Marketing

7.Global Expert  

Published 23 July 2010 in Sustainable Manufacturing Staff, Skills & Capability Innovation, R& D and IT Capital & Finance Market & Technical Insight Trade Opportunities & Marketing Plant, Production and Logistics

Global Expert is a service provided by TechNZ and subsidised by the NZ Government to assist business development.Read More

Tagged in: Capital and Finance,Innovation, R&D and IT,Market and Technical Insight,Plant, Production and Logistics,Staff, Skills and Capability,Trade Opportunities and Marketing

8.Export - Market Research Implementation  

Published 08 July 2010 in Staff, Skills & Capability Trade Opportunities & Marketing

Decisions based on accurate and up-to date evidence are far more likely to be profitable than those based on little or inaccurate information. This practical course shows how exporters can improve their overseas activities through finding information of direct value to them.Read More

Tagged in: Exporting,Trade Opportunities and Marketing,Staff, Skills and Capability,Training

9.Certificate of International Trade - International Trade Logistics  

Published 08 July 2010 in Staff, Skills & Capability Trade Opportunities & Marketing

Logistics involves the physical steps taken to create and then get your products to market.  In this two day course you will learn about the different methods of transportation available to get your products from point of origin to their destination.Read More

Tagged in: Exporting,Trade Opportunities and Marketing,Staff, Skills and Capability,Training

10.Export - Strategic Alliances, Joint Ventures & Global Outsourcing  

Published 08 July 2010 in Staff, Skills & Capability Trade Opportunities & Marketing

This course has been designed to help those that may be facing circumstances where exporting products/services from New Zealand may not be appropriate or possible. In such circumstances, looking beyond exporting may be an alternative, albeit challenging solution and can open up a far wider window of opportunity.Read More

Tagged in: Exporting,Trade Opportunities and Marketing,Staff, Skills and Capability,Training