Business in NSW

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• About the Industry, Innovation & Investment division
  
• Business in Sydney and NSW
• Investing in Sydney and NSW
• NSW Industries
• Regional NSW
• Innovation
  
• Regional Communities

About the Industry, Innovation & Investment division

• Annual Reports
  • 2010-11 (NSW Trade & Investment)
  • 2009-10 (Industry & Investment NSW)
  • 2008-09 full report [4.30MB]
  • 2007-08 full report [2.41 MB]
    Parts:
    • Text [PDF 1.38 MB]
    • Financial Statements [454 KB]
    • Appendices [398 KB]
  • 2006-07 full report [2.07 MB]
• Trade and Investment Centre [1000 KB]
  

Business in Sydney and NSW

• A guide to doing business in NSW [617 KB]
• Live and Work in Sydney and NSW [695 KB]
  A guide to living and working in Sydney and regional NSW, with information on working holiday visas, sponsored visas, health, study and education.
• Living in NSW [1.4MB]
• Sydney and NSW - First for business [2.31 MB]
• China & New South Wales: A dynamic partnership [1.04 MB]
• India and NSW - a dynamic partnership [863 KB]
• NSW and the United Arab Emirates - the business opportunities [1.35 MB]
• NSW Competitiveness Report (available online)
  

Investing in Sydney and NSW

• Hotel investment opportunities in Sydney, Australia [1.1MB]
  
• Sydney - A global city for the world of business [2.3 MB]
• NSW Fast Facts [99 KB]

NSW Industries

• Addressing Climate Change - NSW Growth Industry Profile [536 KB]
• Creative Industries Growth Profile 2008 [940 KB]
• NSW Food & Beverage Industry Profile [1.25 MB]
  
• NSW Aquaculture Industry Directory - Edition 3.1 [1850 KB]
• NSW Biomedical Industry Profile [608 KB]
  
• NSW Carbon Trading - Growth Industry Profile [2.5 MB]
• NSW Clean Techonology Industry Profile [1.45 MB]
• NSW Defence Industry Profile [752 KB]
  
• NSW Financial Services Industry Profile [933 KB]
• NSW Food Export Directory 2011-12 [546 KB]
  NSW food export companies, listed by product category and alphabetically.
• NSW ICT industry profile [1.47 MB]
  ICT is a major element of the NSW services sector in its own right. It is equally important in supporting high growth industries in all areas of the economy.
• NSW Infrastructure & Construction Industry Profile [1.3 MB]
  
• NSW Manufacturing Industry Profile [1.33 MB]
  
• Manufacturing in Sydney and New South Wales [1.34 MB]
• NSW Mining & Resources Industry Profile [1.49 MB]
• NSW Professional Services Industry Profile [1.15 MB]
• NSW Retail Industry Profile [876.9 KB]
  
• NSW Scientific Research Profile [1.38 MB]
• NSW Transport and Logistics Profile [1.05 MB]
  
• NSW Wine Industry Profile [379 KB]
• Sydney - Digital Media Hotspot [1183 KB]
  NSW Digital Media industry profile
  
• Profiling innovative NSW industry directories
  Industry & Investment NSW and the Australian Technology Showcase profile innovative NSW industries.
  • Environment sector [5.40 MB]
  • Security sector [6.32 MB]
  • Financial services [4.92 MB]
  • Freight and Logistics [2.9 MB]
    
  • Digital media [5.1 MB]

Regional NSW

• Overcoming Skills Shortages: A practical guide for regional business [435 KB]
• Overcoming Skills Shortages: A practical guide for regional communities [579 KB]
  
• Regional Profiles
  • Central Coast Region [81.6 KB]
  • Central West Region [170 KB]
  • Far West Region [93.2 KB]
  • Hunter Region [92 KB]
  • Illawarra/South Coast Region [98.9 KB]
  • Mid North Coast Region [89.7 KB]
  • Murray Region [91.6 KB]
  • Northern Inland Region [91.8 KB]
  • Northern Rivers Region [93.4 KB]
  • Orana Region [91.7 KB]
  • Riverina Region [93.9 KB]
  • Southern Inland Region [92.0 KB]
  • Western Sydney Region [85.7 KB]

Innovation

• The NSW Economy in 2020 - A Foresighting Study [1.59 MB]
• Business Opportunities in a Low Carbon Economy [1.64 MB]
  
• NSW Regional Innovation Strategy [909 KB]
• NSW Government Statement on Innovation [783 KB]
  
• NSW Creative Industry Insights [3.90 MB]
• NSW Creative Industry Economic Fundamentals [855 KB]
• Path to Innovation: Innovation in the NSW Freight Logistics Industry [4 MB]
• Four Key Supply Chains: Opportunies for Innovation [3.26 MB]
• Submission to the Review of the National Innovation System [191 KB]
• venturousaustralia: Building Strength in Innovation [2.79 MB]

Regional Communities

• Community Economic Development (CED)
  • Business Retention and Expansion survey questionnaire 2007 [92 KB]
  • Business Retention and Expansion survey Statewide Report [976 KB]
  • Business Retention and Expansion Survey information kit [118 KB]
  • CED regions and managers [68 KB]
  • CED Useful contacts [29 KB]
  • Making Dollars and Sense out of Community Events [1.63 MB]
  • Your Community - Your Future program flyer [371 KB]
    The NSW Government partners local government and local business organisations to help enterprising communities in regional areas meet the challenges presented by economic forces and population shifts.
• Self Help Modules
  • Module 1: Planning for Financial Sustainability [149 KB]
    Includes detailed information and ideas for fundraising.
  • Module 2: Financial Reporting and Management [1.04 MB]
    Spreadsheets and budgets in detail.
  • Module 3: Community Strategic Planning [512 KB]
    A step-by-step guide to strategic planning and making workshops work.
  • Module 4: Project Management [389 KB]
    A clear, practical guide to project management. (Mono version [409 KB])
  • Module 5: Monitoring and Evaluation [208 KB]
    Good reasons to implement a monitoring process; includes case studies.
  • Module 6: The Local Committee [331 KB]
    How to get your Main Street/Small Town Program started.
  • Module 7: The Local Coordinator [259 KB]
    Setting up and recruiting for a coordinator position. (Mono version [292 KB])
  • Module 8: Conducting Meetings [117 KB]
    Meeting procedures, the chairperson, agendas and minute taking.
  • Module 9: Business and Economic Development [253 KB]
    This module outlines the economic context within which local Main Street/Small Towns Programs operate and explains the direct linkages between local community development programs and business development.
  • Module 10: Customer Service [1.06 MB]
    This module explains why the whole community needs to be customer focused and offers suggestions of ways to improve customer service in your area; includes case studies.
  • Module 11: Managing Business Investment Proposals [1.66 MB]
    This module draws on the experience of leading economic development practitioners in NSW and elsewhere to identify techniques and processes which maximise chances of converting enquiries from business investors into actual business establishment or expansion.
  • Module 12: Marketing and Promotion [182 KB]
    Marketing and promotion is designed to assist Main Street/Small Towns committees and their co-ordinators in taking a practical approach to marketing. The module shows newcomers a simple step by step process for developing a marketing plan. It also offers experienced co-ordinators the latest ideas and innovations in marketing along with some tricks of the trade to save time and money.
  • Module 13: Tourism [1.08 MB]
    The tourism module is relevant to communities which have identified tourism in their community or local government area strategic plan as a potential opportunity. The module is designed to assist community economic development committees and coordinators to assess the tourism potential of their area, determine whether they want to be in tourism, enter the marketplace and grow the local tourism sector. (Mono version [880 KB])
  • Module 14: Event Management [437 KB]
    A 'how to' guide to assist economic development officers/ coordinators, marketers and community groups to understand the role of events in communities and how to make them successful. It includes an event plan proforma, event survey, attendee survey, business survey and stall holders survey.
  • Module 15: Cooperative marketing [3.94 MB]
    This module explains the benefits of shopping locally and
    working cooperatively. It covers how to plan/implement/evaluate a shop local campaign and a number of case studies which will provide ideas for shop local campaigns.

Business Migration

• Bring your talents to regional New south Wales [832 KB]
• Skilled Migration: Do you qualify? [744 KB]
  
• Living in NSW
  

Publications in Simplified Chinese (中文刊物)

• 中国与新南威尔士州 - 一个充满活力的合作伙伴关系 [832 KB]
• 新南威尔士州金融服务业 - 行业发展概况 [724 KB]