Latest news from the Plenty Food Group
8 July 2008
- “Water Toolkit”
- Melbourne Wholesale Fruit, Vegetable & Flower Market
- Hume Business Breakfast
- Young Ambassadors Program
- Competitive Manufacturing Group Program
- Understanding Export Documentation
- Maximise your Business Potential
- Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health
- TradeStart
- Regional Communities and STI Projects
- Eco-Audit
“Water Toolkit”
A Water Saving Initiative for Food Manufacturers!
The “Water Toolkit” will assist food manufacturers and other industries to identify and prioritise water saving initiatives to maximise water savings.
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<Melbourne Wholesale Fruit, Vegetable & Flower Market
Friday 18 July, South Morang – Business Luncheon THIS IS NEXT WEEK!
In 2011, the new Melbourne Wholesale Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Market will be opening in Cooper Street, Epping.
The next City of Whittlesea Business Luncheon will present the latest progress on this project of State significance by Mr Richard Brookie, Project Director, Melbourne Market Relocation Project, Department of Primary Industries.
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Hume Business Breakfast
Louise Rolland, Executive Director in the People Advisory team at Ernst & Young - THIS IS NEXT WEEK!
With her expertise in labour demography and related management challenges, Louise’s presentation will focus on the Australian and Victorian labour environments and related challenges, including skills shortages.
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Young Ambassadors Program
Attracting Young People to Manufacturing
Finding keen young people for jobs in manufacturing can be very difficult. The Young Industry Ambassadors program and the Victorian Government work with young ambassadors to promote careers in Manufacturing. Do you have a Young Ambassador working for you!.
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Competitive Manufacturing Group Program
Information Session – Monday 4 August 2008
Hume City Council in partnership with Kangan Batman Tafe and the Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD) is pleased to provide an industry course designed to increase global competitiveness by providing training in Waste Identification and Management, Lean 5S, Just-In-Time Processing and more.
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Understanding Export Documentation
VECCI Workshop – Wednesday 13 August 2008
VECCI is offering companies who are either new or existing exporters an opportunity to attend a one day workshop. This special workshop will cover the various steps to ensure successful movement of your goods overseas.
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Maximise your Business Potential
City of Whittlesea 2008 Business Programs
The City of Whittlesea is hosting a wide range of business programs and events to help local business owners maximise their business potential. If you are interested in Strategic Planning, Business Growth, Environmental Sustainability, Taxation and/or Marketing, click below to find out more.
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Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health
Providing Free Services to Women in Your Business
The Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health is a not for profit organisation that can provide occupational, health, well being support and other services for women in your business.
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TradeStart
Join the New Exporter Development Program
Austrade and NORTH Link/NIETL (TradeStart) offer a package of free export services to assist small and medium sized Australian companies develop their business overseas and make their first export sale.
This program gives Australian business the best possible start to exporting.
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Regional Communities and STI Projects
Funding Available
This initiative will provide one-off grants to networks of councils, businesses, universities and research institutes to develop STI (Science, Technology and Innovation) projects designed to promote regional specialisation, improve the linkages between regional industries and universities, and attract investment to emerging industries.
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<Eco-Audit
July 2008
This program starting in July will provide cost effective ways of tackling the difficult environmental issues, save you money, assist in relations with regulatory authorities, give you a competitive advantage and improve you image
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For all enquires on the Plenty Food Group contact
Marshall Dwyer
Food Cluster Co-ordinator
Phone +61 3 9217 2148
Mobile +61 408 587 941
Fax +61 3 94099808
contact@plentyfoodgroup.com.au