Business Assistance Programme

Free Business Assistance

Is your business ready to grow? Let our business assistance programme help your venture reach its true potential. Whether you need advice, subsidised training, R&D funding or information, our advisors will help identify your business needs and plot a path for growth. We are your first step for business support...and it’s free!

Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development can open doors to information, funding, training and development.

As the Government’s business partner for Auckland, we are teaming up with New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE) and the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MSI) to support business growth, innovation and export growth across the region.

Our specialised business advisors can assist with guidance on all areas of business particularly involving skills development and R&D.

Skills development

We will work with you to:

assess your businesses and identify its needs
write an action plan to help you develop, grow and innovate
identify relevant courses, advisors, information, and other services that meet your specific needs
allocate funding (through a NZTE voucher system) to eligible businesses to help access services that build management capability skills.
eligible businesses can use the funding to help pay for registered services such as training workshops, courses and coaching.

Only businesses with fewer than 50 full-time equivalent employees and that are committed and capable of growth may be eligible for this funding.

Research and development; getting your bright ideas working

On behalf of MSI, we are the first point of contact on your research and development (R&D) journey.

R&D investment can help your business develop new ideas and get to market faster regardless of your business size or stage of R&D.

The services include dollar-for-dollar investment for:

developing new ideas; products, services or technology
employing undergraduate and masters students as interns
expert advice to build R&D capability.

We can also provide access to MSI’s Global Expert service which connects businesses with national and international experts to help with their specific challenges spanning from concept to commercialisation.

You can also find more information on the government’s business web portal www.business.govt.nz or call the biz telephone service on 0800 42 49 46.

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