Accelerate25
  • Home
  • Action Plan
    • Action Plan
    • Opportunities
    • Enablers
  • Te Pae Tawhiti
  • News
    • Growing Our Region
    • Media Releases
  • Lead Team
  • Contact
  • Provincial Growth Fund
  • Home
  • Action Plan
    • Action Plan
    • Opportunities
    • Enablers
  • Te Pae Tawhiti
  • News
    • Growing Our Region
    • Media Releases
  • Lead Team
  • Contact
  • Provincial Growth Fund

Business Growth Advisors deliver across the region

4/11/2019

0 Comments

 
​If you have a great business idea, but you are not sure where to start. Or you are looking to grow your existing business, the Central Economic Development Agency’s (CEDA) team of Business Growth Advisors can help. 
​CEDA are the Regional Business Partner for the Manawatū-Whanganui region, and receive funding from Callaghan Innovation, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, and Business Mentors New Zealand to support the growth of businesses throughout the region.

​The programme employs four Business Growth Advisors with three based at CEDA in Palmerston North, and a fourth at Whanganui & Partners in Whanganui. 
Picture
Jodie Woods, owner of Tonic & Cloth
Each Advisor covers particular areas of the region right from Ruapehu in the north, through to Horowhenua in the south and across to Tararua. They also work with Business Mentors New Zealand, a voluntary service which connects people with mentors across the region too.

The Business Growth Advisors can provide you with the information, support and advice to get your business idea off the ground. They can help with establishing your foundations and framework and creating your business strategy.

If your business is already established, the Advisors can help you to identify the challenges, needs and opportunities within your business. Then, they will point you in the right direction of what tools, connections, training or development will suit you best.

Feilding-based fashion designer Jodie Woods contacted CEDA’s Business Growth Advisors when her clothing start-up, Tonic & Cloth was asked to show their collection at NZ Fashion Week in September 2018. One of CEDA’s Business Growth Advisors guided her through the next steps to make the most of the opportunity and really scale-up her business.

Thanks to their advice, in preparation for NZ Fashion Week, Woods grew her production runs and collaborations with local designers. She is also no longer daunted by the fact her five-year business plan sped up on her and its right here, right now.

In partnership with Callaghan Innovation, there are also opportunities for businesses of all sizes to provide a range of innovation, and research and development services.
​
The Business Growth Advisors can also connect business owners with experienced mentors, thanks to a partnership with Business Mentors New Zealand. Mentors can provide one on one guidance to help you grow and to solve specific business challenges.

There are a wide range of success stories available on CEDA’s website, covering businesses from across the Manawatū-Whanganui region. If they resonate with you, and you are looking to grow your business today, visit www.ceda.nz/grow to find out more. 
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Accelerate25

    Together, committed to growing our region.

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture

    Archives

    July 2020
    March 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    August 2019
    June 2019
    March 2019
    December 2018
    October 2018
    August 2018
    May 2018
    February 2018
    December 2017
    October 2017
    July 2017
    May 2017

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

ACTION PLAN

Accelerate25 action plan
Opportunities
Enablers
Te Pae Tawhiti

stay informed

Growing our Region - newsletter
Accelerate25 media releases
Upcoming events
​
Provincial Growth Fund

team

Accelerate25 Lead Team
Contact Accelerate25
Login
Picture

    SUBSCRIBE TO 'GROWING OUR REGION' NEWSLETTER

Subscribe

ACCELERATE25 COUNCILS​

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
© ACCELERATE25 COPYRIGHT 2017. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
​Powered by Grass Roots Media.