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Welcome to Business Talk
Welcome to BUSINESS TALK, the City of Marion newsletter that provides a monthly snapshot of what's happening in your business community.
Business success is essential to the future of the City of Marion as a place to live, learn, work and invest.
We are here for our business community to:
- Be your first point of contact at Council
- Provide local business support services through business associations, including the Tonsley Small Business Advisory Service and the Tonsley Business Support Ecosystem
- Help you connect with local businesses, skilled people and training providers
- Offer networking, information and education
- Lead local initiatives such as Southern Adelaide Economic Development Board, Visitor Economy, Digital projects, Workforce Development
- Activate the Cove Enterprise Hub and Tonsley Business Hub
- Advocate on regional issues.
We value your feedback and encourage you to get in touch with
us
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Darlington Upgrade Project - Gateway South
The $620 million
Darlington Upgrade Project is the next step in the north-south corridor project and involves the upgrade of a 2.3km section of Main South Road. This project will be delivered by Gateway South and aims to provide non-stop access between the Southern Expressway and Ayliffes Rd/Shepherds Hill Rd intersection. Presentations from the industry briefing breakfast on 11 May 2016 and work packages for this project are available on the
ICN Gateway project portal.
Register your company on
ICN Gateway to submit an expression of interest in work packages. A basic registration is free of charge and you can upgrade at any time for a public profile on ICN Gateway.
The Industry Capability Network (ICN) connects Australian suppliers with project owners, and can be contacted on 1300 553 309 or email
[email protected] for more information.
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Interested in the Darlington Upgrade Project? Follow along with 'Gateway South' via their app to see an augmented reality view of current designs. Download the app from the app store.
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Marion Business Breakfast - July 5th
Join us in understanding the opportunities for local businesses in 'The Mature Economy - the business of ageing' with John Spoehr, Director of the Australian Industrial Transformation Institute (AITI) located at Tonsley.
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Tender Ready for Major Projects
Do you want to be tender ready for upcoming major projects? If so, the Department of State Development has developed two workshops for you - one for beginners (one day) and one tailored to the more experienced businesses who are tendering regularly. The advanced workshop also provides you with the opportunity to gain national accreditation.
Tender Ready (Introduction):
Date: Thursday 16 June 2016
Time: 9am to 4:30pm (lunch included)
Location: COHAB Tonsley, Level 1, Mitsubishi Administration Building, 1284 South Road, Clovelly Park
Tender Ready (Advanced):
Date: Tuesday 21 June 2016
Time: 9am to 4:30pm (lunch included)
Location: COHAB Tonsley, Level 1, Mitsubishi Administration Building, 1284 South Road, Clovelly Park
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 Marissa Lindsay is on maternity leave.
Penny has worked in engagement and regional de
velopment roles for Flinders University and the South Australian Go
vernment and brings a wealth of
knowledge about Southern Adelaide to the team.
Penny
is based at the Cove Civic Centre Monday to Thursday and she can be
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SASD Connect is a unique, bilingual two-way trade and investment website developed to connect small and medium enterprises in South Australia with businesses and investors in Shandong (SA's sister-state). It is the result of an MoU signed on Shandong in May 2015 strengthen cooperation between SA councils and Shandong prefectures, and has been developed in partnership between the LGA and the Australia China Business Council (SA).
The website caters for trade and investment opportunities, and businesses can list by industry, region, and includes information about their products/investment opportunities on their profile page. It is a bilingual website, so all content must be provided in English. The English and Chinese versions of the site can be found at
www.sasdconnect.com.au and
www.sasdconnect.cn.
To join the website, please contact Lisa O'Donoghue
to get the process started. Businesses will be pre-qualified by an expert trade panel before being accepted onto the website.
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Do you need business advice?
Bob Sloan
our experienced Business Advisor, is available for a confidential discussion at either your place of business, Tonsley or Hallett Cove.
Bob is available to help people looking at starting out or existing businesses. Call Bob on 0417 731 125 to make an appointment.
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We hope you have found this newsletter of interest and please feel free to forward this onto your networks or others that may be interested in what's happening in the City of Marion and the greater Southern Adelaide region.
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