Sponsorship Opportunities

Country Week is a regional development program aimed at encouraging individuals, professional and skilled people and businesses to relocate to country and regional areas.

The program is moving into its fifth year in New South Wales, its second year in Queensland and is being used as a model to facilitate similar regional economic development programs in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.

To find out more information about being involved as a sponsor email info@countryweek.com.au

Sponsor Profiles

Country Week Principal Sponsor
Department of State & Regional Development

The New South Wales Department of State and Regional Development (DSRD) is the first point of contact within government for companies wishing to do business in Sydney and regional New South Wales (NSW).

The Department works with businesses to save them time and money when establishing or expanding in NSW by:

offering tailored assistance to help them set up and grow in NSW
providing a wide range of business and investment information for international and local companies
assisting business to find new markets for their products and services
attracting and sustaining investment projects
organising trade missions for NSW business to help them establish themselves in the international economy
delivering enterprise improvement programs that enhance international competitiveness
driving policy change to improve the business climate in NSW.

The department is divided into five divisions;

Or for more information visit www.business.nsw.gov.au

Country Week Exhibitor Lounge Sponsor
Telco Asset Management (Australia) Pty Ltd

Telco advises on integrated property and technology solutions that contribute to our clients' business productivity, innovation and culture. We work with our clients in Australia and New Zealand to understand their business and advise on how best their property and technology assets can support their core business delivery to customers.

Our integrated real estate and technology services include:

Strategy and planning of real estate and technology needs
Negotiations with landlords of real estate
Negotiations with technology providers
Interior design of office, retail, industrial and data centre environments
Design of corporate voice and data platforms
Programme management of technology projects
Programme management of fitout projects for office, retail, industrial and data centre environments
Corporate & Business Transition Consultancy focusing on planning, implementing and managing relocations
Property and facilities management of portfolios of multiple real estate types including office, retail, industrial and data centre environments
Facilities management of technology assets

We believe that clients should receive the best impartial advice, free from any conflict of interest. Telco acts exclusively as an advocate for our corporate clients without allegiance to any technology provider, landlord or their agents. Our rigorous and independent approach to market intelligence results in better opportunities for consideration by our clients to best suit their strategic business needs.

Further information about Telco can be found on the following web sites:
www.telco-aus.com
www.telco-nz.co.nz

The Country Week Expo on the WEB!

Sick of surfing the web and getting lost in a myriad of sites looking for opportunities in country and regional New South Wales so you can get out of Sydney?

BOOKMARK THIS –
www.CountryNSW.com.au

Do you want to just Google your interests and get a site that can give you hundreds of ideas and opportunities and then let you find exactly where these opportunities are in New South Wale? Google questions like “Jobs Country NSW” or “Country Investment NSW” or “Country Living NSW” and see what happens………you will find CountryNSW.com.au on page 1.

Now the unique Country Week experience is available 365 days a year, from the convenience of your home or office. Find out about communities you are interested in either by attending the Expo between 8 and 10 August 2008 at the Rosehill Centre and or furthering your research on the web.

This web site is unique in that it represents all country and regional communities in NSW enabling you to compare one with another and even gain an understanding of how these communities differ from Sydney in important ways such as mortgage repayments. Many communities have included information on visiting, living & working and investment and all have detailed maps on their location and how best to visit them.

You can also look at the state as a whole as well as each region to gain an understanding of what is on offer in New South Wales compared to other more distant states when contemplating a ‘tree’ or ‘sea’ change. One of the best-kept secrets is that New South Wales is featuring heavily in the Resources Boom and country and regional communities offer real benefits and opportunities right here in your own state.

So, begin to ‘Make the Move’ and make things easy for yourself. Get on the one site that has the reputation as the leader in the tree and sea change movement –CountryNSW.com.au – by Country Week

NRMA Motoring and Services

NRMA Motoring & Services is Australia’s largest Motoring organisation with over two million members in NSW and the ACT. More than 40 per cent of NRMA members live outside metropolitan areas, outlining the important relationship between the NRMA and rural and regional communities.

The NRMA is renowned internationally for being a leading roadside assistance organisation, getting to Members broken down on the side of the road faster than any other Motoring organisation in the world. The NRMA also provides Members with an extensive range of exclusive benefits and services, including travel and holidays, car hire, car service centres and driver training schools.

The NRMA continues to lobby on behalf of motorists in the country for better roads, a fairer deal over petrol prices and the development of alternative fuels, the rights of older drivers and more funding for rural and regional roads.