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Attachment 1 742.24 Kb The Best For Business Introduction Melbourne’s North is the place in Australia to invest and do business. It is the “best for business” – competitive, connected, innovative with a renowned liveability. The purpose of this document is to provide you with a guide to why Melbourne’s North is the place to secure your business success. Back Cover The document forms part of an integrated program coordinated by the region’s active network of local government, industry and educational institutions. The program is supported by the Victorian Government’s Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development. The Victorian State Government is a pro- business government. Our unique and welcoming business and community environment makes… Contact details of stakeholders stakeholders of details Contact 11 Stakeholder profiles profiles Stakeholder 10 TheMelbourne’s North is a culturally diverse region,Best characterised by • new and emerging companies in f the biotechnology, information and communications technology (ICT), automotive and food industries • strong and successful collaboration between R&D facilities, education, government and business, Liveability leading to outstanding new businesses • advanced high technology manufacturing • a multi-skilled 08 workforce • quick and direct access to the CBD, Port of Melbourne and Melbourne Airport • being “ready for new business” • an ecologically sustainable environment • a strong sense of community. HUME HWY Innovative Innovative Legend – Key Regional Stakeholders 06 M 1 Department of Innovation, Industry E LB O and Regional Development (DIIRD) N URN E-SYDNEY E-SYDNEY 2 NORTH Link/NIETL 3 City of Darebin RAIL Connected Connected Y L 4 City of Hume IN K 02 City of Whittlesea CALD City of Hume ELBA HW 55 City of Moreland M E 14 6 R HW 4 11 Y 66 City of Whittlesea TULLA HUME FWY Nillumbik MARINE FW 7 Kangan Batman TAFE 10 9 7 13 78 La Trobe University MELTON HWY Y Competitive 15 89 MAB Business Parks City of 2 8 Moreland Banyule WESTERN HW 12 10 Melbourne Airport C 5 IT 3 Y 0 RING RD YLINK City of M8 911 Northpoint Enterprise Park Darebin MAROONDAH HWY Yarra 12 Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT) Contents 1 Y D 1013 RMIT University ES HW CB MELBOURNE PRINC MELBOURNE 14 PORT DOCKLANDS Urban and Regional Land MELBOURNE, VICTORIA Corporation (URLC) 1115 Yarra Valley Water 10 Key Facts about Melbourne’s North 1 Competitive low cost business environment – greenfield sites and re-development opportunities, low set-up costs, affordable labour 2 Abundance of Business Parks, for sustainable industrial development, Connected to infrastructure and clustered with like companies 3 A strategic location – a transport hub, containing Melbourne Airport, which is Connected to and within minutes of the CBD and the Port of Melbourne 4 Highly skilled and multicultural workforce, at a Competitive cost – 78 nationalities, 36% speak a language other than English 5 Renowned Liveability – safe, multicultural, cosmopolitan, on the doorstep of Melbourne, one of the world’s most liveable cities orLocated to the Business north of Melbourne, capital city of Victoria, Australia, the region offers companies a highly competitive base from which to do business in the Asia-Pacific region. Melbourne’s North has a population of close to one million, in excess of 50,000 businesses and over 10% of Australia’s top 500 exporters. 6 Innovative industry in ICT and biotechnology, supported by R&D Parks, educational institutions and government 7 Uniquely Competitive, the highest concentration of advanced manufacturing in Australia 8 Business Incubators, closely Connected to government and education support programs 9 World-class, Innovative and outward looking education facilities and courses 10 A Connected business environment. Established networks and collaboration between industry, education, community and government willing and able to meet industry needs. To get the best for your business and for more information, contact the stakeholders (details on the back cover) and refer to the website at www.melbournesnorth.com.au Competitive Connected Innovative Liveability 1 COMPETITIVE “Visy’s decision to base some of our major packaging and recycling operations at Coolaroo in the City of Hume is one of the best we ever made. We continue to expand in the area because of its excellent transport links, amount of available land, good skills base, access to all desirable facilities for our employees and the pro-business attitude of Local Government.” Harry Debney, CEO, Visy Industries KEY COMPETITIVE FACTS • Strategically competitive • Available and low-cost • Multilingual and highly • Low cost and world-class location industrial land and re- skilled workforce telecommunications development opportunities • Strong economy • Low labour and housing • Strategic Time Zone • Numerous award winning costs Business Parks 2 Succeed in the global economy by investing or Melbourne’s North – Competitive HU doing business in Melbourne’s North – a stable and ME H W MEL Y well regulated business environment, offering a BOURNE- N multilingual and highly skilled workforce, large low SYD N EY RA EY cost tracts of available land and re-development L IL INK opportunities, in a strategic time zone. CALDER HWY 11 10 City of 1 TULLA Hume HUME FWY City of Strategically Competitive Strong Economy MARINE 8 7 5 Whittlesea Location F Melbourne’s North has a WY MELTON H 9 Melbourne’s North offers one of concentration of leading and WY 3 City of 6 the lowest risk business emerging industries, with close Moreland WESTERN HWY City of C 13 environments in Australia and links between educational ITY Darebin LINK M80 RING RD 2 12 institutions, state and federal 4 Y the Asia-Pacific region. It is HW underpinned by stable economic government, R&D facilities and NDAH MAROO and political systems that can business, including the leading CBD deliver a high degree of business network NORTH PRINCES HWY MELBOURNE DOCKLANDS PORT confidence to business choosing Link/NIETL. to establish a base in Exports from Melbourne’s North Legend Melbourne’s North – reflected in are mainly in automotive parts 1 Austrak Business Park – 8 National Business Park Victoria’s AAA credit rating from and motor vehicles, clothing Multi-modal freight terminal (MAB Corporation) Standard and Poors. and textiles, leather products, 2 Brunswick Business Incubator 9 Northcorp Industry Business Australian cities are among the photographic, scientific and 3 com.park@thomastown Park (MAB Corporation) world’s safest and least electrical equipment (in total 4 Darebin Enterprise Centre 10 Northgate Drive Estate expensive. Melbourne ranks as representing almost 10% of 5 Global Business Park 11 Northpoint Enterprise Park one of the world’s most liveable national manufacturing output), (MAB Corporation) 12 Re-development/refurbishment cities, ahead of Sydney, and is with strong education and 6 La Trobe University sites in Darebin one of the safest, with world- health services exports. R&D Park 13 Re-development/refurbishment class health and education Melbourne’s North has grown 7 Melbourne Airport sites in Moreland services. Source: Washington by 2.8%pa in Gross Regional Business Park Population Crisis Committee (2001). Product during the period Melbourne is also a less 1991–1998. expensive place to live than Available and Low-Cost Sydney (see page 11). Industrial Land and Re- Melbourne’s North is the development Opportunities location of world leading Melbourne’s North is companies in biotechnology characterised by numerous well- (CSL Bio Plasma), environment serviced greenfield sites in the technology (Visy Recycling) and outer parts of the region (the digital technology (Artoon). Cities of Hume and Whittlesea), The region is an advanced and re-development manufacturing hub (Kodak, Ford opportunities, or brown-field and South Pacific Tyres), sites, located in the inner parts producing around 30% of of the region (the Cities of Victoria’s manufactured Moreland and Darebin), available products, and a leading provider for lease or purchase at a and exporter of education relatively lower cost to services (Kangan Batman TAFE, comparable sites in other like La Trobe University, RMIT parts of Melbourne and Sydney. University and NMIT). It is one of the least expensive Each year more small, medium and most desirable places to do and large businesses are business. investing in and re-locating to Melbourne’s North, capitalising on the region’s competitive advantages. 3 the region’s Business Parks have attracted some of Australia’s largest manufacturing, warehousing, distribution and innovative research companies and are proving very popular with the investment community. The region’s Business Parks represent clusters of companies in like industries and are ideally suited to companies wishing to establish or relocate in this dynamic environment. MAB has three business parks in the region: • National Business Park in Campbellfield, adjoining the national headquarters of the Ford Motor Company, that has a number of Ford suppliers in one location with direct access to Ford’s assembly line and includes La Trobe University R&D Park in the Melbourne’s North is undergoing and Moreland are particularly Ford’s Research Centre; City of Darebin sustained development interest characterised by opportunities • Global Business Park at and growth. Of all industrial for recycling and re-development Tullamarine, within 2 kms land sales in Victoria during of industrial sites for a wide and direct access to 2001, the greatest proportion
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