Ernst & Young's worldwide Strategic Growth Markets Network is dedicated to serving the changing needs of rapid-growth companies. For more than 30 years, we've helped many of the world's most dynamic and ambitious companies grow into market leaders. In New Zealand our professionals draw upon their extensive experience, insight,global and local resources to help your business achieve its potential. With this focus in mind we look forward to being involved in this year's Unlimited Investment Challenge.

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Brokering Capital for Growth
The Escalator Service is specialist capital raising support unit, funded by NZTE. It provides professional education and deal broking services for aspiring companies who are planning to complete significant deals. It provides independent specialist professional services on a 100% at risk basis. No deal completed - no fee charged. The Escalator service is delivered by an independent consortium of Deal Brokers.

Escalator works with a broad spectrum of companies who can illustrate potential growth. The Escalator can be used to assess whether a company is investment ready or not, aid the development of an Investment memorandum or a full brokering service to raise money.

Giving clients access to professionals and investors in the early stage capital raising market. The professional services funding is also available to fund services from approved third party brokers.

The Escalator works each year with the Unlimited Investment Challenge to give NZ entrepreneurs the best shot at leveraging capital investment as a finance tool for growth. The challenge provides an opportunity for entrants to gain the benefit of being exposed to both other entrepreneurs and to have a taste of the Escalator Service and other sponsors services.

www.escalator.co.nz info@escalator.co.nz 0800 822 748

Kea an independent, non-political, non-profit organisation connects individual New Zealand businesses with its global network of (26,000) Kiwi expats and other 'friends of New Zealand'. Kea contributes to the growth, development, and future prosperity of New Zealand by facilitating the sharing of knowledge, contacts and opportunities in over 170 countries around the world.

New Zealand has the highest proportion (24%) of its skilled workforce living outside the country, and New Zealand is second among developed countries for its expatriates holding tertiary degrees.

Kea is turning this phenomenon into a source of national competitive advantage by finding and connecting New Zealand businesses with this highly talented expatriate community.

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James & Wells Intellectual Property is one of New Zealand's leading and most dynamic IP firms. James & Wells provide accessible IP advice helping clients capture, protect and make money from their brands, inventions and ideas. James & Wells has offices in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga and Christchurch.

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FCm Travel Solutions is one of the corporate divisions of the Flight Centre Group. Our aim is to take the hassle out of managing business travel and provide you with a solution that fits your business objectives. From detailed and strategic travel planning, controlling costs and policies and having access to the best deals through our relationship with Flight Centre Ltd, we provide every client with a dedicated consultant to support you - so you can get on with business.

Our involvement in the Investment Challenge enables us to assist those companies looking to grow their business overseas. When you looking to take your business global, business travel is going to be crucial to its success. From knowledge on visa's, security, cost management and sourcing the best fares of the day - there is hugely strategic component to travel management that shouldn't be overlooked.

We look forward to assisting you to "hit the ground runnin".

Check out our case studies and tips for some immediate information or contact us: www.nz.fcm.travel or call 0800 747 767

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The UK Trade & Investment team in the Consulate General provides the highest quality commercial support and advice. We deliver a range of services for UK Trade & Investment (see the About Us button). A full list of who we are and what sectors we cover appears under the Contact Us button on our website www.uktradeinvest.co.nz or you can see a full list of the services we provide by accessing the Services button.

We have two main customer bases -

• UK companies keen to export (more) to or invest in New Zealand
• NZ companies interested in investing in UK to grow their business in the European Union

Our close bilateral ties are the bedrock of a growing trade relationship worth more than $2.4 billion. We are not simply markets for each others' goods and investments - companies in both countries see collaboration and partnership as a key to a successful future. The enlargement of the EU opens the door to an even larger market for New Zealand goods and services, using the UK as a springboard. There have been several encouraging examples of British and NZ companies working together to develop product, test ideas, and refine processes.

Now, supported by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) and UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), NZ companies are being actively encouraged to look at links with, and in, the UK. An MOU between UK Trade & Investment and NZTE signed in March 2005 was expanded in March 2006. This provides access for NZ companies to UK Trade & Investment support. This will encourage more NZ companies to look at the UK as a place to invest and make it easier to tackle the EU markets more easily from a UK base than from New Zealand. Please contact us if you have any questions about trade or investment interests.

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