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LED ED Update ates ATEED ED Work Programme mme • Employment Land Study of Penrose, Onehunga, Wiri • Popup Business School programme Local Board Work Program amme me • Sustainability Kick Start (Albert – Eden, Waitemata) Joint t ATEED D and Local Board d suppor ported d initiat ativ ives es • PopUp Business Schools 2019/20 • Young Enterprise Scheme aucklandnz.com
LED ED Update ate: • Research completed and Final report received. Em Employme ment nt Lan and • Thank you to the Wiri, Onehunga and Penrose Business Associations for meeting with the consultants and circulating the survey. Study udy • MartinJenkins will feedback with insights directly to businesses who were interviewed aucklandnz.com
Employme Em ment nt Lan and Auckland’s existing employment land is under pressure, Key y themes emes All three areas are significantly impacted by network congestion and local transport issues. While enough employment land may be available across Auckland, available sites do not necessarily fit with business needs and preferences. Many businesses reported recruitment and retention challenges, some of which are associated with wider labour market conditions, but there were also examples of specific skills shortages. aucklandnz.com
LED ED Update ate: 173 participant icipants s over three e event nts PopUp Bus usine ness ss 64 busin iness esses es were trading ng bef efor ore atten endin ding g the PopUp event nt 41 Māori partici icipan ants ts Schoo Sc ools ls Feedback dback from the event nts was posit itiv ive Three e event nts s confirme med d for this s year: • 25 th November to 6 th December 2019 (Te Haa o Manukau) • 10 th February to 23 rd February 2020 (Albany) • 23rd March to 3 rd April 2020 (Fickling Centre, Three Kings) aucklandnz.com
LED ED Update ate: Alber ert t – Eden & Waitema emata ta Susta taina nabilit ity Kick Start Local al Board ard work k • aims to increase business capability in environmental and sustainability related-practices. programme gramme 2019 19-20 20 • targets a range of small to medium sized businesses, with a maximum of ten participating businesses. • Provides 8 hours of sustainable business coaching allocated to each business, • each business will receive an individualised sustainability action plan to guide their future operations. • 20 businesses involved have a turnover of between $100k and $12m, aucklandnz.com
Future uture Ready ady AKL • ATEED is working to identify challenges and opportunities to prepare Auckland for an era of rapid workplace change • Work includes: o Future ure Ready dy AKL resear arch: ch: ATEED commissioned research into Auckland’s future skills needs and published the associated insights paper – Future Ready Auckland: Driving economic development through technology and transformation o Future ure Ready dy Summit it: Held on 26 June, the summit brought together future of work experts, employers, industry, education providers and youth to prepare for the future of work o Future ure Ready dy AKL websi site e – Tools and resources to help Auckland’s businesses and people prepare for the future of work o Youth th Emp mployer er Pledge ge: A pledge event was held in August, bringing together leading Auckland businesses to support young aucklandnz.com Aucklanders in the workforce
Future ure Ready dy AKL resear arch ch finding ings: • Much of the projected growth will not be as a result of technological disruption and the changing nature of work but due to Auckland’s populat ation on growth • The population is set to increase from 1.65 million residents in 2018 to over 2 million ion by 2031 • Auckland can expect employment growth in most industries, with notable acceler elerat ation ion in constr structi uction, on, profess essional ional services, ices, health th care, e, food d service ice and educat cation on aucklandnz.com
XLab abs • Auckland companies are invited to take part in XLabs, a new programme to upskill businesses • It focuses on using circular economy principles to solve business challenges • The circular economy designs out waste and pollution, keeps products and materials in use and regenerates natural systems • An economic study in 2018 found Auckland could be billions of dollars better off with much lower carbon emissions by 2030 if we shifted to a circular economy • XLabs is a series of five one-day workshops, every Friday over five weeks, February – March 2020, bookended by two events • Registration costs $900 per person (+GST), with a small number of places available at a koha rate • Visit xlabs.nz for more detail aucklandnz.com
Scr Screen een
Auckland’s screen • Screen production and post-production earned gross revenue of more than $1b for the second straight year (2017/18 financial year) ind ndus ustr try • The screen and creative sector has grown on average 6.2 per cent per annum for the past five years – a growth rate only outpaced by construction, tourism and retail • The wider screen sector employs about 7400 people in quality jobs and supports about 1800 companies • Newly announced screen production projects create opportunities in Auckland’s screen industry, but also highlight potential pressures on crew availability and overall training • ATEED is working with The Screen Industry Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand and Nga Aho Whakaari , as well as the New Zealand Film Commission to develop a world-class skills and development programme aucklandnz.com
Ann nnouncements uncements Net etfl flix ix • Cowboy Bebop – a Netflix Originals live-action version of the cult Japanese animated science fiction series of the same name • Principal photography began in Auckland in September and was set to continue in and around the city until December • An injury to one of the lead actors put the production on hold (announced 19 October) • Netflix’s two -year lease on the studio at East Tamaki is unaffected; the production will just run later into the lease period • The 10-episode first season will employ a crew of more than 400 people; those affected by the delay to production are in strong demand from other major projects in Auckland right now. aucklandnz.com
Ann nnouncements uncements Amazon on Studi dios os • Auckland selected as the main production base for Amazon Studios’ television project based on The Lord of the Rings • Screen attraction and investment specialists at ATEED played a lead role in bringing the production to Auckland • Production’s likely scale is unprecedented for New Zealand. Will support Auckland’s screen sector to grow, create jobs and boost the local economy aucklandnz.com
Tou ourism rism
Tour urism m up update ate • Go with Tourism, a new initiative to help address the growing skills shortages facing New Zealand’s tourism industry, has had some incredible recent successes • In August, the Government announced Go with Tourism will receive $5.2m in funding from the new International Tourism Levy, to go towards a nationwide roll out, set-up of a national hub with a dedicated team to manage the initiative, building an online knowledge hub, and organising engagement opportunities • In September, Go with Tourism was announced as a finalist in the New Zealand Tourism Awards for the ‘ The Great Journeys of New Zealand Industry Enabler Award’ • In October Go with Tourism was officially launched in Queenstown and Wanaka – the first destinations of the nationwide rollout aucklandnz.com
Maj ajor or Events ents
Ev Events ents up update ate • New Zealand Fashion Week took place in late August and for the very first time, sustainability was at the heart of the event. ATEED provided a water activation that would encourage attendees to bring their water bottles – the new, must-have accessory • In August, the Pasifika Challenge took place at Eden Park. It was a fantastic opportunity for Auckland’s Pasifika communities to support their teams ahead of the Rugby World Cup • The ITM Auckland SuperSprint moved to September this year and brought in the biggest crowd in years, who saw Kiwi driver Scott McLaughlin break a 23-year old record in Auckland • Auckland Diwali Festival was celebrated in October. Crowds got to enjoy fantastic weather as New Zealand’s largest vegetarian festival attracted an estimated crowd of XX across two days aucklandnz.com
Auc uckland kland Conv onvention ention Bur ureau eau
Bus usines ness events ents • Auckland Convention Bureau (ACB) helped win the following conferences for Auckland: update up ate st Annual • The 61 61 st al Meeti eting ng and Congr gress ess of the Intern ernat ation ional Associa ociati tion n of Forensic nsic Toxicol icologists gists in 2023. It is expected to deliver $1.28 million in visitor spend and generate 3140 visitor nights th Austr • The 18 18 th stralasia asian Tunne nelling ng Confere erence nce in 2022. The estimated economic benefit to Auckland is $1.1 million, including a total of 2950 visitor nights aucklandnz.com
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