To be eligible for Enterprise Training, Export Training or Investment Ready you must be an owner/operator or manager of a Small or Medium Enterprise (SME). For the purposes of Enterprise Training, SMEs are defined as having the following characteristics:
Are personally owned
Have few, if any, specialised managerial staff
Have less than 50 full time employees (FTE)
Are commercially trading
Are not part of a larger business enterprise
The following groups are also eligible for specific training:
Export Training
Have more than 50 FTEs
Are seeking to develop or grow their export activities
Investment Ready Training
Are not yet trading, or have more than 50 FTEs
Are seeking capital to expand, diversify or commercialise a new concept
Are not registered unemployed
Start-up Training
Are not yet trading
Arenot registed unemployed
Have a clear business concept
Canterbury Development Corporation 193 Cashel Street, P O Box 2962 Christchurch 8041, New Zealand Phone: +64-3-379 5575 Fax: +64-3-379 5554
Email: cdc@cdc.org.nz