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Talent in our labour market

The Western Bay economy continues to expand at a healthy rate; businesses remain confident about how they are trading and their future prospects. While we’re still growing well, we need to be...

Expanded Groundswell festival brings two weeks of innovation, fresh ideas and international speakers

Groundswell festival of innovation is back again this year, showcasing the diverse range of innovative and entrepreneurial activity taking place in the Bay and providing a platform for the...

Focus on inclusiveness and prosperity across the community

Far from being a new concept, wellbeing is at the heart of the outcomes that communities value most, rather than just measuring GDP or employment. Economic forecaster, Infometrics, has...

Value of research and tertiary capability highlighted by two major initiatives

Lifting the Western Bay sub-region’s ability to add value to jobs, products and business by increasing research and development capacity aligned with our distinctive economic strengths is a key...

We all need to step up to resolve our transport woes

Tauranga is a great city and a hugely popular place. While we have a lot to be positive about and a bright future ahead, transport congestion is cause for real concern. We face a dire...

Western Bay’s innovative tertiary education model leads the way

February saw the opening of the University of Waikato’s Tauranga campus. This is a great milestone and development for our city and one that will improve our competitive advantages as a city...

Competitive advantages underpin economic success, but there’s still work to do

The popularity of Tauranga/Western Bay has been built on several years of economic growth, and it’s a pretty compelling story. Our headline statistics are impressive, with 4.1% GDP growth...

Priority One sends best wishes for the festive season

The team at Priority One would like to take this opportunity to thank our members for their support during 2018. It has been another a great year for the local economy, with the region topping...

Education system needs to prepare students for innovation era

A sense of urgency is required to rethink how we prepare our young people to thrive in an era of innovation and key to this is providing more time for free learning, according to an internationally...

How do you want our city to develop over the next 30 years?

Earlier this month SmartGrowth released the Future Development Strategy for consultation. SmartGrowth is a partnership of the three local councils and Tangata Whenua – it sets the future...

Groundswell highlights Bay’s culture of innovation and collaboration

Late August saw the second Groundswell Festival of Innovation take place at a range of venues across Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty. Please click here to read the rest of the September...