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Snapshot of Auckland
Auckland is the place to invest, work and to live. Our
city provides excellent conditions for your business combined with a
high-quality infrastructure, and a fantastic lifestyle.
- New Zealand is ranked as the second easiest place
in the world to do business (amongst 181 countries), says the 2009 World Bank
survey of business-friendly countries. Starting a business in New Zealand takes
only three days.
- The number of employees in Auckland is
constantly growing. The increase between 2003 and 2007 is 10 per cent in
Auckland city and 13 per cent in the Auckland region. The city offers a growing,
well-educated, international, highly skilled labour force.
- A Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)-study
named Auckland as the most entrepreneurial city in 2008. The proportion of
entrepreneurs between 18 and 65 years is 13.5 per cent; this is the highest
percentage amongst 27 OECD-cities.
- Doing business in Auckland means enjoying the
city's unique lifestyle and making the most of life. Auckland is internationally
recognised as an excellent city and features in the annual
William W. Mercer Worldwide Quality of Life Survey. In 2008, Auckland was
again ranked the fifth best city in the world to live in.
- More than one quarter of the
Fortune-500-Companies have a branch in Auckland.
If you want to know more about investing in Auckland,
please visit
www.investauckland.com.
Updated January 2009
