EXPORT

Dear Members,

I regret to inform you that due to changes to the funding of the Austrade TradeStart program announced in the Federal Budget in May this year, AIMIA will no longer be offering export assistance services from November 30th, 2010.

AIMIA has been running an export service in conjunction with Austrade for over twelve years and through our TradeStart program we have helped hundreds of companies in the digital industry achieve export success. Our long-standing Export Manager, Janelle Ledwidge, has an extraordinary track record in digital export, having beaten Austrade’s targets for export outcomes every year for as long as I can remember and has been ranked as one of the State’s top export advisors. Sadly the recent changes mean that Janelle will be leaving after more than seven years at AIMIA.

If you require any further services from Austrade, please call Austrade Direct on 13 28 78.

I also invite you to register on the Austrade Website to gain access to online training modules such as Pricing for Export and Researching your Market, or to set up alerts for events, information, media releases and more. You can access this at: https://www.austrade.gov.au/Austrade-Login/default.aspx.

You may also want to subscribe to the Austrade Export Update Newsletter containing the latest in export news and events, success stories, plus information to help Australian exporters do business around the world: http://www.austrade.gov.au/Export-Update/default.aspx.

John Butterworth

CEO