Accelerate is a flexible support service for businesses actively trading in the Wellington Region who are exporting, or have export potential. Accelerate is targeted at businesses that aspire to be the best, and that have the potential to achieve significant scale and growth.

We are here to identify Accelerate exporters, understand the “growth” needs of each exporter within the Accelerate portfolio, and respond in the manner most appropriate to those needs. In doing so, Accelerate makes a significant contribution to corporate wellbeing and thereby positively influences economic growth.

Accelerates offers:

  • Accelerate Inspiration – in the form of entrepreneurial/visionary engagement
  • Accelerate Consultancy – engaging in growing the exporters business, markets, product range; and supporting management wellbeing in times of high growth
  • Accelerate Advisory – advising emerging businesses on strategies and resources for managing growth
  • Connection with government support agencies, specialist (commercial) service providers, with industry peers, with Grow Wellington wider capability (Activate, Incubate, Innovate, Sectors and Centres of Excellence), with knowledge events and services that raise capability and with investment.
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