00:01This is a place to grow your business and build a life. It's a place where big
00:06business, small business and even boutique businesses are growing. Here
00:11business success stories are inspiring economic growth. I'm Charles Woolley. This
00:17is Greater Shepparton and great things happen here. When looking at any business
00:22you want to see the figures, well here they are. Greater Shepparton's gross
00:27production now exceeds three point five two billion dollars per annum. Those
00:32figures are growing. To the wisest business builders this equates to business
00:37that makes sense. Every successful business starts with a carefully
00:43considered and calculated equation and the pieces that make up that very
00:48equation are right here. Greater Shepparton has a great competitive
00:53advantage. Fertile land, there's plenty of it, it's affordable and it's all bathed in
01:00sparkling sunshine. It's a climate where things grow. It's the very heart of
01:05Australia's food bowl producing 25% of Victoria's agricultural production. This
01:12is the world's leading gravity fed fresh water delivery system that can be
01:18controlled by a smartphone from anywhere in the world. The Greater Shepparton Freight
01:24Logistics Network efficiently delivers fresh across Australia and around the
01:30world. Dairy is a major growth opportunity. The markets are demanding more and more
01:37milk. Today the milking systems are ultra modern, indeed robotic. Market gardening, here's another boom industry and in Greater Shepparton
01:47it's all done by the sun and the rain and great soil. And look at the result. Look at
01:54that peach. Oh, you should get into this. The fresh fruit varieties grown here are
02:01making their way to dinner tables, school canteens and restaurants around the
02:06world. Greater Shepparton has affordable fertile land, fresh water and plenty of
02:14sunshine. Plus the Melbourne wholesale fruit and vegetable market is close by, less
02:20than 90 minutes away down the Hume freeway. Many of the names and brands found in
02:27homes and businesses across Australia and around the world are proudly made right
02:32here in Greater Shepparton. Businesses are stepping up and further investing in
02:38growth opportunities. SPC is Australia's only fruit preserving company. This is
02:45their high-tech tomato processing plant. A hundred million dollar co-investment by SPC
02:52and the Victorian Government. Alongside they have recently installed a high-speed
02:59snack line delivering packaged fruit in the convenient forms a market now demands.
03:05Rubicon is a world leader in automated water management and delivery systems and
03:12they're manufactured here in Greater Shepparton. Nume, Australia's one hundred and
03:18seventy million dollar facility producing leading UHT milk and premium protein
03:23ingredients. Pentel Products is a home and personal care company with a long list of
03:30famous and respected brands. And of course Furfies, the 150 year old iconic business
03:39synonymous with Greater Shepparton and great moments in the nation's history.
03:46Bega Cheese, Unilever, Campbell Soups, all global brands and all here in Greater Shepparton.
03:55With international companies like those operating here, Greater Shepparton is clearly a logical
04:02business choice. Engineering innovation, professional services, the growing and modern retail sector,
04:10plus education from primary school through to university. This is a Shepparton Art Museum known
04:17as Sam, an outstanding fifty million dollar building of architectural excellence and eco-friendly
04:23sustainability. Sam boasts impressive collections, a rooftop bar and a boutique cafe. Here a healthy and
04:31happy lifestyle can be yours and it's a great place to raise a family. Housing is affordable and
04:38surrounded with enviable facilities, a sports precinct, modern aquatic centre with gymnasium and even a fun-filled
04:46splash park. And of course this super-sized skate park. And all this is backed by excellent health services.
04:56They even train nurses and doctors here. Greater Shepparton is a place where business makes sense
05:03and boasts bottom line figures that back that up. So what do you do now? Contact the proactive,
05:10helpful economic development team at the Greater Shepparton City Council and they'll work with you to get
05:16your business moving. This really is the perfect place to grow your business and build a life.
05:24I'm Charles Woolley and this is Greater Shepparton and great things happen here.
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