A new report shows The Dunedin City Council has helped to create more than 400 local jobs in the past five years.

It is expected that recent grants to local businesses from the DCC will add another 100 jobs to the total, this year.

More than $44m in extra income was generated as a result of projects where the DCC supplemented investments already being made by local businesses.

The research was conducted by the Council’s Economic Development Unit.