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NAA Skills Update: Developing a Skills Hub, and ‘Apprentices Explained’
Find out about the new Autohub, designed to help with employing and developing apprentices, who could be Adult Apprentices as well as young school or college leavers. Autohub This is my first skills update since joining the NAA as Project Manager for Autohub, the name which has been selected for the work which the NAA […]
Northwest Automotive Alliance Business Awards 2012 – Entries now invited
The Northwest Automotive Alliance Business Awards provide automotive companies recognition for their achievements. Winners will be presented with their Awards at the NAA Annual Networking Dinner on 18th October 2012 at Carden Park Hotel, Cheshire. All North West businesses, linked to the Automotive Sector, can enter as many of the Award categories as they wish […]
ELE Advanced Technologies Ltd
ELE Advanced Technologies manufactures precision-engineered automotive turbocharger components, working with leading global organisations, with a strong reputation in the lower volume, high variety market for commercial vehicles and passenger cars. The company has the capability to produce a range of turbocharger components, including: • Turbine housings • Centre housings (also known as bearing housings) • […]
Bentley – two engineers announced in UK Government’s list of young manufacturing stars, and Bentley celebrates the 175th anniversary of Crewe
Charlotte Watling and Hannah Proffitt from Bentley Motors in Crewe have been announced as two of the thirty young rising stars of the manufacturing world by Business Minister Mark Prisk. Also, Bentley Motors is celebrating the 175th anniversary of Crewe, the Cheshire town which has been home to the luxury car manufacturer’s global headquarters since […]
Jaguar Land Rover – celebrates one year of Range Rover Evoque production
As demand for the Range Rover Evoque continues around the world, employees at JLR’s Halewood manufacturing plant are celebrating one year of production. Twelve months ago, when the first vehicle rolled off the production line, the Evoque had already generated an exceptional market response with more than 18,000 advance orders from customers worldwide. This interest […]
Member company news: Morson International contractor has a need for speed
An Electrical Services Engineer, Ady Stimpson, from global recruiter Morson International, has a lifelong passion for petrol that has brought him competition success across Europe and even a stint on the BBC’s Top Gear programme… Married father of four, Ady Stimpson, has long harboured a passion for adrenaline-fuelled racing competitions, and over the years has […]
Member company news: BAC Mono wins the 2012 Cholmondeley Pageant of Power Supercar class
NAA member company BAC won the Supercar class with its single-seater Mono at the 2012 Cholmondeley Pageant of Power event which took place over 15-17 June, beating competitors such as the Lamborghini Gallardo, Nissan GT-R and Ferrari 458 Italia… The Cholmondeley Pageant of Power, which has NAA member Bentley as a founding sponsor, is the […]
Member company news: Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant will build next-generation Astra, creating 700 new jobs
A new labour agreement based on enhanced flexibility – which received over 90 per cent ‘yes’ votes from the workforce in a ballot on 16 May – played a crucial part in earning Ellesmere Port the allocation of the next-generation Astra… The agreement comes into force in 2013 and runs into the 2020s, with assembly […]
Company Profile: Briggs Automotive Company Ltd
One of the most exciting and unique new cars to appear over recent years is the BAC Mono, and the company that produces it, Cheshire-based Briggs Automotive Company Ltd – now a Northwest Automotive Alliance member – is looking for suppliers in the region to work with them to help with expansion plans. The BAC […]
JLR commits extra £1 billion to UK suppliers – and creates 300 jobs
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is to spend an additional £1 billion with UK suppliers over the next four years thanks to continued global demand for the Range Rover Evoque. The company also confirmed that a new logistics facility in Ellesmere Port will open this summer, managed by JLR’s logistics provider, DHL. This purpose-built automotive logistics […]
