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Funding News: Lancashire Manufacturing Growth Service
Are you a growing manufacturing business in Lancashire? The new Lancashire Manufacturing Growth Service is launching to support local businesses to access grants of £3,000 for consultancy projects… Manufacturing advisors with a wealth of commercial experience will provide on-site support to help you identify an improvement project and grants are available to bring in expert […]
Industry News: Making the most of the Apprenticeship Levy
The UK’s automotive industry has a long-standing history of supporting young people into work through high quality apprenticeships. And not just the major manufacturers, but across companies large and small that form the country’s diverse supply chain to the automotive sector… As the industry has grown, so has the need for a skilled workforce that […]
Event review: Helical Technology
NAA members were recently treated to a fascinating tour of Helical’s Technical Centre near Preston by this month’s ‘In the Driving Seat’ star, Tony Cox. The Warton Technical Centre offers a range of facilities including 15 test and NVH cells and a calibrated test track, for vehicles and components, including low and ultra-low emission vehicle […]
Event review: Apprenticeship Matching Service
Mark Greenhalgh, Business Development Manager, Apprenticeship Matching Service, gave a presentation about the organisation at the NAA event at Helical. If you missed it, here’s a summary… The Apprenticeship Matching Service re-directs high quality talent from over-subscribed apprenticeship programmes to other companies within the engineering/manufacturing sector that have similar opportunities. By actively working with both […]
Member company case study: Force Technology achieves rapid growth in the space of a year
Force Technology provides an excellent example of how a business in the automotive supply chain can experience success by working with the NAA and accessing other support for the manufacturing sector… About Force Technology Force Technology was established to pave the way for development and innovation in the high precision, high duty spring markets. The […]
