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NAA member news/event review: North West companies grab the headlines at the 2014 Niche Vehicle Network Symposium
The Niche Vehicle Network (NVN) exists to support specialist automotive companies and projects rather than the mainstream manufacturers, and North West companies were out in force at this year’s NVN Symposium, with Oaktec’s Paul Andrews in particular being in the limelight thanks to his new engine design picking up a major award Many NAA member […]
Event Review: Business Excellence Member Networking Event – Mini Gears, 18 February 2014
Last month, NAA Business Excellence members enjoyed a tour of Mini Gears and were treated to an excellent presentation from the company’s chairman, Paul Darwent. To our knowledge, Mini Gears is the second NAA company that started off in a garage and has grown to a turnover of around £10 million. Mini Gears started off […]
Event Review: SMMT SME Support Roadshow, 5 March 2014
Wednesday 5 March saw the return of the SMMT’s SME Support Roadshow for the North West, which was a joint event between SMMT, NAA and Greater Manchester Business Growth Hub. The event included presentations from the SMMT, NAA, BIS, UKTI, Industry Forum, Greater Manchester Growth Hub, MAS and Access to Finance to raise awareness of […]
Event Review: Future Powertrain Conference, attended by Carol Holden
I attended the inaugural Future Powertrain Conference 19-20 February at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull. The two days were full of technical presentations in two streams covering a multitude of subjects together with several keynote speakers. Jerry Hardcastle gave us an entertaining keynote speech on the Wednesday evening challenging us to whether there was a […]
NAA Event Review: Members Networking Meeting, Pirelli Tyres, 20 November 2013, Carlisle
NAA members who attended the recent meeting at Pirelli were left in no doubt that there’s a lot more to the four circular pieces of black rubber that connect your car to the road than meets the eye The majority of motorists, NAA members amongst them, are likely to give little thought to the one […]
NAA Event Review: Business Excellence Members Networking Meeting, Scorpion Automotive, 5 December 2013, Chorley
The recent Business Excellence meeting at Scorpion Automotive was a fascinating insight into the world of vehicle security and tracking systems, as well as an interesting lesson in how to expand a business into India. There were also presentations about free consultancy to see if your fleet would benefit from electric vehicles from the Energy […]
Event Review: The Advanced Engineering Show, 12/13 November, NEC
The Advanced Engineering Show, held for the first time in Hall 5 at the NEC on 12 & 13 November, proved to be an ideal platform for the NAA to get close to a very diverse range of Automotive-biased companies/sector support groups, and even led to the addition of three new members to the Business […]
NAA 2013 Award Winner Profile: Company Of The Year Award
Sponsored by Morson International and presented by Paul Moogan, Client Services Director How the award winner was assessed For this year the potential companies that could win the award were those who had already won an award during the evening. The judges reassessed all of the winning companies’ applications and eventually identified one that met […]
Event review: Low Carbon Vehicle 2013, Millbrook, 4-5 September 2013
The NAA and a group of NAA member companies took a stand at LCV2013, the UK’s leading low carbon vehicle event. Find out what NAA members thought of the show, and if you want to be part of the stand at next year’s event, you’ll need to book now! The LCV event has established its […]
Event review: CarFest North 2013
CarFest, the idea of Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans, and now one of the North West’s largest automotive-related events, took place from 2-4 August at Oulton Park, here’s what happened. Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans’ CarFest 2013 kicked off in style as Oulton Park resounded to the sound of rubber on tarmac and the laughter […]
