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NAA Event Review: ‘Balls to That’ – Tackling Mental Health, Morson International, Thursday 12 September 2019
In September we joined Forces with Morson International and Sale Sharks to focus on Mental Health in the workplace. The event held at Morson’s Manchester office was a great success with positive feedback from all who attended. Craig Monaghan, veteran and now team member of Sale Sharks, delivered his powerful ‘Balls to That’ mental health […]
NAA Event Review: Driving Behaviour – a twist and turns safety journey
As the NSG Group held its Annual Safety Day, NGF, a subsidiary of the Group, opened its doors to allow NAA members and visitors to hear about its Health & Safety Journey at its site in St Helens. The NSG Group’s Annual Safety Day is a worldwide event in which every company within the Group […]
NAA Event Review: Printing the Future – How additive manufacturing is transforming low volume automotive production, FDM Digital, Wednesday 17 July
The manufacture of low cost but complex parts has never been more accessible with advancements in Additive Manufacturing. Is this relevant to your business? The ‘Printing for the Future’ event at Burnley on 17 July 2019 featured some fantastic presentations from a range of companies that can support you in making innovative and low cost […]
Event Review: Cenex LCV 2019 – Disruptive Low Carbon Vehicle Technology, The Opportunities For UK Automotive
The Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV) Event 2019 showed that, against the background of various challenges for the automotive industry, the development of technology for low carbon and connected & autonomous vehicles in the UK is thriving… With 6,000 visitors registered, the two-day LCV event demonstrated that it’s the show to attend if you work […]
Event Review: Oxford EV Summit
The Oxford EV Summit 2019 featured lots of smart thinking and it showed that there’s currently a huge amount of investment in electric vehicles and clean energy globally, but is the UK keeping up?… In the style of the event itself, which only allowed very short presentations from the speakers, with no slides, and no […]
NAA Event Review: NAA Training Hub Launch, 6 June 2019, GEFCO, Speke
We were delighted to welcome NAA members and partners (pictured) to our Training Hub Launch, which took place on 6th June at GEFCO in Liverpool… The Training Hub is an extension to our already very successful training offer and it brings new and exciting training opportunities to complement the work we do with companies. The […]
NAA Event Review: Are you Ready for Electrification?
The world is moving away from petrol and diesel powertrains to electric vehicles. Is your business prepared? The ‘Are you Ready for Electrification’ event at Daresbury on 22 May 2019 featured a range of organisations that can help your company become part of the emerging EV Supply Chain… Dr Mark Swift from the Warwick Manufacturing […]
NAA Partner Event Review: The Manufacturers Alliance 2nd Annual Conference Inspires the Cogs of Industry to Keep on Turning
The conference has been the biggest to date with over 100 attendees, including a diverse range of speakers sharing best practice, including NAA member Mark Brickhill from Klarius. Created specifically for small and medium sized businesses in the manufacturing industry, the Manufacturers Alliance runs peer support groups for senior manufacturing leaders, who meet on a […]
NAA Event Review: Productivity Upskilling, Leyland Trucks, 6 March 2019, Leyland
It was great to welcome NAA Members and our Associate Companies in Lancashire to Leyland Trucks for our March Networking Event. In National Apprenticeship Week, it was fitting to be talking about The Levy, Apprenticeships and the ‘new cousin’ to Apprenticeships, the T-Levels… The morning concentrated on The Levy, and Andrew Parsons, Section Manager, Technical […]
Event Review: STEM is for girls too!
The NAA was proud to work with Crosby Soroptimist Group in delivering a STEM workshop for year 9 girls from local schools… “You can reach the top like us” was the message from leading women scientists and engineers to local school girls. Inspirational young women working in science, technology, engineering and maths came to Crosby […]
