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NAA Member News: Bentley Motors Launches 2017 Future Talent Recruitment Drive
Bentley Motors has launched the company’s 2017 trainee recruitment campaign with 60 positions available for apprentices, undergraduates and graduates to start in autumn 2017… Applications are now open at www.bentleycareers.com until November 27th, with vacancies covering commercial areas including Sales and Marketing, Human Resources, Finance and Purchasing, as well as the traditional Engineering and Manufacturing […]
NAA Member News: Jaguar Land Rover announces the all-electric I-PACE
All Northern supply chain companies need to take note: the NAA may have been saying this for a number of years, but this is the car that your businesses need to be geared up to supply technology to – the new Jaguar I-PACE… The I-PACE Concept previews Jaguar’s first-ever electric vehicle. The five-seat production version […]
NAA Member News: Motor Wheel Service Distribution (MWSD) announces senior management restructure
Motor Wheel Service Distribution (MWSD) has announced a senior management restructure to prepare the business for future growth following the launch of its German division and the impending EU Roadworthiness Act implementation… Company founder and owner John Ellis becomes Chief Executive and Matthew Mardle, who joined the business earlier this year as Operations Director, takes […]
NAA Member News: OakTec accompanies the Prime Minister on Trade Mission to India
Paul Andrews, CEO of Lancashire-based engineering firm OakTec, travelled with the Prime Minister Theresa May on the recent UK Trade Mission to India, her first international trade visit… OakTec has developed the Pulse-R multi-gas and multi-fuel engine, which is ideal for use in various applications in India due to having low levels of emissions, high […]
Northern Automotive Alliance Awards highlight innovation in the region’s automotive businesses
The winners of the Northern Automotive Alliance (NAA) Awards 2016 show that there is widespread and diverse innovation in the region’s automotive companies. The NAA Awards, which showcase the successes of vehicle manufacturers, supply chain companies and service providers in the region, took place in Manchester on 10th November 2016. Lawrence Davies MBE, CEO, Automotive […]
NAA Member News: Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, sample the BAC Mono
Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, have sampled the BAC Mono during a visit to the University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI)… At the University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) on Friday 14 October, BAC founders Neill and Ian Briggs showcased the Mono supercar to Prince William and wife Kate […]
NAA Member News: HRH The Princess Royal Opens New Bentley Motors Research and Development Centre
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has visited the Bentley Motors headquarters in Crewe to open a new research and development centre – 25 Pyms Lane – which is home to more than 400 Bentley engineers… The new building covers 7,200 square metres over four storeys and was constructed in just seven months. The building […]
NAA Member News: Mini Gears – celebrating 50 years in business and AS9100C Aerospace Certification
Mini Gears Group has a lot to be proud of this year as it cuts the cake (made in-house!) to mark 50 years of manufacturing excellence, followed by achieving certification for the AS9100C quality management system for the aerospace industry, for the manufacture and supply of all types of precision gears and machined parts… Attaining […]
NAA Member News: OakTec Pulse-R Engine wins NVN funding
Lancaster-based engine design specialist OakTec has won funding from the Niche Vehicle Network to develop a version of the award-winning single cylinder Multi-gas Pulse-R engine suited to power a small fuel-efficient leisure vehicle… The Small Efficient Recreational Vehicle project (SERV) will be carried out by three partner companies and will produce a demonstration vehicle powered […]
NAA Member News: Plus Point Launches Indian Trade Mission
Local Wirral-based firm Plus Point, a specialist provider of technicians to the automotive industry, has begun its journey to break into the Indian automotive industry. The company, which supplies quality auditing technicians specifically to the automotive sector, has identified a gap in the market and is hoping to provide support to suppliers to the UK… […]