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2013 Bentley News Highlights
2013 has been a year of key landmarks and achievements for Bentley and its customers, with the Bentley SUV confirmed, three new models unveiled, strong sales growth through first three quarters of 2013, and the company returning to motorsport with Continental GT3. The company confirmed it will build the world’s fastest and most luxurious SUV […]
NAA Business Excellence Programme Update: Membership has now exceeded 100 companies!
As we approach the end of 2013 we have seen the number of companies in the North West seeking support through the Business Excellence Programme dramatically increase. We are proud to announce that in November we reached the grand total of 100 members and currently have 106 members The number of members is increasing at […]
NAA 2013 Award Winner Profile: Business Excellence Large Company Of The Year Award
Sponsored by Electron Technical Solutions and presented by Steven Schofield, Managing Director How the award winner was assessed The assessment process for Business Excellence Award winners was based on the linkage of the project to the company objectives, project detail, achievements and future opportunities. The achievements were considered from two perspectives of ‘actual achieved to-date’ […]
NAA 2013 Award Winner Profile: Business Excellence SME Project Of The Year Award
Sponsored by Bentley Motors and presented by Michael Straughan, Board Director for Manufacturing How the award winner was assessed The assessment process for Business Excellence award winners was based on the linkage of the project to the company objectives, project detail, achievements and the future opportunities. The project detail included looking at the method of […]
NAA 2013 Award Winner Profile: Trade Company Of The Year Award
Sponsored by UKTI and presented by Barbara Singleton, Trade Advisor How the award winner was assessed This award was linked to the export activities that companies undertook during 2012. As part of the submission for the award, companies had to identify their market strategy, together with their progress and achievements against the strategy. Winner – […]
NAA 2013 Award Winner Profile: Innovation Company Of The Year Award
Sponsored by Jaguar Land Rover and presented by Richard Else, Plant Operations Director How the award winner was assessed Innovation can mean many things to many people but the clear remit for this award was that it is technical innovation of either a product or a process. This was our most popular award category and […]
Semta ‘Best of British Engineering’ Awards
Semta is calling for you to nominate the people and businesses that represent the “Best of British Engineering “. Nominations are now open for: Apprentice of the Year sponsored by Marshall Higher Apprentice of the Year sponsored by Rolls-Royce Graduate of the Year sponsored by Atkins Champion of the Year sponsored by BAE Systems Skills […]
NAA Update: Thank you for your support of the Annual Awards Dinner
Our Annual Awards Dinner was a huge success, with more than 260 people attending this year, compared to just over 100 in 2012, and only 50 the previous year. Congratulations to our award winners and well done to all the companies that submitted award applications. And of course a very big thank you to our […]
NAA Member Company Profile: Norlec Sheet Metal Limited
Norlec Sheet Metal is one of the leading sheet metal manufacturing companies in the UK, with one of the largest ranges of CNC sheet metal machinery. The company is a manufacturer, fabricator, finisher and assembler of sheet metal products, with a focus on the production of steel components, fabrications and assemblies. It provides products and […]
Member Company News: Bentley becomes first automotive manufacturer to achieve Carbon Trust Water Standard
Bentley has become the first automotive manufacturer, and among the first ten organisations in the world, to achieve the Carbon Trust Water Standard. This comes after the company reduced its water usage by 35.7 per cent over the previous year at its headquarters in Crewe, to 109,284 m³ in 2012 Achieving this reduction, Bentley’s Environmental […]
