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North West Automotive Supply Base responsible for investments of over £7.5 million and more than 230 new jobs during 2014
Investments totalling more than £7.5m were made into North West automotive supply base and niche vehicle manufacturing companies during 2014. All of the companies are Small & Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and they have all benefited from support from the Northwest Automotive Alliance (NAA) and the NAA’s ERDF Business Excellence Project Link to: further information […]
Forthcoming TS16949 Training Courses – FREE training for SMEs
You have the opportunity to take part in free TS16949 Training Courses, as long as you’re an SME, a member of Business Excellence, and you must not have previously attended any training courses or networking meetings run by the NAA. 5th February 2015 Disciplined Problem Solving – 1 Day Delivered by Systemsys 18th & 19th […]
Event review: MIA Low Carbon Racing Conference
Motorsport can help the car industry reduce emissions, and the recently-launched Advanced Propulsion Centre can help make this happen. This was one of the main messages at the Motorsport Industry Association (MIA) International Low Carbon Racing Conference 2015 which took place at Autosport International on 7 January at the NEC, Birmingham The event began with […]
Automotive Industrial Partnership, Addressing automotive skills challenges
The Automotive Industrial Partnership is the mechanism to address the skills challenges of the entire sector. It will take responsibility for, and to transform, the end-to-end skills system for the sector, enabling automotive employers to attract and develop the current and future skilled workforce that the sector needs to compete globally. The UK automotive sector […]
Employer Ownership Fund SME Engineering Skills Support, Improving Engineering Skills in Smaller companies
The Government launched a £2.5 million fund on Friday 12th December. This “offer” is open to any small or medium sized company that employs people in engineering occupations. Its aim is to help companies grow and become more productive through investing in the skills of its current and future engineers. This is the first tranche […]
Vauxhall Reveals Quality Secret As 5-Millionth Car Leaves Ellesmere Port
Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port factory has released dramatic footage of a vehicle sign-off like no other, while celebrating the five-millionth car to be produced at the Cheshire plant. News of the landmark car will be an extra boost for the near-1,800 workforce at EP, who build a new car every two minutes, and is currently gearing […]
NAA Update: More Awards success for the North West, and NAA Business Excellence funding needs to be used up!
Torotrak wins the 2014 SMMT Automotive Innovation Award, Michael Straughan and Richard Else make it into the Top 100 People in Manufacturing, JLR employee wins a Pride of Merseyside Fundraising Award, and if you want to win an NAA Business Excellence Award next year, then the funding is about to run out It doesn’t feel […]
In the Driving Seat: Kathrin Hueppe, Technical Director, Formel D UK
It sounds like Kathrin Hueppe, Technical Director, Formel D UK, puts as much energy into business as she does into running Name Kathrin Hueppe Company Formel D UK Position Technical Director Apart from that Member of SMMT Association with NAA Been a member of NAA for a year now since January 2014 and our common […]
NAA Member Company Profile: Formel D UK
Formel D UK is part of the larger Formel D Group which specialises in premium service provision to the automobile and supplier industry Having been the first foreign location of the Formel D Group, Formel D UK has gone from strength to strength by delivering requirement-oriented services through developing market-leading concepts and solutions which are […]
Business Excellence Networking Event Review: NGF EUROPE, 3 December 2014
NAA and Business Excellence members enjoyed another unique ‘behind the scenes’ tour in December, this time of the world’s leading High Tensile Strength (HTS) Fibre Forming facility at NGF EUROPE in St Helens. The tour was followed by a number of presentations about funding, including how NGF EUROPE accessed AMSCI support to build its facility […]
