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NAA News – Keep the benefits of Business Excellence – become a member of the NAA
With Business Excellence funding coming to a close, don’t miss out on the opportunity to convert your BE membership to NAA membership. With a special introductory offer of 12 months for the price of only 9 months, you could still enjoy attendance at events, networking opportunities and access to a range of bespoke services to […]
NAA Awards 2015 – Awards Entry Forms now available
Have you booked a table yet for the NAA Awards Dinner on 12 November 2015 at The Mere Hotel in Cheshire? If not, then do this today, because the event is looking to be a bumper evening with over 250 tickets already sold or reserved. We currently have two speakers, our chairman Michael Straughan (Member […]
NAA Event Review: Business Excellence Meeting, Cholmondeley Pageant of Power, Friday 12 June 2015
The NAA held its last ever Business Excellence meeting at the 2015 Cholmondeley Pageant of Power, with speakers including Garry Wilson (APC), Simon Hucknall (Vauxhall), James Cross (EA Technology), Martina Rodrigues (NAA) and Carol Holden (NAA)… “The NAA event at the 2015 Cholmondeley Pageant of Power was excellent; the presentations conveyed the enthusiasm of the […]
Life after Business Excellence and the future of the NAA
At the NAA Business Excellence meeting at the 2015 Cholmondeley Pageant of Power, Martina Rodrigues and Carol Holden from the NAA gave presentations about ‘Life after the Business Excellence programme’ and the NAA Vision – here’s a summary of what they said… The NAA’s Business Excellence programme, which had 154 businesses signed up, has supported […]
Automotive Industrial Partnership Leading the Way on Skills
The Automotive Industrial Partnership is urging employers to join the organisation to boost skills across the sector. The household names driving the £30 million government and industry initiative are Bentley, BMW, Ford, GKN, Honda, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan, Toyota and Vauxhall… Jo Lopes, Chair of the Automotive Industrial Partnership and head of Technical Excellence, Jaguar […]
Success at science and engineering event will mark young people out as future stars
Young people from 21 schools in the North West marked themselves out as science and engineering stars of the future at an important event hosted by the University of Liverpool on 29th April. The students are taking part in the prestigious Engineering Education Scheme (EES), generally viewed as the UK’s foremost programme for identifying young […]
NAA Update: Help us to share our success and the current state of the industry with the new government
Please complete our quick survey about your business so we can maximise the impact for the automotive industry within the ‘Northern Powerhouse’, also there is £60m of new APC funding available, we can help you pull a consortium together and work with you on the bid application Like most people I was surprised with the […]
In the Driving Seat: Lawrence Davies, Deputy CEO, Automotive Investment Organisation, UKTI
Lawrence Davies, Deputy CEO, Automotive Investment Organisation, UKTI, suggests that a career of procuring components from automotive suppliers has turned him into someone who is fascinated about breaking secret codes, what can we learn from this?… Name Lawrence Davies Company Automotive Investment Organisation, UKTI Position Deputy CEO Apart from that Fellow of the Chartered Institute […]
NAA Member Company Profile – Fylde CNC Specialists Ltd
Fylde CNC is a sub-contract precision CNC machining company, manufacturing high quality components for OEMs and Tier 1s in a range of sectors including automotive and aerospace… The business has invested significantly in a state-of-the-art factory and the latest machinery as part of the company’s vision to become a world-class manufacturing company. Fylde CNC is […]
Why you should enter for the 2015 NAA Awards – from the 2014 Outreach Award winners, Vauxhall Motors and Sigmatex, and the Award sponsor, Festo
“Organisations wishing to be recognised for their achievements, from Outreach to Innovation, should strongly consider applying for the NAA Awards this year – it is a fantastic way of reflecting on achievements and challenges that have been overcome and a way of sharing this within the organisation as well as with external customers and suppliers.” […]
