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NAA event review: Business Excellence meeting – Cholmondeley Pageant of Power, Friday 13 June 2014
The Cholmondeley Pageant of Power was the adrenaline-fuelled backdrop for the NAA’s Business Excellence meeting held on Friday 13th June 2014, and there was even the unique opportunity to experience the challenging Pageant circuit Although the main focus of the meeting was a series of presentations from North West companies involved in motorsport, there were […]
Event Review: High Performance, Low Carbon Day, 15 May 2014, Millbrook Proving Ground – including news about the important new APC
The High Performance, Low Carbon Day comprised of two sections; firstly an opportunity for companies developing new low carbon automotive technology to present about their products, and secondly, there were updates from support organisations, most notably the significant new Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), about which all North West automotive companies should be aware There were […]
New Models Drive Job Growth At Bentley
Bentley Motors has announced it is creating over 140 new jobs at its headquarters in Crewe. Recruitment includes 90 skilled engineers and 51 new apprentices, the biggest single apprentice intake in ten years. The announcement follows on from Bentley’s record year in 2013, delivering 10,120 cars, the highest in the company’s 95-year history, and aim […]
250 new jobs created by Jaguar Land Rover as company announces plans to build the Land Rover Discovery Sport at Halewood
250 new jobs have been created by the UK’s largest automotive employer as the Land Rover Discovery Sport has been confirmed as the latest model to be produced at Jaguar Land Rover’s Halewood plant. The additional jobs announced to support Jaguar Land Rover’s newest model will see the Halewood workforce reach 4,750 – more than […]
Range Rover Evoque WISE (Women In Science and Engineering) Scholarship opens for 2014 applicants
Jaguar Land Rover has opened its 2014 Range Rover Evoque WISE Scholarship for young women planning a career in technology and engineering in the UK. Launched last year by Zara Phillips, the scholarship will offer two young women, embarking on the first steps of their engineering career, an extra boost with financial, mentoring and practical […]
Ellesmere Port Celebrates Fifty Years Of Production
On June 1st 1964, the first Vauxhall rolled off the production line at the all-new Ellesmere Port manufacturing plant in Cheshire. On June 5th 2014, Vauxhall celebrated 50 years of production at Ellesmere Port by recreating the 1964 scene and the original press image of the first vehicle coming off the line, in the same […]
Junair Spraybooths launches new website
NAA Business Excellence member Junair Spraybooths has launched an all-new website at www.junair.co.uk Daniel Cookson, Marketing Manager at Junair Spraybooths comments: “This new redesign and restructure has two main goals. Firstly to align the website with the new Junair Spraybooths branding, secondly, to clearly demonstrate Junair’s vast array of products, services and capabilities in a […]
UK Car Export Values Double in Decade to £24.8bn
At the organisation’s International Automotive Summit in Canary Wharf, SMMT Chief Executive Mike Hawes revealed that global markets spent £24.8bn last year on UK-built cars, compared with £12bn a decade ago. Alongside rising manufacturing volumes, the income surge is largely attributable to the shift to building higher-quality models across the country, doubling the average export […]
LCR Robot Challenge – opening up young minds to manufacturing / engineering as a career choice
More than 50 schools from across the Liverpool City Region took part in the Robot Challenge Final which was held as part of the Skills Show at Aintree Racecourse. Each Robot Challenge saw teams of students take part in a full day event starting with building their robots with the support of manufacturing employers in […]
NAA Update: North West companies scoop top national awards; if your company hasn’t won, then enter the NAA awards!
What a North West success newsletter we have this month! We have two winners of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, as well as the winner of the UK-wide Shell Springboard competition. We’re also launching our own 2014 NAA Awards. To celebrate, we have included an In The Driving Seat and an article about each of […]
