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Applications now open for 2013 Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme – deadline approaching
Applications are now open for the next intake of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme, starting in September 2013. Manchester Metropolitan University is one of four Universities in the UK that is delivering the fully funded Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme. 10,000 Small Businesses is a unique, practical programme designed to help the […]
Funding News: Enabling Innovation Team (EIT) Rail Customer Experience £1m Competition
The Enabling Innovation Team (EIT) has been established to accelerate innovation in the GB rail industry, and is seeking innovations from non-rail sectors covering technologies, services and business processes which can transform rail customer’s experience. Backed by the Department of Transport a number of key rail industry challenges are being addressed including, via this competition, […]
Local Industry supports engineering celebration day at Liverpool
Nearly 100 A-level students displayed their innovative engineering project skills at the Engineering Education Scheme (EES) Celebration Day at the University of Liverpool. Companies from the North West were at the heart of the event, one of three such events across the North, with engineers providing expertise and assistance in the form of project mentoring […]
The Engineering Education Scheme
The Engineering Education Scheme links teams of four Year 12 students and their teacher with local companies to work on real, scientific, engineering and technological problems The EES is a project-based scheme designed to assist students in becoming more “work ready” and able reduce the negative perceptions of industry and engineering. The scheme also provides […]
NAA Update: You are invited to become a member of the NAA; Annual Dinner; SMMT Meet the Buyer event; more AMSCI funding; Employer Ownership of Skills Pilot
If you are receiving and reading this newsletter then I invite you to become a full member of the NAA. The only way that the NAA can continue to offer all of its services is by building its membership base As we start to understand the implications of the reduction of funding for the Business […]
NAA Business Excellence Programme Update: Business Excellence Programme Extension Approaching Final Approval
I would like to take this opportunity to update you on the Business Excellence’s proposed extension July 2013 to June 2015. It is now over a year ago that I met with the team at the European Regional Development Fund and in July 2012 I submitted the proposal for further funding. The ERDF team has […]
NAA Skills Update: Raising awareness of apprenticeships
A recent Times Higher Education article revealed that more than three quarters of recent university graduates were not given advice on apprenticeships or vocational training routes before leaving secondary education The article was based on research carried out with 1,774 people who graduated in the last two years, 76% of whom said they were not […]
In the Driving Seat: Alex Robinson, Supply Chain Development Manager, SMMT
Alex Robinson, Supply Chain Development Manager, SMMT, seems to have two sides to him – by day, he helps the nation’s automotive companies; by night, he can be found running around London’s canal network Name Alex Robinson Company The Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders Limited (SMMT) Position Supply Chain Development Manager Association with NAA […]
BE Case Study: £4 Million Investment For New Glass Fibre Cord Manufacturing Facility At NGF Europe
NGF EUROPE Ltd gains investment to build a high tensile strength fibre-forming plant in the North West, the only such facility outside Japan Link to case study on website: http://northernautoalliance.com/case-studies/4-million-investment-for-new-glass-fibre-cord-manufacturing-facility-at-ngf-europe/
NAA Member Company Profile: TVS Supply Chain Solutions
TVS Supply Chain Solutions are specialists in receiving, processing and organising the flow of components and products for developers and manufacturers within the automotive, beverage, power generation and defence markets. The company looks after a range of inventory for its clients from raw materials and individual components to finished products and aftermarket spares Today, the […]
