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NAA Awards: Applications are now open for the 2019 NAA Awards! Which Award are you entering for?
Get your pencils, pens, keyboards and fingers ready – it’s time to start getting ready for your submission to the 2019 NAA Annual Awards! The awards provide you with many benefits… The chance to win an Award The opportunity to become Company of the Year Raise the awareness of your company on the evening in […]
NAA News: The easy way for NAA members to switch to affordable renewable energy
NAA members are being encouraged to play their part in the fight against climate change in order to achieve Government ambitions to be net carbon neutral by 2050… One simple way that businesses can support this is to switch to renewable power, and our energy procurement hub partner, Businesswise Solutions, is on a mission to […]
NAA News: Launch of partnership with the Business Lancashire and Business Manchester newspapers
This month marked the start of a new partnership between the Northern Automotive Alliance and The Samuel James Group, the media company responsible for the Business Lancashire and Business Manchester newspapers, which have a combined readership of 40,000 people per month… The aim of this new partnership is to highlight the region’s automotive expertise and […]
NAA Member News: Bentley Motors Invests in Sustainable Energy with Solar Panel Installation
Bentley Motors has reinforced its commitment to sustainable energy with the installation of the UK’s largest ever solar car port at its factory headquarters in Crewe, UK… This means – in the company’s centenary year – all electricity used to manufacture every Bentley is solar or certified green. The installation of 10,000 solar panels, which […]
NAA Member News: GEFCO UK unveils its commitment to tackle mental health taboo
GEFCO UK has announced a programme of health and wellbeing initiatives to support its employees and to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week, which runs until Sunday 19th May… The business has signed an Employer Pledge demonstrating its commitment to changing how it thinks and acts about mental health in the workplace, and ensures that […]
NAA Member News: New UK-designed OakTec Hydrogen Engine launched at All-Energy 2019
Clean engine development company OakTec gave the first public showing of its exciting new hydrogen-fuelled engine at the All-Energy Show in Glasgow on 15 & 16 May 2019… Labelled the Pulse-R Zero, this novel prototype research engine, which burns hydrogen gas and produces only water vapour in the exhaust, is a spin-out from an Innovate […]
NAA Member News: Servispart Consulting partners with Genalpha to unlock aftermarket growth
Servispart Consulting partners with Genalpha, an innovative provider of B2B parts eCommerce, eCatalogue and customer portal solutions for equipment manufacturers… NAA member, Servispart Consulting, the UK’s leading specialist aftermarket consultancy is partnering with GenAlpha Technologies LLC to provide a powerful synergy of aftermarket knowledge and technology expertise in addressing the needs of the manufacturing aftermarket. […]
NAA Partner Event Review: The Manufacturers Alliance 2nd Annual Conference Inspires the Cogs of Industry to Keep on Turning
The conference has been the biggest to date with over 100 attendees, including a diverse range of speakers sharing best practice, including NAA member Mark Brickhill from Klarius. Created specifically for small and medium sized businesses in the manufacturing industry, the Manufacturers Alliance runs peer support groups for senior manufacturing leaders, who meet on a […]
NAA Update. Robert Llewellyn returns for 2019 NAA Awards! – positive industry news amongst frustrating Brexit delays
It’s official – Robert Llewellyn will be returning again as the Master of Ceremonies at this year’s NAA Annual Awards Dinner!! Robert is perhaps best known as the presenter of Channel 4’s Scrapheap Challenge, but has also had an impressive range of media roles working as a comedian, writer and actor (Kryten in Red Dwarf!)… […]
In the Driving Seat: David Lowe, Managing Director, Autac Products
David Lowe, Managing Director, Autac Products, is heading to Everest Base Camp later this year, so let’s hope he’s finding some time for training in between running a business and looking after four kids… Name Mr David Lowe Company Autac Products Ltd Position Managing Director/Business Owner Apart from that Manufacturing Alliance (Cheshire), Let’s Experience Electric […]