Manufacturing in Swindon and Wiltshire will come under the spotlight at a Business West workshop this Wednesday.
The free event, at Swindon College, North Star Avenue, will look at the needs of a successful manufacturing business including a workforce with the appropriate skill set, good processes, access to research and development, business support and finance when needed.
This interactive workshop, which runs from 10am to 2pm, will identify all the support that exists for manufacturers and how it can be accessed.
Attendees will find out:
- What funding is available
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How to access finance
- How to up- skill your workforce
- Apprenticeships: the benefits and support
- What resources universities/colleges can offer
- What membership organisations can do to help you
For further information and to book go to: http://supportingmanufacturingswswindon.eventbrite.co.uk/
The full programme is:
10:00 Coffee and Registration
10:30 Introduction Nigel Hutchings, Business West Employment and Skills Partnership
10.35 Swindon College Manufacturing support Andrew Miller, college principal Evelyn Little, Business Devel. & Employer Engagement
10.45 Presentations for supporting manufacturing in the South West
Swindon & Wiltshire LEP Graham Dean, Herman Miller and S&W LEP
The Manufacturing Advisory Service Clive Turner, MAS
The Sector Skills Council for manufacturing Brian Fowler, Semta
Exporting for Growth UKTI
Accountancy – manufacturing specific support Ian Lloyd, Monahans
Legal – manufacturing specific support Malcolm Gregory, Withy King
11.15 Q&A
11:25 Coffee
11:40 Oxford Brookes University, Andrew Baxter
Growth Accelerator John Ward, Growth Accelerator, Business West
The National Apprenticeship Service Sally Timmins, (NAS)
Technology Strategy Board (TSB)
The Local Economic Development Office Phil Young, Economic Development Officer
Commercial banking Richard Baker,
Santander Corporate & Commercial Banking
12.15 Q&A and Feedback forms
12:30 Lunch and networking. Talk to the experts at their stands
