1 / 0

Supporting Manufacturing in the Heart of the South West 14 November 2011

Supporting Manufacturing in the Heart of the South West 14 November 2011. 1981-1996 – The beginning. 1997-2004 – HMT launched. 2004-2011 - Diversification. Heritage. Our Challenges . Planning for an uncertain future, very lumpy sales (UK and export), resource levels, property requirements

cloris
Download Presentation

Supporting Manufacturing in the Heart of the South West 14 November 2011

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Supporting Manufacturing in the Heart of the South West 14 November 2011

  2. 1981-1996 – The beginning 1997-2004 – HMT launched 2004-2011 - Diversification Heritage
  3. Our Challenges Planning for an uncertain future, very lumpy sales (UK and export), resource levels, property requirements Competing with large corporates with deeper pockets High cost of product development Staying up to date with H&S, Environmental, Bribery & Corruption, Export, ITAR Recruiting good engineers Current Banking environment Feeling as though non one really cares as much High cost of trade events
  4. Reflections on UK Government support Positive Good work of Business Link More recent good export support Good tax relief to support development investment “Could be improved” Clarity of UK industrial support especially in relation to competing for export orders Better visibility and relevance of grants Export compliance process
  5. What can the LEP do to help? Listen – are your experiences the same? Provide feedback to BIS on areas for national policy improvements Seek to initiate local responses (Beacon, Skills and training) Work with local finance to signpost to appropriate finance
  6. Summary Supacat is committed to providing engineering excellence in the region Supacat wishes to work with partners in achieving its goals The LEP is the right mechanism to have the voice of the regional manufacturing businesses heard in Westminster
More Related