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MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005

MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005. Chairman’s Welcome – Ian Aspley, Marley Eternit. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005. Annual General Meetings of MEBC Limited and MEBC Projects.

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MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005

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  1. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005

  2. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005 Chairman’s Welcome – Ian Aspley, Marley Eternit

  3. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005 Annual General Meetings of MEBC Limited and MEBC Projects

  4. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005 Partnerships CEO Report AWM Programme of awareness raising Membership Eversheds event Projects Case Studies Future AGM/Dinner PowerPoint CD

  5. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005 Ralph Hepworth

  6. Business Resource Efficiency and Waste • The West Midlands BREW funding for 2005/6 is substantially committed. • New projects in place are: • Recyclate Growth • Designing Out Waste, Designing In Profit • Business Resource Efficiency West Midlands (BREWM) • BREW Awareness • Industrial Symbiosis funding has continued. • Regional Coordinator is in post. • Plan for future years well advanced

  7. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005 Examples of activity Visit to Sideway withMouchel Parkman Visit to Eco-Pod with Black Country Housing Introduction to TAHI by Severn Trent Visit to Aston Hall Farmwith Severn Trent

  8. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005 Partnerships CEO Report AWM Programme of awareness raising Membership Eversheds event Projects Case Studies Future AGM/Dinner PowerPoint CD

  9. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005 John Barraclough

  10. Envirowise in the West Midlands RegionJohn Barraclough Envirowise Regional Manager

  11. Presentation Structure • BREW Expansion of Envirowise • Resource Efficiency Clubs • Partnership working • Questions and Comments

  12. Expansion of Envirowise • Additional funding through BREW • Services available to all UK Businesses • National and Regional expansion • Regional co-ordination • Resource Efficiency Clubs (RECs)

  13. Resource Efficiency Clubs • £2 Million Nationally for FS / REC • West Midlands applications to date • £210k Approved • £120k Under Review • Provides a vehicle for business support in the region

  14. Resource Efficiency Clubs Black Country FS Kidderminster REC Bromsgrove REC Worcester REC Stoke-on-Trent REC Redditch REC Malvern REC

  15. Working in Partnership • Joint working agreements • Joint events • Seminars • Workshops • Resource Efficiency Clubs

  16. Search: Advanced Search Events Latest UK Trade & Investment supported Events Local Office Database UK Trade & Investment International Trade Team DatabaseTo find the UK Trade & Investment International Trade Team in your local Business Link to access all this help, simply enter your full postcode below.You can also contact the Business Link network by calling their enquiry line on 0845 6009006. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005 Graham Ashmore

  17. Graham Ashmore – Lead International Team for the Environmental Technologies Cluster

  18. UKTI is the national government organisation that supports both companies in the UK trading internationally and overseas companies seeking to locate in the U.K.In the the West Midlands UKTI works closely with the Development Agency - Advantage West Midlands to deliver an agreed international strategy.

  19. Regional Internationalisation of Clusters project covering all ten priority clusters £4 million over 4 years + leverage of core funding • Delivered through the five international trade teams at each Chamber/Business Link supported by regional staff • Cluster leads and coordinators • 50+ International Trade Advisers

  20. UKTI likes to work closely with industry groups so that the market intelligence and supply capabilities are in harmony

  21. Examples ofactivities so far • 142 companies have participated in international activities • 30 E.T. companies developing their export skills through the “Passport” programme • Support for companies using trade show visits to research new markets in Central Europe, Mexico and the Middle East. 75 companies – 11 shows • Seminars, focus groups, visiting experts

  22. More examples of activities • Support for companies presenting papers at conferences • Organising Meet the International Buyer events –25 W. M. companies - 60 buyers - 18 countries • Support for companies exhibiting at E.T. shows • Support for companies in the MEBC Wind programme • Support for individual companies developing E.T markets

  23. Planned activities early 2006 • Czech Republic contaminated land scoping mission –January • Exhibiting Group Irish Waste and Water Exhibition 8th-9th March • E.T. mission to Shandong province China - early March • Market Research mission to Asia Water Exhibition – Kuala Lumpur 19th-24th March

  24. Potential activities F.Y. 2006/7 • Romania Contaminated land scoping mission –April 4-7 • Meet the Buyer at ET 2006 16-18 May • Hamburg Wind 16-19 May - support MEBC group • Lower Silesia ET mission – June • Romania ET Mission – September • Mexico ET Mission – October • Pollutec Lyons – November • Abu Dhabi Environment and Energy – January • Western China ET mission – March And the international elements of the EBOP project

  25. Examples of Achievements • Environmental training company on the “Passport” programme has won business from as far afield as Brunei and Kazakhstan • A Black Country engineering company who have participated in the “Passport” and Wind Energy programmes have raised exports from zero to 30% of turnover • A land remediation company has set up a successful distribution network throughout Central Europe

  26. Further information fromGareth Stanley Coordinator, Environmental Technologies Cluster International Teamphone 0121 380 3583e mail garethstanley@advantagewm.co.uk

  27. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005 Partnerships CEO Report AWM Programme of awareness raising Membership Eversheds event Projects Case Studies Future AGM/Dinner PowerPoint CD

  28. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005 Partnerships CEO Report AWM Programme of awareness raising Membership Eversheds event Projects Case Studies Future AGM/Dinner PowerPoint CD

  29. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005 Ian Bryan

  30. NISP Ian Bryan (Last man standing!)

  31. Previously funded by Onyx Environmental Trust and RDA’s, Business led delivered within the West Midlands with help from Programme Advisory Group Active in West Midlands, the Humber and Scotland (SISP). Historical Context

  32. NISP 2005 onwards • Funded by Defra BREW + RDA’s • National programme (£13 million from April 2005-2008, £2 million 2005-6), • 2005/6 NISP-WM, NE, NW, EM, YH… • 2006/7 National coverage complete, • Business led, national policy framework and strategy, delivered locally in region, • Significant increase in resources 2006/7/8, • Increased focus on long term initiatives including education and training (NVQ), • Policy contribution to Government strategic thinking WS 2000 & Kelly review.

  33. Industrial Symbiosis Business Opportunity Landfill↓ Jobs↑ New Business↑ CO2↓ Sales↑ Costs↓ Learning↑ Innovation↑ Transport↓ Pollution ↓ Asset Utilisation↑

  34. Total Cost Savings to Industry £26.3 Million/annum Total Increase in Asset Utilisation £5 Million/annum Total Additional Sales for Industry £10.5/annum Total Investment in Reprocessing/Recycling £2.1 Total Diversion from Landfill 100,000 tonnes/annum Total Carbon Dioxide Reduction 250,000 tonnes Total Jobs Created 25 Total Jobs Safeguarded 173 Results to date (NISP-WM)(last six months)

  35. Used Cans

  36. Can Recycling

  37. For more information WWW.NISP.ORG.UK Dr Adrian Murphy Unit F6, The Arch 48-52 Floodgate Street Birmingham B5 5SL Tel: 0121 766 4560

  38. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005 Bob Dorman

  39. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005 2005 Portfolio of Case Studies • Published on the web site of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development • Jonathon Porritt: “I hugely enjoyed catching up on all these and seeing just how imaginative some of the solutions to today’s problems really are.”

  40. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005 Event hosted by Eversheds Annual?

  41. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005 Annual General Meeting and Dinner

  42. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005 CD Rom

  43. MEBC AGM at Birmingham Council House – December 2005 Chairman’s summary and event close

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