Below is a list of organisations able to help manufacturers. Please download a fact sheet and find out more.

Please note that the South West MAS is not responsible for the management or control of services provided by this third party organisation

actnow

actnow is a new initiative that brings broadband technology to Cornwall for the first time and offers a range of bespoke packages from a basic starter package to a complete network solution

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Advanced Composites Manufacturing Centre

The Advanced Composites Manufacturing Centre, known throughout the composites industry as ACMC, is part of the University of Plymouth. It is a leading national R & D facility, with a strong commercial orientation, and indeed, nearly 70% of ACMC activities are now commercial consultancy and professional training, together with analysis and testing of materials and components. With European funding, ACMC is already well known throughout the South West for outreach training and demonstration events.

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Beacon South West

What is the Beacon South West?

South West Regional Development Agency is building a portfolio of South West ‘Beacon ‘Companies, to which other business can look for leadership and examples of significant business performance.
Its members will be some of the South West’s most forward-thinking and ambitious companies brought together to spearhead the growth of the region and promote the use of innovative business and management practices. It offers a unique opportunity to successful South West businesses, for recognition and further development to achieve performance improvement.

It is intended that companies involved in Beacon South West will play an important role in cultivating the enterprise excellence that exists in the region.

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BIOWISE

BIO-WISE is a Government Programme funded by the Department of Trade and Industry. It aims to improve the competitiveness of UK manufacturing industry through the use of biotechnology (particularly in the engineering, chemical, textile and leather sectors) and to support the development of the UK biotechnology supplier industry.

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British Engineering Manufacturers Association

Founded in 1936 the British Engineering Manufacturer’s Association (BEMA) is the largest engineering trade association in the South West of England and South Wales

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Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association

CCFRA Group is the world's largest independent membership based organisation carrying out research and development for the food and drinks industry world-wide. It is committed to providing the food and allied industries with research, technical and advisory services needed to ensure product safety and quality, process efficiency in manufacture and product and process innovation.

 Download Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association Fact sheet

Cornwall Chamber of Commerce

The Cornwall Chamber of Commerce & Industry has a number of services aimed to assist businesses to grow.

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Cornwall Engineering Group

Engineering, both mechanical and electrical, is one of the largest sectors of industry in Cornwall and includes some of the most innovative and technically advanced companies in the country. The Cornwall Engineering Group’s aim is to improve the competitiveness and prosperity of Cornish Engineering Companies by working together.

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Cornwall Food and Drink Partnership Capital Grants Programme

Do you need help to expand your business or improve business performance? The Cornwall Food and Drink Partnership Scheme’s capital grants programme, run by Business Link in partnership with Cornwall Taste of the West, may be the solution. This scheme is designed to help you improve business profitability, develop new products or build up your business.

 Download Cornwall Food and Drink Partnership Capital Grants Programme Fact sheet

Defence Diversification Agency DDA

The Defence Diversification Agency (DDA) has been set up specifically to assist sole traders, partnerships and small and medium sized enterprises unlock the science and technology within the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) to improve their potential. DERA’s role is to be the source of technical expertise for the Ministry of Defence but much of the technology it develops also has commercial applications.

 Download Defence Diversification Agency DDA Fact sheet

Devon Cornwall Electrical Training

Devon & Cornwall Electrical Training (DCET) is an approved City and Guilds/JIB centre able to fulfil all your electrical training needs as an industry-based training provider, irrespective of the size of your company.

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EEF Western

The Engineering Employers Federation is the largest employer’s organisation in the UK. EEF Western is one of its 12 Associations. It delivers its core services to over 500 manufacturing companies throughout South West England and South Wales. Training programmes form a major part of those services and are delivered both on site, to company specification, or at the EEF learning and management training centre in Bristol.

 Download EEF Western Fact sheet

Enterprise South Devon

Enterprise South Devon is an association of Torbay, Teignbridge and South Hams Enterprise agencies that provides a FREE advice service to businesses in South Devon. It has an administration and research team based at Heathfield and a 15 strong advisory team currently working from 4 centres across the region. It works closely with Business Link, sharing the same offices and has access to most of their specialist support services. Enterprise South Devon has a proven track record of helping over one thousand local businesses a year.

 Download Enterprise South Devon Fact sheet

Envirowise

You can save as much as £1000 per employee through the effective use of raw materials but many companies continue to throw away profit in the form of avoidable waste. Help is at hand – Envirowise, a government programme offers free, practical advice on saving money and increasing profits by minimising waste. It provides a range of waste minimisation reference, networking and consultancy services, totally free of charge, and no strings attached.

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EnVision

EnVision is a service for small and medium-sized enterprises in areas identified as Objective 2 in Devon, West Somerset and Bristol. It helps businesses save money by improving their performance and streamlining production processes. The service is heavily subsidised by European funding (European Regional Development Fund), making it more appealing for businesses.

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Exeter Advanced Technologies X-AT

Exeter Advanced Technologies (X-AT) offers a range of engineering solutions to companies and individual clients, both locally and nationally. Specialising in Product Development, Materials Characterisation, Electronic Design and Development and Software Development, X-AT is a team of highly skilled professionals working with the very latest technologies.

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Faraday Advance Automotive and Aerospace Materials Research

The Faraday Partnership in Automotive and Aerospace Materials is a collaboration between Cranfield University, Oxford University, Oxford Brookes University, MIRA Ltd, the Oxford Trust and Business Link.
• to make use of funding opportunities to fund industrial-academic collaborative research and technology transfer.
• to help industry access the expertise and facilities within the Partnership to provide scientific leadership to automotive and aerospace communities.
• to assemble bespoke teams to undertake research and product development programmes.
• to identify strategies and partners for commercial exploitation.

 Download Faraday Advance Automotive and Aerospace Materials Research Fact sheet

Faraday Communications and Mobile Information Technology Research

This Faraday Partnership combines expertise in materials chemistry and physics, physical properties and applications through to systems design and prototyping using materials based on soft but an-isotropic condensed matter, including liquid crystals, polymers and their composites. The drive to smaller, mobile, low power and low cost devices, capable of dealing with the speed of transmission and complexity of information content, leads to the use of optical signals (photonics) and speed of light materials.

 Download Faraday Communications and Mobile Information Technology Research Fact sheet

Faraday CRYSTAL Green Technology for Chemical and Allied Industry

The CRYSTAL Faraday Partnership is a virtual centre of excellence in green chemical technology accessing the considerable resources of its industrial and academic participants to promote lower-cost, sustainable manufacturing solutions for the chemical industry.

 

FARADAY FIRST Innovative Remediation Science and Technology

This Faraday Partnership brings together seven key academic institutes, four proactive research technology organisations and the Environment Agency to facilitate research and development, training and technology transfer for the assessment and remediation of contaminated land and associated waters. It interacts with a wide network of SMEs and larger companies, both technology providers and problem holders.

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Faraday Food Processing

The Food Processing Faraday is supported by DEFRA and the DTI and is dedicated to:
a) Providing industry with an easy access route to the UK’s best engineering and science expertise
b) Mobilising the efforts of the UK academic base towards producing research focused on the needs of the food processing industry.

 Download Faraday Food Processing Fact sheet

Faraday High Power RF

High Power Radio Frequency (RF) and Microwave engineering are key enabling technologies in a wide range of industrial sectors. A primary objective of the Partnership is to assist with UK wealth creation by exploiting the commercial and environmental benefits of this technology with UK based industry. Most manufacturing processes which require heat can benefit from this technology by:
• Reduced processing time
• Improved quality, through uniform heating
• Lower energy costs
• Minimised environmental effects
• Smaller machinery footprint

 Download Faraday High Power RF Fact sheet

Faraday Imaging

The Imaging Faraday Partnership exists to bring new research, products and processes to commercial markets, with emphasis on the application of electronic imaging. This requires an exchange of information, ideas and requirements between researchers and those who apply technology in industry, medicine, creative media and other fields. An important consequence is the ability to incorporate business need into future UK and European research agenda.

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Faraday IMPACT

IMPACT aims to provide “Thought leadership” to enable the generation, evaluation, development, validation and commercialisation of high-value-added colloid and interface technology by engaging and focussing the best available resources in academe, industry and government.

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Faraday Insight

InsightFaraday’s purpose is to promote the development and exploitation of High Throughput Technologies (HTT) for product and process development for the benefit of UK industry and the Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) base. InsightFaraday facilitates collaboration between several universities and companies

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Faraday INTERSECT

Intersect is the UK focus for the research and application of sensing, measurement and instrumentation technologies, primarily in the process and manufacturing industries. Supported by DTI and EPSRC, Intersect is working to bridge the gap between academic research and industrial application, enabling novel sensing technologies to be exploited. Bringing together the UK and European sensing communities it encourages collaborations and supports the development of industry supply chains. It provides:
• Support for developing products
• Access to best practice
• Support in funding supply chain relationships
• Access to skills development through training

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Faraday Medical Devices

The Partnership addresses a major industrial sector for the UK (£2.7bn), noted for its fragmented nature but high growth potential within its base of small- and medium-sized enterprises. It provides a UK focus to the area of Medical Devices and supporting in areas such as:
• SME support
• Technology translation
• Development & exploitation of new medical devices
• Focusing research on healthcare and clinical needs
• Identification of funding sources
• Facilitating regulatory approval
• Advice on IP
• Encouraging cross-disciplinary interaction
• Industry specific training
• International links

 Download Faraday Medical Devices Fact sheet

Faraday Mini-Waste

Mini-Waste is a partnership between industry and the science and technology base.
The partnership undertakes strategic research, training and technology transfer activities that will lead to a significant reduction in the waste arising from UK industries. It is a member of the Faraday Partnerships initiative and is supported by the Department of Trade and Industry, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Natural Environment Research Council.

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Faraday Packaging and Interconnect Manufacture Research EPPIC Faraday Partnership

The EPPIC Faraday Partnership co-ordinates the UK industry’s research effort on packaging and interconnect manufacture for the electronics and photonics sectors. It directs programmes into the priority areas of high speed/power, harsh environment, integrated optical / electronic, high density, high reliability, and low cost packaging.

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Faraday Plastics Plastics Information, Research and Industry Forums

Faraday Plastics offer technical support and consultancy to help companies tackle plastics R & D and develop plastics innovation to production. A trusted resource for the plastics sector, they are supported by government and staffed by industry experts to provide business support, R&D, training and industry forum services for all processors, equipment builders, inventors, innovators and materials suppliers in the UK plastics industry.

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Faraday TechniTex

The UK Government-funded Faraday Partnerships initiative focuses on improving the interaction between the UK research base and industry, through the involvement of research and technology organisations (RTOs). The TechniTex Partnership aims to provide a focus for research, design and the development of new technologies and applications in the key and emerging manufacturing sector of technical textiles. Its role is to develop a pattern of co-ordinated research, training and technology transfer involving the science, engineering and technology base, in close relationship with the requirements of industry.

 

Fit for the Future

If British companies adopted only the average best practice levels of leading competitors, the UK's annual GDP would increase by £300 billion. By working together, we can all vitalise business. By sharing our experiences and knowledge and our ways of working, we can take a great leap forward. It cuts both ways. We can learn . . . and we can help others to learn.

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Grant for Investigating an Innovative Idea

If you’ve got an innovative business idea, you could qualify for a grant from the DTI. The aim of the Investigating an Innovative Idea grant product is to help businesses based in England with fewer than 250 employees develop their ideas by working with external experts. The outcome will be an action plan, which you can then use to take the idea forward to develop significantly improved products, processes and services. Working up and implementing the action plan can also help you acquire the skills you need to develop and implement new ideas in the future.

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Grant for Research and Development

Grant for Research and Development is the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) initiative that replaces the Smart Awards and provides grants to help individuals and small and medium-sized businesses to research and develop technologically innovative products and processes.

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Great Western Research

Great Western Research is a 5-year, £14m initiative which aims to catalyse and drive research collaboration between South West Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and businesses in the South West in five carefully determined research themes: Materials, Applied Mathematics, Sustainability, Psychology and Creative Arts.

If you have a research need in one of the five themes above, are based in the South West, and would like us to pick up 50% of the cost of having two top academics and a full time researcher working on your project, contact Great Western Research.

Great Western Research, Kay Buildings, North Park Rd, Exeter University, Exeter, EX4 4QF. Tel: 01392 269103; email support@gwr.ex.ac.uk

Website: www.gwr.ac.uk

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Groundwork

Groundwork ebs helps businesses and other organisations save money by improving their environmental performance. They do this by offering a range of environmental business services that help companies and their employees identify environmental improvements in order of their cost-effectiveness and legal necessity, and to be more aware of the environmental impact they may have on the community. Specific support, advice, information and training services provided include:

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HERDA

Herda-SW, the Higher Education Regional Development Association – South West was formed in August 1999 and are an independent, self financing association of the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the South West. They have a small secretariat that provides support across a spectrum of activities and is the central point of contact for regional organisations seeking to make contact with Higher Education.

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Innovation Relay Centres

Established in 1995 by the European Commission, the network consists of 68 Innovation Relay Centres (IRCs) throughout Europe. These centres have been created in order to facilitate the transfer of innovative technologies to and from European companies or research departments. As a mover and shaker in innovation, the IRC network has become a leading European network for the promotion of technology partnerships and transfer mainly between small and medium-sized companies (SMEs).

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Innovative Manufacturing Centre University of Bath

Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre (IMRC)at the University of Bath

The University of Bath has two IMRCs funded by the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council). Bath was awarded £6.3 million funding in 2001 to support two five year programmes of research, under the umbrella of the new Innovative Manufacturing Research Centres (IMRCs) – creating one centre in the Faculty of Engineering & Design and one in the School of Management. Additional funding secured June 06 £3-£4M across Mech Eng.

The main objective of these IMRCs is to conduct high quality research into the design, manufacture and management of processes, machines and systems.

Faculty of Engineering & Design IMRC
Focusing on the design tools of responsive, agile machines and manufacturing processes.

School of Management IMRC
Focusing on agility, lean manufacturing processes and supply networks.

48 academic staff 200 students
50 research officers to deliver to industry
120 post grad researches
20-30 technicians

Contact details can be found Company List under "Bath Uni"

web address: http://www.bath.ac.uk/imrc/

 

International Technology Promoters (ITP)

A part of the Department for Trade and Industry, the aim of the International Technology Service (ITS) is to help UK firms become and remain competitive at home and overseas, by keeping them aware of new technological developments and management practices from around the world. One service of the ITS is the ITP programme.

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Investors in People

Devon and Cornwall Business Link Devon and Cornwall delivers Investors in People support and advice to small and medium sized businesses (up to 250 employees). Their team of experienced advisors provide a tailor made programme which includes:

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ITS Overseas Missions

A part of the Department for Trade and Industry, the aim of the International Technology Service (ITS) is to help UK firms become and remain competitive at home and overseas, by keeping them aware of new technological developments and management practices from around the world.

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KTP

A KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER PARTNERSHIP (KTP) (formaly TCS) is a partnership between a Company and a University who work together on a development project that is strategically important to a Company’s future.

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MICE Small Enterprise Programme

Metals Industry Competitive Enterprise (MICE) is a not-for-profit organisation set up and run by the metals industry for metals industry improvement. MICE helps companies to improve performance, reduce costs and change their working culture through the hands-on application of lean manufacturing principles and supply chain efficiency measures. Supported by the DTI, the MICE Small Enterprise Programme offers metals companies with less than 50 employees or £5 million turnover (and not part of a larger group) a proven, cost-effective and practical route to achieving improved productivity, greater flexibility and better delivery performance.

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MSA International

MSA International deliver a full range of marketing and strategic planning services and support clients’ overseas market development with local knowledge of how to make things happen in unfamiliar surroundings. They deliver a comprehensive package with a flexible, hands-on approach that enables them to solve clients’ problems with a real-world understanding of their own specific needs.

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National Composites Network - South West Programme

Gaining access to the region’s composites expertise

The use of composite materials is increasing across many industrial sectors – not just in aerospace, marine and wind energy, but also in less obvious areas such as medical equipment and infrastructure. Compared with conventional materials, composites offer a variety of advantages in terms of strength to weight ratio, durability, resistance to corrosion, resilience, translucency and greater efficiency in construction compared with the more conventional materials.

The National Composites Network (NCN), together with South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) and Airbus has made a significant investment in composite facilities to make the South West a Centre of Excellence in Composite Materials.

The National Composites Network South West programme aims to provide access to these facilities for industry in the region, through a technology transfer programme involving Higher Education Institutions.

The FREE services, aimed primarily at SMEs, provide direct access to technologies, facilities and expertise to help you reduce costs, improve manufacturing efficiency, enhance product quality and gain competitive advantage:

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National Metals Technology Centre (NAMTEC)

The National Metals Technology centre (NAMTEC) is a brand new organisation, set up to bring substantial benefits to the UK’s metals industry. NAMTEC aims to be a centre of excellence, and through its activities strategically position the UK metals industry to be more competitive in international markets.

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NISP National Industrial Symbiosis Programme

The National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) is a business focused initiative that seeks to optimise resources such as waste as a raw material, but also includes manufacturing capacity, land, energy, logistics and water. It develops a collaborative approach between organisations through an imaginative programme of creative networking underpinned by technological excellence. It has an emphasis on cross-sector dialogue to fit together all sizes of companies, as if they were jigsaw pieces.

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PowdermatriX Faraday

PowdermatriX seeks to build a network linking industry, intermediate organisations and universities, through which industry's needs for technology, research and training can be identified and met. It aims to create a network in particulate engineering, focussed initially in the advanced ceramic, powder metal, hard metal and magnetics industries. The core partners of the organisation are CERAM Research, Birmingham, Loughborough and Manchester/UMIST Universities, the European Powder Metal Association, the British Hardmetals Association, the National Physical Laboratory and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

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PRIME Faraday

The PRIME Faraday Partnership was one of the first four Faraday Partnerships launched by the UK Government. The Partnership brings together the academic strengths of both Loughborough University and the University of Nottingham, and the industrial and technology transfer expertise of Pera, with the common purpose of assisting industry throughout the UK.

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Pro-Bio Faraday

The Pro-Bio Faraday Partnership meets the current challenge of integrating rapid developments in biosciences with the necessary equipment and process advances, to implement biocatalytic manufacturing processes on a wider scale than exists today. The core of Pro-Bio are the research bases of UMIST, University of Edinburgh, University of York and UCL, together with the Research Technical Organisations of C-Tech Innovation and BHR Solutions.

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Production Support Services

Production Support Services provide a professional yet cost effective technical support to assist companies reduce manufacturing costs.
The company has experience across a wide range of electro-mechanical products including PCB’s and Magnetic Components manufacture.

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Regional Language Network

The RLN SW is part of a national network set up to promote the importance of using languages in business. They actively promote the benefits of communicating to customers in their native language to improve business competitiveness in the global market place.

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SBAC The Society of British Aerospace Companies Ltd

The Society of British Aerospace Companies Ltd (SBAC) is the national trade association of the UK Aerospace Industry and represents the interests of over 400 member companies across every sector and tier of the Industry. It is a forum that allows companies in the UK Aerospace Industry to network, co-operate and co-ordinate their activities to the business advantage of the industry as a whole.

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Somerset and Dorset Manufacturing Network

The Somerset and Dorset Manufacturing Network (SDMN) provides a forum for Manufacturing businesses to resolve Technological, Management and Skills issues effecting Quality, Cost and Delivery performance through networking; raising awareness; knowledge and expertise; sharing best practice; accessing advanced technological support and technology transfer.

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South West Regional Integrated Graduate Development Scheme

The South West Regional IGDS is intended to equip graduates or their equivalent in the engineering and manufacturing industry of the South West with the management, business and technical skills and the vision to prepare them for the challenges of the new millennium.

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Students: a Regional Resource

There are over 30,000 Higher Education students at universities in Devon and Cornwall. Their skills, energy and enthusiasm provides a tremendous resource for local organisations, which is currently under used.

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Taste of the West

Taste of the West provides key support for the economic development of the Food and Drink industry throughout the South West working with regional food and drink companies - from producers and processors to retailers and caterers plus associated businesses, aiming to improve their professionalism and competitiveness. Taste of the West is a limited company whose board is supported by a Chief Executive and team who provide a variety of skills such as food technology, marketing, public relations, tourism, catering and information technology.

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Ten The Excellent Network

TEN is a not for profit membership organisation with a strong reputation as a powerful catalyst for performance. We help release potential to maximise profit through the creation of a success culture for start-up entrepreneurs to FTSE 100 companies.

contact
Regent House, St John's Road, Bristol, BS3 1AL, UK Map
Tel:0845 300 6210
Fax:0845 300 6310
Email:mail@ten.ltd.uk
Web:http://www.askten.co.uk

main contacts
Mr William Montgomery (Chief Executive)

TEN is a membership organisation which promotes the development of excellence in organisations. Excellence is about improving performance and developing continuous improvement - whether in products and services, processes or people. It is about striving to get the most from your people and your resources, and developing your organisation to get a better return on investment. TEN is here to provide the tools, initiatives, access to best practice, and training to help you achieve this. TEN is the trading name of The Excellent Network, a company limited by guarantee and not-for-profit.

 

The Year In Industry

The Year in Industry offers a low risk way to encourage young people into industry/engineering to indentify tomorrow's engineers, scientists or ICT personnel by accessing some of the top performing students nationally. The students undertake projects and tasks with a bright young mind bringing fresh ideas and ethusiasm.


Charity Watkins, Regional Director
The Year in Industry, South West of England
Tamar Science Park
Davy Road
Derriford
Plymouth
PL4 8BX

T 01752 762111
F 01752 762108
E southwest@yini.org.uk

http://www.yini.org.uk/

The Engineering Development Trust is a registered education charity, number 1002459. It’s programmes include Engineering Education Scheme (England), Headstart and The Year in Industry, all of which are part of the Royal Academy of Engineering Best Programme.

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UK Trade and Investment

UK Trade & Investment
Information on Passport to export and contact numbers of the team in the South West. Main contact is through the Business Links. Website address.

http://www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk/

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United Utilities

Organisations throughout the UK could save millions of pounds every year if they introduced effective energy saving measures. United Utilities has developed its unique energy saving partnership which means that your business can start to reduce its energy bill immediately without the need for capital investment on your part.

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West of England Aerospace Forum WEAF

The West of England Aerospace Forum (WEAF) is an industry led partnership committed to improving the competitiveness and growth of the aerospace sector in the South West of England. WEAF champion the interests of all aerospace companies in the region from large to small. Funded by SWRDA to deliver the strategy for them to Aerospace companies in the region, WEAF membership is free and is currently nearing 650 members.

WEAF
Unit E
St David's Court
Windmill Road
Clevedon
North Somerset
BS21 6UP
Tel: 01275 872 353
Fax: 01275 872 355

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xchangegroup

xchangegroup provides Finance and Marketing Support to manufacturing entrepreneurs and management teams. The focus is on practical and affordable solutions to pressing needs.

They bring together skills from a number of disciplines to provide an integrated approach to problem solving. Projects are managed by experienced engineers who have themselves run manufacturing companies: people who get straight to the point. Once a specific problem is isolated the engineers will involve colleagues with experience in Process Design, Marketing or Finance as appropriate.

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