Businesses in the East of England are being offered the opportunity to get real advice from experienced businesspeople as part of a series of free forums for manufacturing and engineering companies.
The next Real Advice Forum will take place between 1.30pm – 5.30pm on 16th May at Hethel Engineering Centre, near Wymondham. The event is designed to help businesses who work with, or are interested in working with the public sector.
Speakers at the ‘Public Sector’ forum include:
• Hethel Engineering Centre, Simon Coward, Chief Executive of Hethel Engineering Centre
• East of England International (EEI), Roger Moore, Investor Development Manager
• i10, Liz Davis-Smith, Business Development Manager, based at UEA & covering Norfolk / Suffolk
Case Study includes Matt Stevenson, Director R&D Reef One Ltd
from their facilities in Norwich. Reef One designs and manufactures
innovative products for the aquatics market
• Innovation Relay Centre (IRC), Dr Dave Reynolds will explain how
the Network can help organisations in the East of England to innovate
through effective partnering
• Business Link East, David Martin, Partnership Director - Norfolk
• National Skills Academy for Manufacturing (NSAM), John Bradley, Regional Manager East of England
• Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) East, Jim Philips
• Train to Gain, David Leyserman, Skills Broker
Support advisors and agencies from the public sector including the National Skills Academy for Manufacturing (NSAM), Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) East and Business Link East will give short presentations about how companies can benefit from building relationships with public sector organisations. Delegates will also have the opportunity to ask questions of the panel of speakers in order to better understand how they can help their business and the wider engineering and manufacturing industry.
The programme of Real Advice Forums continues next month with ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’. Designed for businesses interested in and currently supplying these industries, it will take place at Hethel Engineering Centre on 23rd June between 11.00am and 2.00pm.
To book a place on the ‘Public Sector’ or the ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’ Real Advice Forums, please contact Hethel Engineering Centre on 01953 859100.
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