Supporting Manufacturing in the South West The Dept of Mechanical Engineering 4 East 3.40/3.44 University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, 28th January 2014, 10:30 to 14:00 10:30 11:00
Coffee and Registration Introduction
11:05
University of Bath Welcome & Intro to Mech Eng
11.15
Presentations for supporting manufacturing in the South West Successfully securing public grants for Paul Wilson, manufacturing West of England Local Enterprise Partnership
11:45 12:10
Employment & Skills Partnership, Business West Prof Stephen Culley, Professor of Engineering Design, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
The Manufacturing Advisory Service
Clive Turner, MAS
The Manufacturing Sector Skills Council
Brian Fowler, Semta
UK Trade and Investment
Graham White , Business West
Growth Accelerator
John Ward, Business West
Legal - manufacturing specific support Coffee
tbc, Thrings
The National Apprenticeship Service introduces  Local Success Story  Apprentice Ambassador
Peter Milburn, NAS tbc tbc
The role of local Manufacturing Networks
Dan Fox, Keynsham Industrial Alliance(KIA) & Robbin Engineering
How companies can work with UoB incl. KTPs, consultancy & accessing facilities
tbc, Ruth Waring
Access to Finance
Richard Baker, Santander
12.40
Q&A and Feedback forms
13:00
LUNCH and NETWORKING
Agenda may be subject to change on the day
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