East Midlands | Manufacturing Growth Programme

£500,000 support boost for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire manufacturers

February 8th 2021

The Manufacturing Growth Programme (MGP), which has already supported over 600 companies in other areas of the East Midlands, has agreed a deal with D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership to provide specialist assistance to firms in the two counties.

Management firms can now access a dedicated Manufacturing Growth Manager, who will use the GROWTHMapper benchmarking tool to identify pain points and new markets for their products, before delivering grants that can help support a third of the total cost of the business improvement project up to a maximum £10,000.

Leicestershire manufacturer utilises their skills and adaptability to pivot in uncertain times

December 2nd 2020

Sew Systems Ltd make, design and develop specialised machinery for the textile industry. They have a full engineering manufacturing plant as well as a sewing machine folding-guides and attachments department. During the time of COVID-19, the business has identified...

Leicestershire Engineering Company Utilise MGP Support to Keep up with Valuable Certification

April 12th 2019

Sapcote Engineering Limited, like many SME’s facing new legislative requirements, were in need of particular welding expertise to help them to optimise their EN 3834-3 welding management system in order to maintain their EN 1090-1 Execution of Steel & Aluminium...

Agricultural specialist targets £multi-million expansion boost through diversification drive

February 11th 2019

A North Lincolnshire manufacturer of grain processing and storage systems has posted an impressive 12 months after sealing over £2m of new contracts. McArthur Agriculture, which employs 21 people at its facility near Scunthorpe, has seen sales rise 25% during 2018...

Amazon Deal Boosts Sales for Viking Signs after MGP Support

May 24th 2018

Grantham-based manufacturer post more than £1m sales over the last twelve months after a significant deal with Amazon. This came after support from MGP towards an ISO accreditation which has been very important for improving efficiencies and competing for larger orders.

JC shows its ‘metal’ with major sales boost

August 22nd 2017

Diversification into supplying new areas of retail is paying dividends for a Loughborough manufacturer, JC Metalworks after it announced a 24% increase in sales thanks to support from the Manufacturing Growth Programme.