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We have 19 Manufacturing Growth Managers who work with SME Manufacturers to help identify barriers to growth, provide expert advise to enhance growth and guide to further support opportunities to support SME aspirations. Get to know your MGM to build on that working relationship.

We want to find out more about the companies we work with, and the Director running them. Finding more about the way they work and the tips they would give other businesses, here are ten questions with Kevan Kane, Managing Director of Technoset based in Coventry.

Business Secretary Greg Clark has launched the Government’s ambitious Industrial Strategy, setting out a long-term vision for how Britain can build on its economic strengths, address productivity, embrace technological change and support businesses.

Learn how to improve profitability and competitive advantage at this free event on 7th November in Bradford delivered by EEF – the Manufacturers organisation. Looking at how “the Internet of Things” or “Industry 4.0” can improve your profitability and increase your competitive advantage.

Small to Medium sized manufacturers (SMEs) across the country are urged to have their say on their productivity and what they would most like to transform by 2020 and improve by 20% in the latest National Manufacturing Barometer ran by Economic Growth Solutions and SWMAS.

If you are looking for financial support to help grow your business this is a rare opportunity to meet a number of grant providers in Leicester and Leicestershire in one place. Book your place today. Delivered in collaboration with MGP and LLEPs local Manufacturing Growth Manager James Bosworth.

This quarterly survey asked senior decision markers of manufacturing SMEs to share their concerns about Brexit and how they feel it would affect their businesses now and in the future.

Unsure how the ISO9001/ISO14001 changes can benefit your business? Or maybe you’ve heard about the forthcoming GDPR regulations but are unsure of what you need to do to ensure compliance? Join us on the 14th September with South East Midlands LEP and growth hub – Veloctiy, to find out more.

The final 3 workshops of the Bitesize Lincs Manufacturing Workshop series have been confirmed. Quality, cost and delivery, inventory design and value stream mapping. Don’t miss this opportunity.

K2 Design & Fabrication Ltd, which fabricates specialist car parts, set up a Facebook page and secured 80 orders from as far afield as Australia and Singapore within 60 minutes of its initial post.

“Productivity never seems to be out of the media spotlight at the moment so it is pleasing to see that SMEs are showing signs of bridging the gap.”