The future of British manufacturing looks set to take off after it was announced that a new nationally operated Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) will focus on helping small and medium sized manufacturers to grow.
The new service will be delivered by the Manufacturing Advisory Consortium (MAC) and will help create an estimated £1.5bn in economic growth, 23,000 jobs and safeguard 50,000 jobs.
Haughton Design has been involved in server MAS projects which have been very successful. David Mills stated “it is really encouraging to see that MAC will be providing support to SMEs. I look forward to building on our relationship with MAS to help create unique products that will keep our UK factories full.”
MAS will continue to deliver a national service to all manufacturing businesses in England but the new consortium now means that there will be a specific focus on:
Driving business growth through strategic and technical support for SMEs developing advanced manufacturing capabilities and creating high value jobs
Enabling business improvement with manufacturers operating in global supply chains; and
Linking SMEs with the apprenticeship programme delivering a minimum of 1,250 engineering and manufacturing apprenticeships annually.
Simon Griffiths, Area Director, MAC, said;
"MAS is designed to support all manufacturers to retain employment, improve productivity and deliver significant growth to the UK economy. At its core is a passion and drive to help dynamic, innovative businesses to grow - even in a challenging economic environment. These principles are very much at the heart of the MAC consortium's own business strategy and values. Our proven expertise in delivering advice to growing businesses combined with specialist regional, market and technical knowledge allows us to bring scale, commitment and innovation for entrepreneurship to the future of this programme.”
Previously delivered through the Regional Development Agencies the new service will deliver four times the current return on investment.
The Manufacturing Advisory Consortium comprises Grant Thornton, Pera, WM Manufacturing Consortium Ltd and SWMAS Ltd.
For more information visit: http://www.mas-wm.org/news/new-help-for-manufacturers-will-generate-a31.5bn-growth-and-create-23-000-jobs
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