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Bowers Group triumph at MACH Exhibition 2024
Plotting a course: how businesses can tap into international talent pools With skilled workers in increasingly short supply, Ikram Malik, Partner at Brabners, highlights how business immigration can help the North West’s aerospace sector develop a healthy talent pipeline, and the key legal considerations for businesses looking to do so.
WYLER, and Gagemaker. Attendees also got a glimpse of Bowers’ new surface form and geometry machinery, offering precise measurements of contours and roundness. To mark the event, the Bowers team took the opportunity to stage a number of informative demonstrations of a range of its products live at the event, which are now available to watch on the company’s YouTube channel and across its social media platforms. These demonstrations offer valuable insights into its innovative metrology solutions, highlighting their capabilities and benefits for those who couldn’t attend the show.
At the exhibition, Bowers Group unveiled its latest products and measurement solutions, including the brand new Baty Venture FV series. Visitors to the stand had the exclusive opportunity to experience live demonstrations of the field of view machine, seeing firsthand its capabilities in providing fast and accurate measurements of multiple parts. This innovative field of view machine offers impressive accuracy and efficiency, enabling users to conduct precise measurements across various applications. With features such as its simple user interface, automatic measuring and dimensioning, and ultra-fast reporting, the Baty Venture FV streamlines inspection processes and boosts productivity. Alongside the Baty Venture FV series, Bowers Group displayed a diverse range of metrology instruments, hand tools, and vision systems from its brands and trusted partners such as Moore & Wright, Trimos, Sylvac,
Bowers Group is celebrating its most successful showcase to date at this year’s MACH Exhibition. Held at the NEC in Birmingham, the event marked a significant milestone for the company, highlighting its commitment to innovation and excellence in the field of metrology. “We’re absolutely delighted with the fantastic response we received at MACH Exhibition,” said Martin Hawkins, Managing Director at Bowers Group. “Our meticulous planning for our largest event to date truly paid off. With our bigger-than- ever stand, we were able to showcase our latest innovations and demonstrated our prowess in delivering efficient metrology solutions. It proved to be our busiest exhibition to date, allowing us to engage with a wealth of industry professionals and explore collaboration opportunities. We’re excited about the upcoming weeks as we reconnect with visitors and start putting plans into action for them.” For more information about Bowers Group and its range of metrology solutions, visit www.bowersgroup.co.uk
Proactively plotting a course Those businesses that are prospering are taking a proactive approach of having business immigration embedded into their talent strategy, creating an alternative recruitment lane they can tap into whenever it’s appropriate. A key reason why employers may be reluctant to engage with the sponsorship route is the compliance burden it brings. Employers are required to familiarise themselves with sponsor duties and report change of circumstances for the organisation or the sponsored worker in a timely manner. Our specialist immigration team at Brabners work with our clients to advise on all aspects of economic migration to ensure their organisation is compliant with immigration and employment law requirements. As the skills gap continues to persist, successfully navigating the UK’s immigration regime is becoming increasingly business- critical for many organisations. Yet, by taking a proactive approach and identifying the benefits it can bring early, it can also be a catalyst for the sector’s continued evolution.
International talent Despite Home Office statistics showing a fall in business immigration for the first quarter of 2024, it’s important that management teams remain alive to the benefits that business immigration - especially through the Skilled Worker Visa route - can bring. Being an approved sponsor licence holder with the Home Office grants businesses access to a much broader talent pool comprising qualified, experienced candidates from across the globe. This is particularly beneficial for those operating in advanced manufacturing sub-sectors, who often require applicants with specialised skillsets that can be costly to develop through training. In a similar vein, the route allows businesses to tap into the UK’s extensive pool of international graduates actively seeking employment following the completion of their course.
The skills gap facing UK industry continues to represent one of the most pressing economic challenges of our time, so it was encouraging to connect with so many of the North West’s aerospace industry at our recent NWAA partner event which explored the sector’s response.
Be it through engagement with local schools and universities to help build
interest in careers in STEM or outreach into underrepresented communities, the good news is that major aerospace organisations across the North West are utilising a range of tools to develop a strong pipeline of regional talent. BAE Systems’ FOCUS scheme, which provides mentoring for students looking to pursue a career in engineering, is a great example of this in action. Developing a pipeline for the future takes time though, with the return on investment often taking years to materialise. And with new technologies such as AI becoming more prevalent, the need for experienced, skilled workers able to utilise these tools means that tackling the skills gap remains very much as an issue for the here and now. Business immigration is high amongst employer considerations. For more information on how business immigration can benefit your business, contact Ikram.Malik@Brabners.com.
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Green Shield Group announces appointment on New Century Foods
The group, which boasts an impressive client roster, has supported businesses and brands with their solar installations, working with brands such as Dakota Hotels, Sandal BMW, AMRC, Soper BMW, Burnley College, UCLAN and Eric Wright Group with several upcoming projects in the pipeline. Green Shield Group is also now a member of the British Franchise Association and recently attained an elite-level CHAS qualification for methodology and project delivery standards.
Chris Ridehalgh, Green Shield Group said: “It’s been great to work with New Century Foods on their renewable energy solution. “We enjoy working within the food manufacturing industry because solar PV is almost a guaranteed game-changer. The solution provided to New Century will significantly reduce their grid dependency and save the business over 150,000 kg CO2 in the first year of installation.” Green Shield Group specialises in delivering carbon reduction strategies for businesses across the UK. The business operates across a multitude of sectors, including manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, leisure, education, and local authorities. It simplifies the transition to sustainable solutions for clients while providing operational cost reduction.
Lancashire-based Green Shield Group have been appointed to deliver a 339.33 kWp solar PV system for New Century Foods in Scunthorpe. The bespoke system will save New Century Foods almost £40,000 in the first year of business and represent a return on investment within five years with an 82% self-consumption rate. The new solar PV installation spread across two buildings will save the business almost 150,000 kg of CO2 in Year One. New Century Foods is located in Scunthorpe. Its 26,000 sq ft factory has been purpose- built to the highest standard, and it employs over 100 full-time staff members, from office workers to butchers, packers, and delivery drivers.
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