Member News
Book your place
Who can sign up
Your business needs support to help you diversify and find new contracts that fit your manufacturing capabilities. Your business needs support to find new contracts which fit your capabilities. Your business support needs to understand their opportunities to innovate and develop new products, processes and services to connect with Lancashire innovation centres of excellence. Your business needs support if you have individuals at risk through restructuring and redundancy, supporting those staff to find companies needing their skills to secure further employment within the sector.
If your business is an SME. If your business is Lancashire based. If your business is in the f ollowing industries or supply chain to
Watchtower is a two-year, £1,000,000 initiative from Lancashire County Council to support the Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing (AEM) sector targeted at tackling some of the economic impacts of Covid-19 and stimulating growth. There has been a temporary collapse in demand for AEM products as a result of lockdowns, which has impacted on the aerospace, automotive and power markets and supply chains. In turn, significant numbers of high value jobs had been furloughed and potentially lost, impacting on Lancashire’s skills base and wealth generating capacity. How can Watchtower help Lancashire based companies The Watchtower project has used local industry knowledge to develop a dashboard of the health of 50 strategically important aerospace suppliers as they stabilise, recover and grow during the Covid-19 pandemic. The dashboard has assisted in identifying organisations that will most benefit from: • tailored, coordinated business advice & support • help to engage with the right level of business support & at the right phase • support to innovative & diversify • identifying skills and knowledge gaps in the workforce and advice on how to address • assistance to access growth opportunities
these industries: • Aerospace • Advanced Engineering & Manufacturing • Automotive • Nuclear • Advanced Materials • Computing and Electronics • Other: i.e Rail, Medical
“This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to making Lancashire the most attractive location in the UK. Businesses, academia and local government will have the opportunity to work together to provide the best location for AEM investment that generates high value employment and delivers sustainable growth contributing to net zero targets.”
Prof Andrew Schofield, Chairman of North West Aerospace Alliance
“Lancashire is at the heart of the North West of England with the largest advanced engineering and manufacturing capability in the UK. This ambitious new Lancashire AEM Watchtower programme will look out for those companies in the region which need help and support with diversification, innovation and skills to recover and grow their businesses.”
Dr David Bailey, CEO of Aerospace Consulting
“We have a talented and highly skilled workforce in Lancashire and this investment focuses on both the people and businesses. This programme will allow us to support with retention, redundancies, and recruitment, ensuring we keep our talent within the sector and county, following the aftermath of Covid-19.”
Jaydee Davis, Operations Director at Community & Business Partners
Register your interest now
Date: Wednesday 14th September 2022 Venue: Burnley College, Lecture Theatre Time: 8:30am to 1:00pm
Register your interest now to discover how Watchtower is helping Lancashire based companies recover, grow & continue to thrive.
For Lancashire businesses wishing to participate and to see how you can benefit from the Watchtower Programme come and meet the team at our launch event on Wednesday 14 September 2022 at Burnley College.
5
@NWAerospace
plane talk autumn 2022
Made with FlippingBook Annual report maker