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Business Support and Grants

• Julie Nolan

Inward Investment

• Sue Crow

Grants/Support

• Cassie Bray

Business Networks

• Phil Arch

Morgan Motor Company

• Mike Harris

NTM-GB

Why Worcestershire

Business Networks Key Sectors Skills Employment Sites Great Place to live and work Business Support and Grants

Julie Nolan Business Account Manager Inward Investment

Why Worcestershire?

• Sector strengths
• Strong skills base
• Great location/connectivity
• Employment sites
• Great place to live and work
• Promoting Worcestershire

Sector: Advanced Manufacturing/Automotive

• Home to Worcester Bosch, Yamazaki Mazak,

Magna Interiors, Lear and Aeromet

• Home to the Morgan Motor Company
• Strong Automotive supply chain

£4 billion - Supply chain

• pportunities

2017 2,000,000!!!

Car manufacturers

Other Key Sectors

• Agrifood

– Home to Kanes Foods, Evesham Vale Growers, Walsh Mushrooms and Westland Nurseries – R&D: University of Worcester’s National Pollen and Aerobiology Research Unit and Pershore College’s Centre of Excellence in Food Production

• IT/Cyber and defence

– Malvern Hills Science Park – Home to QinetiQ – Cyber cluster – Cyber Essentials Accreditation

People and Skills

Employment sites

WORCESTERSHIRE EMPLOYMENT SITES

Great Location

CONNECTIVITY

Great location

• Great place to live and work

– Tourist destination – Beautiful Cathedral city – On the edge of the beautiful Cotswolds – Sporting heritage

• Easier to recruit and retain staff

Support for relocation

• Assistance with industry and market research (UKTI)
• Property and land searches to ensure the best location
• Hosted site tours and familiarisation visits
• Provision of recruitment info: salary levels/skills availability
• Recruitment and links to unis, colleges & training providers
• Assistance with local planning queries and regulatory services
• Information and guidance on financial support
• Links into local professional services and networks

Promoting Worcestershire

• Developed inward investment website:

www.investinworcestershire.com

• Work closely with UKTI to attract FDI
• Developed/developing marketing materials
• World Class Worcestershire
• Dedicated inward investment service
• Attracted companies to area: Amtek, NTM-GB,

Arc Tablewear plus smaller companies

Sue Crow Economic Development Manager Business Support and Grants

Grants and Business Support

Contact Details: www.business-central.co.uk 0300 123 1440

Capital Grants – Expansion Programme

Skills Development and Training

Skills Development and Training Research & Development Business Growth Job Creation

Redundant Building Grant:

• Provides grants for the conversion or

refurbishment of redundant buildings to bring them back into productive use. Grant Award – 30% Maximum £100,000 Minimum £3,000

Key Sectors Grants of between £10k and £1m

Supports:

• Purchase of capital equipment
• Relocation and expansion
• New Product development
• Establishing new markets
• Development of management and staff

Innovation Proof of Concept

Support SME’s to investigate/advance, commercialism and protect early stage innovative. £30,000 Grants available Grant Award – 50%

Key Sectors: Cyber Security

• National Cyber Skills Centre.
• Growing Cyber.
• Cyber Apprenticeship Development.

Scheme (15-17).

• Cyber Apprenticeship – Level 4
• Foundation degree – University of Worcester

Skills

• Graduates
• Apprenticeships – Engineering, University

Technical College

• Connecting Schools and Business
• In schools
• Quality work experience
• Skills and Business Showcase

Cassie Bray Head of Business Development Business Networking

Worcestershire Business Community

Business population of over 30,000 businesses Cyber Security & Defence Sector Agri-Tech Sector Advanced Manufacturing Sector

A sector focused approach

Manufacturing Forum Food & Drink Forum Tourism Forum Worcestershire Innovation Wednesday

Worcestershire Business Leaders

Networking Platforms

Recognising Business Success

Mike Harris NTM-GB

NTM GB May 2014 Premises Review

About NTM GB

• NTM is now the 4th largest Refuse vehicle supplier in the UK
• Finnish Parent company founded in 1950, incorporated UK subsidiary in 2003
• Specialise in the UK ‘narrow access’ refuse market. Smaller trucks for narrow streets

and lanes.

• Employ Semi Skilled/Skilled mechanics/Electricians/Hydraulics/Fabricators plus
• ffice staff (Sales/Engineering CAD/Admin)
• UK Turnover of £8m. Group turnover of £60m

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What is driving the growth

NTM GB May 2014 Premises Review

What is driving the growth

NTM GB May 2014 Premises Review

What is driving the growth

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Driving factors to move?

• Growing markets (population growth)
• Growing complexities in refuse collection – driving bespoke solutions
• Growing brand awareness for the NTM products across UK and the rest of Europe
• Expansion of factory capacity, more space and more employees

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Why Kidderminster?

Following in depth research into the area – assisted by the Wyre Forrest Council...

• Skilled and Semi Skilled workforce readily available in the area
• Large parts of Kidderminster were identified as ‘Assisted areas’
• Commercial property prices and land very low
• A very proactive council supporting inward investment
• Grant assistance and support available for new and also established businesses
• Workshops for apprentice schemes and supporting colleges in the area
• Planning controls

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Areas of support

• Market research – The area and the people
• Assisted area boundaries
• Grant support and advise
• Planning permissions
• Building surveys
• Rates advice
• Contacts + Networks within the area
• Environmental Surveys and historical data

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Factory purchase 2014 Kidderminster

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Factory layout

Manufacturing facility, 28,000 sqft with small works office and toilets. Modern offices over 3 floors. 11,700 sqft Second facility with LARGE entrance,

• verhead crane runners. 15,000 sqft

Low roof, area with ventilation, could be used for storage, plastic bay, stores area. Third facility with works office and canteen

• area. Crane runners on both halves of
• building. 28,000 sqft.

Outside yard, big enough to park 4 - 5 trucks.

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Factory Photos 1

Modern offices spread over three floors. Offices are 11,700 sq. Ft. Willenhall Offices 2,775 sq. Ft There are 57 car parking spaces.

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Factory Photos 2

There are three independent Manufacturing warehouses all with high eaves and runners for cranes already installed. Total factory floor of 75,000 sq. Ft. Willenhall factory floor of 25,000 sq. Ft

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Factory Photos 3

Phil Arch Morgan Motor Company

Questions

Business Networking

Cassie Bray Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce