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Eric Nicholls Spiral UK Ken Martin Cornwall Manufacturers Group - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Eric Nicholls Spiral UK Ken Martin Cornwall Manufacturers Group - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Eric Nicholls Spiral UK Ken Martin Cornwall Manufacturers Group 1300 companies (>90% fewer than 10 emps) 19,000 employed 25% self employed 9.5% of Cornwall employment 732m GVA (10% of total) Multiplier 1.51
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1300 companies (>90% fewer than 10 emps) 19,000 employed – 25% self employed 9.5% of Cornwall employment £732m GVA (10% of total) Multiplier 1.51 Higher than average pay
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35 companies 3350 employees (20% total) £130m p.a. into Cornish economy £500m turnover 94% exported out of Cornwall 42% exported out of UK GVA £260m (36% of manufacturing GVA)
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Bid by Cornwall Development Company (CDC)
and CMG with private sector lead (Eric)
Needed organisation acceptable to SFA for
admin – West of England Aerospace Forum (WEAF)
CMG – Project Management Steering Group chaired by Eric Quarterly meetings with SFA Monthly claims
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No risk to SFA Only claimed when training complete and
evidenced
Minimum paperwork for companies – state
aid etc
Late start Monthly claims 3 reprofiles
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Origin inal al New EooS 313,000 247,000 Company 549,000 454,000 Total 862,000 701,000 % 36% 35%
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Four strands Apprenticeships – Cornwall College Continuous Improvement – South West
Manufacturing Advisory Service (SWMAS)
Digital Sales and Marketing – Chartered
Institute of Marketing (CIM)
CAD – Falmouth University
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Strand nd Old New Actual ual Apprenticeships 20 9 9 Continuous Improvement 50 65 75* CAD 20 22 24* Digital Sales & Marketing 20 14 16 *Possible because cost per participant is lower than originally planned.
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4 strands – 1 company 3 strands – 2 companies 2 strands – 8 companies 1 strand – 9 companies 20 companies in total 18 SMEs
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Power in hands of employers (development
money and bespoke courses especially Apprenticeship strand)
Empowered companies – showed benefit of
working together
Increased voice Strengthened relationships Raised awareness of other training funds and
areas of co-operation
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Problem Solving in companies as non-
accredited
Job creation: 2 companies now have 5
apprentices in new posts
Progression: EooS – LRF. Top up to full
- apprenticeships. Plus 1-3 extra days training
at higher level.
KTP – University of Falmouth Wide eligibility criteria University continues to be used post training
Value Added
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Bureaucracy/keeping it simple!! Herding SMEs Timescale Changing circumstances of the companies
involved – importance of re-profiling.
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Flexible re-profiling 3rd party broker for SMEs Must be simple to administer Awareness of true cost to company - benefit
must outweigh direct and indirect costs
Ability to problem solve within the training In kind match funding to be taken into account Non accredited meant companies could get what
they wanted and needed
Project Management and Admin costs
- linked to project size
- differentiation for SME projects
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The project delivered what it said it was going
to do
We would like another one just like it that is