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Upcoming event
23/06/10
The Northamptonshire Business Summit 23rd June 2010
Cost: £25 pp including: Lunch, Refreshments, Bank of England Debate, One Morning and One Afternoon Discussion
The Northamptonshire Business Summit - A one day event, the first of its kind, designed to bring the Northamptonshire business community together.
An opportunity to listen to high profile industry professionals sharing their experience and knowledge and for attendees to participate in lively discussion forums to raise awareness of key issues facing business in today’s economic environment.
The day will begin with an interactive debate with Alastair Cunningham from the Bank of England exploring the prospects for the UK economy, this will be followed by a further six interactive discussions (of which attendees can choose to attend two, one in the morning and one in the afternoon).
Speakers include, Nick Fry from Mercedes GP PETRONAS, David Rolton from the Rolton Group, Jon Thorpe from ACS amongst other leading business professionals, the discussions will be facilitated by Caroline Oldrey, former ITV Anglia news presenter and director of Stream Exchange, and Jonathan Nunn, CEO of Individual Team Performance.
This event is expected to attract around 200 attendees and we have limited places for each of the discussion forums, so please book early!
For further information about this event please contact: julia.schumacher@northamptonshireenterprise.ltd.uk
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MIA secures support under BERR's Automotive Assistance Programme
MIA CEO Chris Aylett said: "This new scheme from BERR will help and encourage our larger UK motorsport companies move ahead with major investments, which may have been held back due to the current economic climate and a lack of confidence or availability of finance.
"All engineering companies in Motorsport Valley UK, large and small, will gain from the 'trickle-down' from such investments and the global business and work they generate.
There is a particular opportunity for
investments linked to low carbon solutions and R&D, which plays to the strengths of our motorsport community, and the growing 'green motorsport' initiatives led by the MIA.
The MIA has been working tirelessly to ensure that the Government is aware of the interests and difficulties of all UK members and - where they can - they are keen to assist. Last week, Business Minister Ian Pearson explained what companies must do in order to apply to BERR for support under the new Automotive Assistance Programme.
The £2.3 billion scheme to facilitate loan and loan guarantees with a minimum of £5 million, has now had clearance from the European Commission and is welcoming applications. It applies to the UK automotive sector and supply chain, which includes companies from motorsport and high-performance engineering and which have a turnover of more than £25 million.
New investment is vital to ensure that our industry emerges from the current downturn with the skills and technology base needed to be competitive in global markets, as well as taking the lead in the development of lower carbon transport.
The primary aim of this new package is to support the continued delivery of that investment - investment which creates or sustains jobs, develops cutting-edge technology, brings special value to the UK, reduces CO2 emissions and maintains and develops R&D in UK vehicle manufacturing, and the automotive supply chain including motorsport.
Further details of the scheme can be found at:
http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/sectors/automotive/aap/page50296.html, or go to http://www.berr.gov.uk and follow links to the Automotive sector and the Automotive Assistance Programme.
To register an initial expression of interest, simply email the Automotive Unit at BERR berr.auto@berr.gsi.gov.uk. When doing so, it will be necessary to provide your business name and address in full, with email, telephone and full name of contact.
