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The Employment and Skills Partnership and Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership

The Employment and Skills Partnership and Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership Supporting Manufacturing in the Heart of the South West. AgustaWestland Ltd – At the heart of Advanced Manufacturing in the UK. AgustaWestland Ltd – Investing in all our futures.

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The Employment and Skills Partnership and Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership

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  1. The Employment and Skills Partnership and Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership Supporting Manufacturing in the Heart of the South West

  2. AgustaWestland Ltd – At the heart of Advanced Manufacturing in the UK

  3. AgustaWestland Ltd – Investing in all our futures OUR TECHNOLOGY: • World leaders in: • advanced rotor systems • Transmission/Gearbox Design and manufacture • Optimal matching of engine, rotors and transmissions • Active Vibration management/control systems • £30m investment in Research and innovation in 2011 • Strategic relationships with 15 UK Universities • 45 Live R and D programmes OUR SUPPLIERS: • 80% of value-added is bought out • £750m annual spend with UK Suppliers • 845 UK Suppliers • 650 UK SMEs • Over 300 suppliers in the South West OUR PEOPLE : • 3000+ employees living in the South Somerset Area • 35% at Graduate or above level • 5% in full-time education or training (175 full time trainees and apprentices) • 60 young people sponsored through further education each year • 9 MSc sponsorships in 2011 • Working with 29 local schools on STEM and Imagineering • 75 local schoolchildren through work experience every year • 1st Industrial organisation to receive “Oustanding” rating from Ofsted. OUR CUSTOMERS: • 60 Years experience of helicopter design, development and manufacture • Over 1100 Helicopters in service with 40 Customers around the world • UK MoD remains our major customer: • Ca 70% of current business • £800m projected revenue for 2011 • Outstanding orderbook of 2.3Bn

  4. Today’s Business Environment • Public Sector Spending Cuts • Advanced Manufacturing Growth Strategy • EU Procurement Directives and State Aid • Skills and Training/Education

  5. My LEP agenda • Advanced Manufacturing Growth Strategy – Time is money • Access to Finance • Connectivity and Infrastructure Links • Support for Exports – Nationally and Internationally • Public Sector Procurement – Price versus value – Time is money • Skills and Personal Competencies • Bureaucracy – Time is money

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