Events

The North West’s Best Aerospace & Defence Apprentice Awards are part of the annual New Talent Awards which are organised by the North West Aerospace Alliance (NWAA).

R2D2, C-3PO, Maria, Data, Nummer 5, Wall-E, Chappie – reality is drawing ever closer to the future visions of robots familiar from science fi ction movies. They are no longer mere fantasies of crazed fi lmmakers. Increasingly, robotics & advanced automation are permeating every area of life – including aviation. That’s why we have made them the topic of our fl agship event, ZAL Innovation Days 2019.

NWAA 2019 Annual Conference date announced!

The Business Isle of Man Agency is set to host the first joint Aerospace Cluster Summit in 2019. Members of the Isle of Man Aerospace Cluster (IOMAC), North West Aerospace Alliance (NWAA), and Enterprise Ireland Aerospace will come together to network, build B2B relationships, and create opportunities between clusters.

In parallel with Graphene Week 2015 we'd like to invite you to a series of industry workshops which will explore the commercial potential of graphene, the revolutionary 2D wonder material.

Introduction to graphene and other 2D materials for SME manufacturers interested in developing graphene applications.

SC21 TASK force conference, 25th June, 2015. We are please to announce that the the next SC21 Task Force Conference will be held on Thursday 25 June 2015 ath Thales UL, Glasgow. This event provides an excellent networking opportunity and gives attendees the chance to meet with the ADS SC21 project team, representatives from SMEs, primes and the Ministry of Defence.

I am delighted to invite you to the start of a new Supply Chain Workshop Programme on the 9th of July 2015. NWAA met last month with a number of manufacturing companies to agree the direction of this new supply chain workshop programme and to gain their commitment to contribute to it. The companies agreed that it was important that we come together to influence the UK strategy developed by the Aerospace Growth Partnership, and also to develop the key priorities for how NWAA can support the supply chain through skills, innovation and business improvement.

Nathan Sayle 16, son of Martin Sayle, one of NWAA's key employees has been selected to attend NASA's space school in Houston, Texas.

Hove, England – CGTech will be showcasing the latest version of VERICUT software on stand C30 at the 2015 Manufacturing and Engineering North East Show (MENE) on July 8th-9th, 2015, at the Metro Arena, Newcastle.

Join PM+M for a free breakfast seminar the morning after George Osborne's speech to discuss the implications for businesses and individuals. Our tax, business and wealth management experts will provide an insight into how these changes could affect you and tell you about the planning opportunities that they present. We will also discuss the implications any changes may have on previous measures introduced during the Chancellor's Spring Budget.

The new Northern Powerhouse initiative supports sector based trade and investment missions for companies across the North of England. South East Asia represents amazing opportunities for UK business. It’s a strategic region, where economic growth and development is expected to exceed the global average for the foreseeable future.

There is no better location for international businesses than the UK. We are the number one destination for Foreign and Direct Investment in Europe. UK is home to world-leading innovation, with a strong, vibrant and very successful space sector, supported, by low taxes, a flexible and skilled workforce and strong standards, measurement and IP regimes.

Natasha Gagnon, lead commercial officer for the Aerospace Sector at UKTI in Canada will be in Manchester on Friday 17 July and we are organising a roundtable meeting so that Natasha can discuss opportunities for UK companies in the Canadian market and how you might be able to access those opportunities.