Land speed legend Richard Noble OBE races into youth awards

Posted by: Lorna Waterworth Category: NWAA news Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011

The NWAA is delighted to announced that land speed legend Richard Noble OBE is to be guest speaker at this year’s youth awards.

The NWAA New Talent Awards will take place on Thursday, February 3 at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester.

Richard Noble (pictured above with driver Andy Green) specialises in high risk adventure, and famously masterminded the World Land Speed Record in 1997 with the Thrust SSC (supersonic car) programme. He is now the director of the Bloodhound project, attempting to break the current record by reaching speeds of 1,000mph.

Mr Noble will address the audience at the New Talent Awards, following young speaker Anthony Stagg, senior propulsion engineer at BAE Systems and former NWAA youth ambassador.

During the award ceremony, sponsored by Rolls-Royce, Unison Engine Components, BAE Systems, Training 2000, MBDA , Xchanging HR Services and Nelson and Colne College, winners will be announced for five trophies.

Keep an eye on the blog to see pictures from the night and details of the winners.

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Posted by: Lorna Waterworth Category: newsletter,NWAA news Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The NWAA is about to begin work on the next issue of Plane Talk, its official quarterly newsletter.

Going out to key decision makers in the aerospace sector, Plane Talk is a source of news and views and the the NWAA is looking for contributions from its members.

Press releases should be sent to Lorna Waterworth at lorna.waterworth@aerospace.co.uk

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Aero group leads the way to Paris

Posted by: Lorna Waterworth Category: Company news Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011

The NWAA is heading to Paris in June for the bi-annual air show.

The event, which will take place from June 20 to 26 at Le Bourget Exhibition Centre in the French capital, is expected to attract 2,000 exhibitors, more than 130,000 trade visitors and hundreds of official delegations.

The NWAA will use the show to promote the work of the North West aerospace sector, and will be joined by members who are being invited to take space on the stand.

The stand itself will include a meeting area, fully equipped office space and a private boardroom.

Martin Wright, chief executive of the NWAA, said: “The Paris Air Show is one of the most important events for the aerospace sector across the world. It is an opportunity to promote the excellent work being done in the region to a global audience.”

Packages are available for NWAA member companies and associates to book now. For more information contact Lorna Waterworth on 01282 604444 or email lorna.waterworth@aerospace.co.uk

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Major contract supports NW aerospace sector

Posted by: Neil McKay Category: NWAA news Date: Friday, January 14, 2011

The NWAA has signed a deal worth more than £200,000 with The Advance Consultancy to help aerospace companies in the region bid collaboratively for large contracts.

The contract forms part of the NWAA’s £7 million Aerospace Supply Chain Excellence 2 (ASCE 2) Programme delivered by the NWAA and funded by the Northwest Regional Development (NWDA) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

ASCE 2 aims to secure a competitive base of world-class suppliers in the North West aerospace sector by driving forward five key priorities, extended enterprise, skills provision, innovation, commodity groups, and shared services.

Gordon Owen, commodity groups manager for the NWAA, said the project is vital in order to establish greater integration across the North West aerospace supply chain and pursue wider business opportunities.

He explained: “The aerospace industry is constantly changing, and through consultations with key aerospace stakeholders, the North West aerospace industry has recognised the need for a collaborative and integrated approach to respond towards the trend of through-life single contracts and risk sharing partnerships.

“We are confident that creating the extended enterprise model will provide the glue that binds collaboration between separate companies with common needs to successfully bid for larger work packages.”

Norman Kerfoot, managing director of Staffordshire based The Advance Consultancy, added: “The objective of the NWAA extended enterprise team is to drive excellence within the North West aerospace industry through the development of collaborative high performance initiatives in order to provide a long term sustainable North West aerospace sector.

“We are fully focussed on working with all of the key organisations and people on the programme to ensure outstanding results are delivered over the coming months.”

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