Consortium signed up for new Manufacturing Advisory Service
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills yesterday signed a contract with the Manufacturing Advisory Consortium (MAC) to deliver the new Manufacturing Advisory Service in England.
Courtesy BIS
The Consortium - compromised of Grant Thornton UK LLP, Pera, WM Manufacturing Consortium Ltd and SWMAS Ltd. - was awarded the contract in October 2011.
The Manufacturing Advisory Service will continue to deliver a service to all manufacturing businesses but the new consortium now means that there will be a specific focus on:
- driving business growth through strategic and technical support for SMEs developing Advanced Manufacturing capabilities and creating high value jobs;
- enabling business improvement with manufacturers operating in global supply chains; and
- linking SMEs with the Apprenticeship programme delivering a minimum of 1,250 engineering and manufacturing apprenticeships annually.
The new service will start on 1 January 2012 and could help create £1.5bn in economic growth, 23,000 jobs and safeguard 50,000 jobs.
