
Service Provider Members
Service Provider Members and those companies with a base in the North East of England, that directly support the engineering & manufacturing supply chain through the provision of business and professional services. We limit Service Providers to 20% of our engineers and manufacturing members. Includes private training providers and consultants.
Service providers must complete an application for membership which will be reviewed.
Decisions on membership are made based on fit (to reduce duplication with existing Service providers and Affiliate Partners), experience and testimonials from engineering & manufacturing companies, geography and unique support offered to EMNs engineering & manufacturing members.
In return each Service Provider benefits from the following:
Up to 10 people on the EMN database
Invitations to industry led seminars, workshops, company safaris and meet the buyer events delivered by EMN and its partners
Free visitor attendance at EMconf and EMCON
Increase business profile and brand awareness with the sector through EMN Social Media
Preferential rates for exhibitors at annual Exhibition & Trade Show – EMCON
Publication of Articles & Press Releases on EMN website
Preferential rates to exhibit at Spring EMConf
Access to face to face tailored advice and guidance from industry experts and professional services
Endorsement of appropriate Service Provider events on EMN website calendar
Receive updates on engineering & manufacturing events & training opportunities delivered across the region by trusted providers
Promotional opportunities in Winter, Spring & Autumn EMN Service Provider Newsletters
Receive affiliate member rates for Make UK events
Receive regular newsletter updates on legislative changes, industry trends and important CPD alerts on industry matters
Access to the EMN Peer Group Helpline (9 – 5pm Weekdays)
Access to MakeUK policy and information updates and toolkits
What we would like from our Service Provider Members
Sign up to the EMN Values (see below);
Introduce 3 or more Engineering & Manufacturing clients to EMN and encourage membership
Support us at EMN events through attendance, inviting interested companies and sponsorship;
Adhere to the EMN network sales protocol that enables advertising through agreed Network channels;
Repost and circulate EMN social media posts
EMN values:
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EMN is an engineering and manufacturing community that it’s members are proud to be a part of;
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Our focus is to provide tangible benefits for our members;
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We are trusted to provide impartial peer to peer advice and support and are approachable, friendly, helpful and accessible;
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80 % of our members will be from the Engineering & Manufacturing Sector and we endeavour to retain this split at our events with an 80% representation;
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Our focus will always be our Engineering & Manufacturing members needs and this drives 100% of our activity
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We are a targeted Network/Community, not an open cluster