MEMBER EVENT: ERDF PROSPECT Launch Event
2021-01-28 14:30 - 15:30 UTC | Online webinar, EMN Tanfield, Stanley, Co Durham, DH8 8LF, United Kingdom
CPI are excited to introduce a new European Regional Development Fund project to help SMEs across the North East Region to accelerate product commercialisation.
The project, which is suited to SMEs, will aim to support design, development, upscaling and market implementation of their innovative products.
CPI has unique facilities specifically built to provide expertise and equipment within formulation chemistry, which in turn can help businesses enhance product performance and improve manufacturing processability properties.
As part of the project, CPI are hosting an online launch event for the ERDF PROSPECT project on the 28th of January at 2.30 pm-3.30 pm. Through demonstrations via Social media, PR, and Video content, this event will provide more information to SME’s about the project and how CPI can help.

MEMBER EVENT: BUILDING ORGANISATIONAL RESILIENCE
2021-02-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Online webinar, EMN Tanfield, Stanley, Co Durham, DH8 8LF, United Kingdom
PURPOSE
In the context of the extremely challenging conditions, many organisations are facing and shall continue to face post Covid19, the purpose of this 30-minute webinar is to explore why embracing organisational risk is crucial to sustainable business recovery and growth. The webinar is interactive and will include an insight into the use of “modern management systems”, improvement tools, and techniques to drive performance to be followed by 15 minutes for live questions.
CONTENT

The importance of a healthy risk appetite and innovative positive culture
Risk vs opportunity – facing the issues
A simple approach to risk determination and response
Assuring the management of change
Future resilience and sustainable growth through an integrated “management systems approach”

QUESTIONS YOU COULD ASK YOUR ORGANISATION
Before you decide whether to take part in this webinar, perhaps you should ask yourself some of the following questions.
• How confident are you in the current ability of your organisation to determine and manage risks & opportunities?
• Since January 2020 has your Quality Management System changed to help improve the resilience of your organisation?
• How would you rate the ability of your organization to identify and manage change as we come out of Covid19?
• How well do you think your Quality Management System will support your business strategy going forward?

ZOOM LINK WILL BE SENT THE MORNING OF THE WEBINAR.

PEOPLE PANEL: Workplace Mental Health Clinic
2021-02-23 11:00 - 12:00 | Online webinar, EMN Tanfield, Stanley, Co Durham, DH8 8LF, United Kingdom
Who is this session for?
This free interactive webinar is for EMN members who are looking for information, guidance and tools to help them to take action in the workplace to support the mental health of their employees.
What will I benefit from attending?
The aim of the session is to provide attendees with a simple model and tool that can be used in the workplace to ensure employees are provided with appropriate and effective support in response to them experiencing poor mental health.
You will leave with an understanding of how to implement the Our Mind’s Work ECO model and access to the Our Mind’s Work Mental Health Continuum Model .
Will there be time to ask questions?
Yes, there will be a 15 minute Q&A session with a workplace mental health expert for you to ask any questions you have right now on any topic related to workplace mental health. We will contact you before the webinar with the opportunity to provide your questions anonymously which will then be answered on the day.
Who are Our Mind’s Work?

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STRATEGIC PARTNER: Marketing Masterclass: Raising Brand Awareness With RIBA CPD
2021-02-24 11:00 - 12:00 | Online webinar, EMN Tanfield, Stanley, Co Durham, DH8 8LF, United Kingdom
While the UK remains in lockdown, online CPD material continues to be vital so specifiers can continue their professional development.
Join our strategic partner NBS on Wednesday 24 February at 11 am for our next Marketing Masterclass for Manufacturers webinar, focusing on how you can use CPD to raise awareness of your brand.
Lee Jones, Head of Manufacturer Solutions at NBS will chair the session, joined by a panel of industry experts discussing how providing CPD can support your wider marketing strategy and drive product enquiries.
Meet the panel:
Joni Tyler, Head of RIBA – CPD
Kay Porter, Managing Director – Smart Marketing Works
Jo Wilmot, PR Director – The Think Tank
Eva Kazmierska Woode, Founder – Edify Content Studio
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1915911052195/WN_WqhuuOq9RzKRojwDbEYjjA

MEMBER EVENT: Cyber Security Webinar Series from ITPS.
2021-03-10 15:00 - 16:00 | Online webinar, EMN Tanfield, Stanley, Co Durham, DH8 8LF, United Kingdom
Join our spring series of free cyber webinars Throughout March we are running a series of webinars where you will discover the latest issues facing business in keeping their systems, data and workforce safe from cyber attacks and security hacks. Understanding the cyber threat horizon is your best ally– don’t become a statistic!
Don’t leave it till it’s too late
Register with Security Webinars Registration – ITPS now for any or all of the events. We look forward to sharing our expertise with you.
CybSafe is a market leading application that allows businesses to measure and track security behaviour to improve security controls and awareness activities. Keeping the workforce safe and
equally important educating and preventing them from doing harm.
CybSafe measures and tracks security behaviour to improve security controls and awareness activities.
Attendees of all events, will be invited to a follow-up and deep dive session with our Technical Experts should you wish to.
In partnership with 3 world-leading providers we have put together a 3 part series of webinars that uncover the cyber security issues facing businesses right now and give advice on how to approach and solve.

STRATEGIC PARTNER EVENT: VentureFest North East 2021
2021-03-17 | Hartlepool
VentureFest North East has always been about helping North East SMEs discover how innovation can enable them to remain relevant, competitive and connected.
This year, Innovation SuperNetwork will be bringing the North East’s annual innovation conference to you digitally.
Now, more than ever, businesses need to connect, collaborate and innovate in order to remain resilient. With industry and innovators experiencing unprecedented challenging times, VentureFest North East remains focused on bringing businesses, investors, researchers and experts together to create new business opportunities and make exciting things happen.
VentureFest is all about building on those connections – it will bring the scale, ambition and buzz of a live event to hundreds of businesses and entrepreneurs who want to learn from high profile speakers and join workshops designed to support business growth.
Join us on Wednesday 17th March 2021 to explore this year’s theme of resilience, sustainability and innovation in a time of chaos.
Get your free ticket at https://events.weareumi.co.uk/venturefest-north-east-2021/registration/Site/Register

EMN EVENT: How to get the best out of your network.
2021-03-24 12:00 - 13:30 | Online webinar, EMN Tanfield, Stanley, Co Durham, DH8 8LF, United Kingdom
Jeni Smith is passionate about connecting people. When people come together powerful things happen: relationships are built, knowledge is shared and sparks of innovation are fired.
With fourteen years’ experience in the networking industry, Jeni now teaches networking skills and creates networking strategies to help people come together and build effective, long-term relationships.
During her careers she has won a number of awards in enterprise including being named within the ‘Future 100 Young Entrepreneurs’ in the UK in 2010, and ‘Growth Accelerator Programme’ winner 2012.
The session will run between y 1 – 1.5 hours allowing delegates the opportunity to try out their new networking skills following the training. Although remote, the session will be engaging and interactive and provide a mix of theoretical and practical content for delegates. I can promise a high-energy, enthusiastic session that will leave learners with lots of new ideas and inspiration on how to get more from their networking activities.
Content
• The Power of Networking
o Academic research highlighting the effect networking can have on individuals as well as large organisations
•
Objectives
o Knowing your networking objectives and the variety of returns from your networking investment

• Connection Marketing
o Building your brand by being nice: how to add value to those in your network

• Relationship Management
o Top tips for building and nurturing relationships through networking activities, and how to get the most from membership

Zoom link will be sent the morning of webinar 24th March

STARTEGIC PARTNER EVENT: Construction Leader’ Summit
2021-04-21 09:00 - 2021-04-28 17:00 | Online webinar, EMN Tanfield, Stanley, Co Durham, DH8 8LF, United Kingdom
The construction industry is continuously evolving. The need to adapt and embrace new working practices and technologies is crucial in building a better and more sustainable future. The Construction Leaders’ Summit: Building for the Future is a two-day online event for anyone involved in the design, supply and construction of the built environment, looking to learn about and discuss the future of construction and the changes that lie ahead.
At NBS, we’re committed to providing the construction industry with the tools and resources needed to help them build a better and more sustainable future. As part of this commitment, we’re delighted to announce our next online conference, The Construction Leaders’ Summit: Building for the Future, taking place on Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 April, 9 am to 1 pm (BST).
The event will bring together leading figures from the construction industry and the government, who will focus on the digital transformation of the industry and building a more sustainable future. We will explore the key industry and regulatory changes and the economic landscape, including the impact.
We believe that the industry needs to keep pushing forward on its digital journey to become more sustainable, so we’re putting this event on at no cost to the attendees.
Key event takeaways
• Hear from government and industry experts on how the industry is changing and what the future looks like.
• Latest information and advice on sustainability and how businesses can adopt better ways of building.
• Discover insights into leading construction projects, including HS2.
• Update on the economic landscape, including the impact of COVID-19 and Brexit.
• Network with industry peers and thought leaders.
• Discover how the NBS platforms can help specifiers and manufacturers work better together.
Event agenda

Day one, Wednesday 21 April
09:00 Pre-event networking
09:30 Welcome to CLS 2021, Richard Waterhouse
09:40 UK Government BEIS and the construction sector, The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP
09:55 The Construction Playbook, Simon Rawlinson
10:25 Industry change and recovery, Ann Bentley
10:50 Break
11:05 Mid-morning session introduction
11:10 Improved guidance for the design and construction of school buildings, Hershil Patel & Crawford Wright
11:35 QA Panel Session
12:00 Break
12:05 Afternoon session introduction
12:10 ‘Defining the need’ with the Construction Innovation Hub, Jaimie Johnson
12:30 Technology-driven modular housing, Matt Hallissey
12:50 Construction manufacturers and digital ‘kit of parts’, TBC
13:10 QA Panel Session
13:40 Post-event networking
14:00 Close

Day two: Specifiers. Thursday 22 April, 2021
09:00 Pre-event networking
09:30 Welcome to day two, Richard Waterhouse
09:35 Building Sustainably, Gary Clark
10:05 QA Panel Session: Sustainability
10:35 Break
10:45 Mid-morning session introduction
10:50 The Golden Thread initiative, Johnny Furlong & Rebecca Thompson
11:15 Connecting construction information, Dr Stephen Hamil
11:45 Break
11:50 Afternoon session introduction
11:55 Delivering complex projects using collaborative technologies, Carlos Muriel
12:20 Digital difference, Alistair Kell
12:45 QA Panel Session
13:15 Close
13:20 Post-event networking

Day two: Manufacturers. Thursday 22 April, 2021
09:00 Pre-event networking
09:30 Welcome to day two, Richard Waterhouse
09:35 Building Sustainably, Gary Clark
10:05 QA Panel Session: Sustainability
10:35 Break
10:45 Mid-morning session introduction
10:50 Chair of the Construction Products Association’s Marketing Integrity Group, Adam Turk
11:15 Session TBC, Lee Jones
11:45 Break
11:50 Afternoon session introduction
11:55 Driving demand for specification through digital technology, Christian Baker-Smith
12:15 The outlook for construction, Allan Wilén
12:40 QA Panel Session
13:15 Close
13:20 Post-event networking

MEMBER EVENT: Lean Mindset
2021-04-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Online webinar, EMN Tanfield, Stanley, Co Durham, DH8 8LF, United Kingdom
EMN members, Infinite Brilliance, Glowled Ltd and Great Annual Savings have collaborated to bring you an informative and interactive webinar on Lean Mindset.
It will provide your business with the tools to help you achieve lower costs, develop an improvement culture, free up employee time, and maximise profits.
Glowled offers a full commercial lighting service and is an energy efficient specialist using high-performance products designing bespoke solutions for its clients.
As a VAR they provide lighting solutions that would traditionally be more expensive to access.
Infinite Brilliance are Lean Practitioners, who work directly with companies to help them look to process efficiencies by reducing costs, eliminating waste & improving productivity.
Great Annual Savings Group (GAS) specialises in giving businesses and their owners the power to control their costs.
The webinar will cover:
Why does your business need to improve and adapt?
The correct measures will achieve customer satisfaction
How can lean work for you?
Lean Tools and Principles – 5S Foundations of Lean and 8 Wastes
Intelligent Lighting – A new point of view
Lighting’s impact on safety, productivity, and insight of your facility
Visual management
Standardised work and Manager Support
Reacting and Adapting to change

A zoom link will be sent on the morning of the event.

MEMBER EVENT: Going Beyond Carbon with DLS Process.
2021-04-29 09:00 - 10:00 | Online webinar, EMN Tanfield, Stanley, Co Durham, DH8 8LF, United Kingdom
Join us for a ‘fireside chat’ webinar – it’s free – at 0900 on 29.04.2021
Paragon’s Roy Crombie and Carbon’s Gary Millar discuss Carbon’s Digital Light Synthesis as a production process:

Using production-intent technologies and materials
Shortening the product development cycle and increasing levels of development
Cost savings across the cycle

29 April 2021 at 09:00 am. Click the orange button below to register.

MEMBER EVENT: How businesses can reduce their water consumption and costs.
2021-05-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Online webinar, EMN Tanfield, Stanley, Co Durham, DH8 8LF, United Kingdom
Who should attend?
Business owners, facilities managers, site managers or environmental managers or persons responsible for water supplies.
To support Water Saving Week (17th-21st May), join Engineering & Manufacturing Network member, Demeter Water Solutions, as they present an informative webinar on how businesses can reduce water consumption and costs.
Demeter are an award winning water management company based in the North East of England, applying user-friendly water management monitoring systems and expert customer service they reduce water consumption and costs for businesses.
With many businesses not realising they can take measures to control their water usage and reduce their costs, join speaker Liz Smedley, Business Development Director at Demeter as she discusses these methods and informs on:

How to easily understand your water bills
Are you reading your water meter correctly?
How to check for water leakage in your building
Do you know how much water leaks are costing your business?
Using efficient alerts from data loggers

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lets-talk-how-businesses-can-reduce-their-water-consumption-and-costs-tickets-152963308373

MEMBER EVENT: Buying and Selling Businesses Post-Covid
2021-05-26 10:00 - 11:00 | Online webinar, EMN Tanfield, Stanley, Co Durham, DH8 8LF, United Kingdom
Business sales and acquisitions remain buoyant but the pandemic has changed considerations around finances, budgets and warranties.
In this webinar, we explore how business owners can:
• prepare businesses for sale
• factors to consider when buying a business
• how to protect investments and retain key personnel pre and post-acquisition.

We are delighted to welcome the following key speakers:
Richard Coulthard – Partner & Head of Corporate at Ison Harrison Solicitors
Nick Green – Partner at Fatgreen Consulting
Poonam Kaur – Managing Director at FDS

The agenda and topics that will be covered at the webinar are as follow:
10.00am Nick Green, Welcome and Introduction
10.05am Poonam Kaur – Preparing Your Business for Sale Post Covid
10.25am Richard Coulthard – Consideration when Buying a Business Post-Covid
10.45am Nick Green – Protecting the key personnel in your business pre or post sale
11.00am Questions and Close

Secure your FREE ticket now!
For more information about this event, please contact richard.coulthard@isonharrison.co.uk or call 0113 284 5095.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-webinar-buying-and-selling-businesses-post-covid-tickets-152546979121

MEMBER EVENT: Making Manufacturing better.
2021-06-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Online webinar, EMN Tanfield, Stanley, Co Durham, DH8 8LF, United Kingdom
As we move through the second business year affected by Covid-19, it is even more apparent that digitisation in manufacturing is a concept we all need to work towards.
With new working practises, new procedures and team members spread over more locations than ever before, there is even more to consider when looking at ways to improve.
For the first time, join two specialist members of the Engineering Manufacturing Network– Symetri Europe and Zest I/O, for a ‘lunch and learn’ session to discuss industry best-practise in:
– Streamlining your research and development efforts
– Using lesser-known applications of Visualisation to digitise planning and review meetings
– How to maximise the time your team can spend on new product development and tasks that can impact revenue in a positive way
– How to minimise the time your team are spending on business-wide tasks and searching for data that isn’t being made easily available to them
This event will also have a live Q&A session to ensure that each attendee has the opportunity to contribute and gain insight on the topics most relevant to them.

EMN EVENT: Changing focus – how to adapt your marketing for business diversification
2021-06-16 12:35 - 13:35 | Zoom
In partnership with Horizon Works, this webinar will focus on reshaping marketing activities to support market and product diversification.
There are many reasons why businesses look to diversify. The Coronavirus, for example, led many businesses to adapt their product and service offerings to the changing economic landscape. Companies may need to target new sectors as demand for their products decreases in their traditional markets, or businesses might want to capitalise on its current customer base and extend its product offer to them.
Whatever the reason for diversification, you need to make sure you have done your research and have a clear marketing strategy and launch plan in place to ensure success. This webinar will help you to understand how to adapt your marketing strategies and tactics in line with your plans for diversification. There will be practical tips on quick wins and guidance on planning for the future. The session will cover
– Researching new markets.
– Building a marketing strategy to support diversification.
– Putting the right marketing tools in place and laying the groundwork for future success.
– The role of public relations in reaching new audiences and building profile.
– Adapting your product and service messaging – and how to disseminate this.
– Marketing tactics to support business development and sales teams.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5551214701
Meeting ID: 555 121 4701

PEOPLE PANEL:
2021-06-22 11:00 - 12:00, 2021-10-19 11:00 - 12:00 | Hartlepool
Details TBC

AFFILIATE EVENT: Achieving Net Zero In Manufacturing. Practical Advice for SME's
2021-06-24 09:30 - 11:00 | Hartlepool
As the dust settles on a year that re-shaped our lives, climate change has taken centre stage globally. Greater awareness and emphasis from government, industry and prominent public figures has also been driven by added pressure from the general public to act.
Sustainability has moved sharply into a business-critical initiative and the green economy is expected to grow 4x faster than the UK economy as a whole, while the investment into the green economy is growing >30% a year (Lloyds Bank Digital Index). The journey to net zero manufacturing must begin now.
According to research from Lloyds Bank, almost one third of SME manufacturers are aware of net zero and are taking action to achieve it, while two-thirds either are unsure how to achieve it or don’t know how to influence a change in their business to do so (Lloyds Bank Digital Index).
So, how can you capitalise on this opportunity?
Lloyds Bank and Autodesk have partnered to host an event to help SMEs in the UK focus their efforts.
By attending one of these events, you can accelerate your journey towards net zero, decode the climate-change-related jargon and take some few practical ideas away for your business.
These events are aimed at leadership teams within SME manufacturers in the UK. We have organised region-specific events for your convenience, so please select the most appropriate event for you from the options in the registration page.

South West | Wednesday June 9 | 10:00am to 11:30am
East England | Thursday June 17 | 09:00am to 10:30am
Midlands & South Wales | Tuesday June 22 | 09:00am to 10:30am
North East | Thursday June 24 | 09:30am to 11:00am
South East | Wednesday June 30 | 10:00am to 11:30am
London | Tuesday July 6 | 09:00am to 10:30am
North West | Wednesday July 14 | 08:00am to 09:30am

EMN WORKSHOP:
2021-07-20 | EMN Tanfield Office, S8, Tanfield Lea Business Centre, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 9DB
EMN Members in the North East LEP area are invited to this free workshop, to be part of a collaborative peer group, setting a clear agenda for business growth and prosperity in the region. Places are limited to 15 for businesses like yours with a certain level of turnover and/or number of employees.
We have been working closely with Business Doctors and Northstar Ventures, to create a face to face fully funded peer to peer business planning workshop, focusing on building a strategy for your business. The cost of the workshop and toolkit would normally be £500; however, we are offering the workshop for FREE.
Regardless of where you are at right now, whether you are coping with a surge in demand or the opposite, trying to make sense of the number of opportunities available to you, or questioning the long-term viability of your current model, the Business Growth Roadmap Planning Workshop and Toolkit will benefit business owners by dotting an easy-to-understand roadmap including:
Being clear about your direction of travel – You may currently find yourself at a strategic crossroads, so understanding your direction and where your businesses is heading is critical. We will be focussing on gaining clarity around your personal shareholder aspirations, the underpinning values and beliefs that drive your business/brand identity and how this translates into building value in your business.
Planning the route – As with any journey, it makes sense to plan the most efficient route to take. The workshop will guide you through future proofing your business, unlocking the market opportunities that give you the returns you need to sustain and grow, before simplifying these into a clear strategic focus.
Driving Results – Planning is the easy bit: the key is to engage your team and build a leadership team around you that share your values and vision for the future. Your team must be capable of making things happen without you being the only one in the driving seat.
What you’ll get

Collaborating in a peer group setting for a genuine business recovery/growth agenda.
Sharing expertise, share experience, and work together for greater impact as a group.
Access to resources and information on funding to help get business back on track.
Access to the wider business knowledge combining both sector and good business practices.

What’s included

A fully interactive face to face workshop
A structured business roadmap workbook to help capture and record key learnings
A sales activity planning tool
A downloadable business Planning Implementation/project management tool
A private 1-hour follow up review session with a Business Doctor advisor
Access to a wide range of tools and resources to help get your business back on track

Places are limited so book yours now!

MEMBER EVENT: BUSINESS GROWTH ROADMAP WORKSHOP, TOOLKIT AND SUPPORT SESSION
2021-07-20 | EMN Tanfield Office, S8, Tanfield Lea Business Centre, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 9DB
EMN Members in the North East LEP area are invited to this free workshop, to be part of a collaborative peer group, setting a clear agenda for business growth and prosperity in the region. Places are limited to 15 for businesses like yours with a certain level of turnover and/or number of employees.
We have been working closely with Business Doctors and Northstar Ventures, to create a face to face fully funded peer to peer business planning workshop, focusing on building a strategy for your business. The cost of the workshop and toolkit would normally be £500; however, we are offering the workshop for FREE.
Regardless of where you are at right now, whether you are coping with a surge in demand or the opposite, trying to make sense of the number of opportunities available to you, or questioning the long-term viability of your current model, the Business Growth Roadmap Planning Workshop and Toolkit will benefit business owners by dotting an easy-to-understand roadmap including:
Being clear about your direction of travel – You may currently find yourself at a strategic crossroads, so understanding your direction and where your businesses is heading is critical. We will be focussing on gaining clarity around your personal shareholder aspirations, the underpinning values and beliefs that drive your business/brand identity and how this translates into building value in your business.
Planning the route – As with any journey, it makes sense to plan the most efficient route to take. The workshop will guide you through future proofing your business, unlocking the market opportunities that give you the returns you need to sustain and grow, before simplifying these into a clear strategic focus.
Driving Results – Planning is the easy bit: the key is to engage your team and build a leadership team around you that share your values and vision for the future. Your team must be capable of making things happen without you being the only one in the driving seat.
What you’ll get

Collaborating in a peer group setting for a genuine business recovery/growth agenda.
Sharing expertise, share experience, and work together for greater impact as a group.
Access to resources and information on funding to help get business back on track.
Access to the wider business knowledge combining both sector and good business practices.

What’s included

A fully interactive face to face workshop
A structured business roadmap workbook to help capture and record key learnings
A sales activity planning tool
A downloadable business Planning Implementation/project management tool
A private 1-hour follow up review session with a Business Doctor advisor
Access to a wide range of tools and resources to help get your business back on track

Places are limited to 15 so book yours now!

PEOPLE PANEL:
2021-08-25 08:00 - 17:00 | Hartlepool
Details to TBC

EMN EVENT: EMCON Show September 9th 2021
2021-09-09 | Xcel Centre, Newton Aycliffe, Durham, DL5 6AP
For 12 years EMCON (formerly Durham Oktoberfest) has brought together thousands of visitors and exhibitors to share with the best of the region’s engineering and manufacturing community. We have heard from some of the region’s biggest industrial names and influencers whilst debating a wide range of topics that concern the sector.
Longevity of that kind is never taken for granted and every year the team look for ways of improving the quality of the show whilst maintaining its core values. This year however is unprecedented, with a situation that no one could have predicted affecting our global business community and individuals of all ages.
Engineering Manufacturing Network who ‘own’ EMCON have deliberated for a number of weeks as to the best approach to progress the show for 2020. This has included conversations with the exhibitors and sponsors who had already booked for this year as to how best to progress with our plans. We recognise that even if things are back to ‘some kind of normal’ by October there will most likely still be concerns over large gatherings alongside our need to have sufficient time to deliver the quality of show you are used to.
Considering all of this we have made the decision to move the show into 2021 and are very pleased to announce a new date of 9th September 2021
We know that you will look forward to joining us for what will be our 13th show as either an exhibitor or visitor, sharing the capabilities of our incredible region and supporting the continued growth and of course recovery of our sector.

HEADLINE SPONSOR NEWS: Meet the buyer is coming to EMCON.
2021-09-09 14:00 - 16:30 | Xcel Centre, Newton Aycliffe, Durham, DL5 6AP
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stadler-rail-meet-the-buyer-tickets-156862294345
Meet the Buyer is not only a chance to quiz the key procurement team that source and select suppliers, but there will also be a mass of additional support and information on offer at EMCON regarding the NEXUS contract and how the north east’s regional supply chain can support and engage with their projects.
Stadler will for the third time, be the headline sponsor at EMCON Show. They are the chosen supplier of the new Tyne and Wear Metro trains. Stadler has pledged to support the regional economy and will include as many north east or UK-based companies in the new trains project as possible. It is committed to using local suppliers for materials and services for the depot re-build, the manufacturing of the new trains and the 35-year service and maintenance contract.
Meet the Buyer is an excellent chance to interact and develop connections. It’s in the interests of all sizes of organisations to attend, as many of the projects tend to be sub-contracted out, and by talking to other industry suppliers you are widening your trade network and increasing the potential of forming new relationships.
Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to connect with Stadler. Sign up today.

STARTEGIC PARTNER EVENT: How your business can upskill, recruit and diversify.
2021-09-16 08:00 - 09:00 | Hartlepool
You are invited to join us at an Engineering and Manufacturing Network member-only event on Thursday 16th September to find out more about how the North East Ambition programme can help your business.
We provide a free advice, consultancy and support service for SMEs based in the North East and we’d like to ensure as many companies in the engineering and advanced manufacturing sector are taking advantage of the opportunities available to them.
Tailored to your sector, we will discuss the challenges you are facing and how we can take the headache away by helping you find solutions to :
• Skills gaps and shortages
• Finding the right person with the right skills for the right job
• Making sense of the finance involved
• Helping you access grants and funding
You’ll hear from EMN’s very own Ben Gilhespy who has personal experience of the process and will share with you the difference the Kickstart programme has made to the Network.
You will also hear from 2 members’ experiences, both of whom are great examples of how the work we do can have a positive impact on your business.

Webinar: Digital Construction Report
2021-11-05 11:00 - 17:00 | Hartlepool
Join NBS’ webinar tomorrow at 11 am with David Bain (NBS Research Manager) and Dr Stephen Hamil (NBS Innovation Director) to learn more about the key insights from the Digital Construction Report, which features survey responses from over 900 built environment professionals.
The report’s findings include the latest on BIM adoption, how digital technologies are vital to creating better buildings and places, and the current challenges facing the construction industry.
The webinar will also explore the benefits of BIM and how NBS can help users with their BIM projects.
https://www.thenbs.com/events/dcr-2021

Marketing Masterclass for Manufacturers: SEO Fundamentals
2021-11-18 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Join SEO expert Andrew Charlton, from Crawl Consultancy and NBS Marketing Director Robin Cordy, for a masterclass on SEO fundamentals. The webinar will cover the basics from ‘What is SEO?, to ‘top tips’ and the ‘What not to do’.
You’ll find out:

Why is SEO so important?
Where to start with keyword research
Latest best practice and algorithm updates
Technical factors to consider
How to optimise content

You’ll be able to ask questions, which we will follow up with after the session so you can make the most out of the webinar.
Speakers
Robin Cordy, Marketing Director, NBS
Andrew Charlton, Managing Director, Crawl Consultancy

Member To Member Event: Muckle Legal Clinic
2021-11-25 | Hartlepool

Promoted Event: HR2day Seminar
2021-11-26 08:30 - 11:00 | Porsche Garage, Wellington Court, Concorde Way, Preston Farm Industrial Estate, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 3TA, Porsche Garage, Wellington Court, Concorde Way, Preston Farm Industrial Estate, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, TS18 3TA, United Kingdom
HR2day seminar is back this November 26th, 8.30am -11am
Agenda

8.30am Breakfast & Networking
9:00am Seminar
11:00am Finish

Subject is to be confirmed.
Location: Porsche Garage, Wellington Court, Concorde Way, Preston Farm Industrial Estate, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 3TA
https://hr2day.co.uk/events/hr2day-seminar/

Promoted Event: Offshore Wind North East 2021
2021-12-01 08:30 - 2021-12-02 15:15 | Beacon of Light Sunderland, Stadium Way, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham, SR5 1SN, United Kingdom
OWNE 2021 Programme

Member to Member: Horizon Works, Lunch & Learn Marketing Sessions
2021-12-07 12:00 - 14:00 | Gestamp Tallent Ltd 1 Skerne Park, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, CO Durham, DL5 6EP, Gestamp Tallent Ltd 1 Skerne Park,, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe,, Co Durham, DL5 6EP, United Kingdom
Join Engineering Manufacturing Network & Horizon Works at Gestamp, Newton Aycliffe. For the first in a series of marketing lunch & learns.

The kick off Marketing Lunch and Learn session will be a whistle stop tour of what you need to do to make LinkedIn work for you and your business – and help you raise your profile, generate leads and build your brand. There are many advantages of using LinkedIn – and these will be explored in the session, including:

• Building an effective and engaging Company Page
• How individual staff members can improve their personal interactions on LinkedIn
• Content marketing via LinkedIn – practical tips and suggestions
• Using LinkedIn as a public relations tool
• Practical advice on enhancing LinkedIn posts
• Shaping your messaging for LinkedIn
The session will be hosted by Gestamp at the Tallent Academy, a world class 4300 sq ft training facility adjacent to its Newton Aycliffe site.

12:00pm -Arrival, lunch and networking
12:45pm -Welcome from EMN and Gestamp.
12:55pm -Presentation with Q &A from Horizon Works
14:00pm-14.30pm Networking

Advanced and Automotive Cohort: Peer 2peer network group
2021-12-09 12:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
