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Absolute Quality offer a wide range of services that could benefit the members of EMN and that have been tried and tested on engineering and manufacturing businesses of all different sizes for over 20 years.
We work with our clients and their teams to build management systems that underpin their business needs, legal obligations, customer/supply chain requirements and desired standards, as well as deliver a range of training that helps to support a positive culture and adds real value to their team.
Some common standards we help businesses achieve are ISO 9001 (Quality), ISO 45001 (Health & Safety), ISO 14001 (Environmental), SSIP & Achilles, as well as many industry and sector specific certifications.
We also support clients with the design and/or delivery of training courses, from certified qualifications to bespoke training campaigns in subject areas such as health & safety, food safety, safety culture and behaviours, staff or contractor inductions, assessor & internal auditing, and more.
Contact: Lora Wilson
Email: info@aqct.co.uk
Website: https://absolutequality.co/
Tel: 0191 215 5009
CMYK are an end-to-end Managed IT Provider, specialising in Managed IT Services and Support, Cloud Services, VOIP Telecoms, Connectivity, Managed Print and Visitor Management Solutions.
With 6 offices across the UK, we focus on delivering and supporting our clients with their technology needs, whether that be providing hardware, delivering remote or onsite support, project and consultancy work, security, licensing, or improving efficiencies and agility.
We have an exceptional track record of service delivery, and all our clients are supported by our in-house team of experts. We are a Microsoft and Apple Accredited partner and specialise in supporting Mac in the Enterprise.
CMYK’s flexible approach means that we can deliver a full outsource of your IT requirements, or work in partnership alongside your existing team to provide project delivery, skills coverage, consultancy, or service quality improvements.
CMYK work with businesses of all sizes, from SMEs to global manufacturing and engineering firms. With our network of support engineers, we can provide national support to our clients whilst still delivering a local, personal level of service.
Our North East operation is based in Newcastle Business Park and since opening in 2020, we have worked closely alongside EMN, supporting the team at the flagship EMCON event as visitor registration sponsor, managing all exhibitors and delegates who attended the event with our visitor management solution.
Contact: Sarah Wharrier
Email: s.wharrier@cmyk-digital.co.uk
Tel: 07423 688427
Website: https://www.cmyk-digital.co.uk/
SMS Technology allow organisations the ability to digitalise their operational areas with quantified carbon reductions
A net zero service provider to not effect scope 3 metrics as well as being ISO9001/14001/45001/27001 and Cyber essentials certified sharing the strains of our clients and not just saying we can support these but also achieving these our selves.
Our solution is designed by Operational, HSE and Quality and compliance professional’s who have worked in the industry and taken the frustrations of paper KPI, Launch, containment and compliance recording. Gone are the days of non-value added administrative tasks allowing management time on the shop floor.
Our product is.
Fully customisable
Real time
Green
Easy to use, implement & Train
Ever evolving part of our continuous improvement mentality
Jackson Hogg is a dynamic and innovative business delivering high quality recruitment solutions. Our team brings a combined experience of over 50 years working with a wide range of global companies, within engineering, manufacturing and technology, across numerous sectors.
At Jackson Hogg, we believe that we are the best at what we do and have a proven track record of delivering confidential, complex and varied assignments within both UK and international markets with businesses of all sizes, from SMEs to FTSE 100 organisations.
We are experts in finding the best talent across operations, engineering, commercial and executive functions and can support from entry level recruitment through to senior management and board level appointments, with specialist consultants focused on niche areas.
Contact: Fern Couchman
Website: www.jacksonhogg.com
Tel: 0191 580 0495
Brewin Dolphin are one of the UK’s leading wealth managers. Founded in 1762, we are here to help you achieve your ambitions through expert, personalised financial planning and investment management advice.
We are here to help you achieve your ambitions. Whether you want to grow the long-term value of your wealth to provide an income later in life or to pass it on to future generations, we can help you plan a path. Growing your investments, increasing your pension pot, funding school fees – we will help you to navigate a successful course to grow your wealth and meet your life goals.
From helping to kick start your personal wealth plan, to making the most of the opportunities wealth brings – we will be with you at every stage of your journey. Whatever your circumstances, we offer wealth planning and investment management that is appropriate, personal, honest and clear. And whatever your ambitions, we are there to help you use wealth to enrich your life.
We produce regular analysis and commentary on the events that are affecting our clients’ worlds. From covering the key events in financial markets and economics, to conducting interviews with leading figures from politics, business and economics, we provide the inside track on the most pressing issues of the day.
Contact: Elliott Birkett-Jones
Website: https://www.brewin.co.uk
Tel: 0191 279 7300
Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking is committed to supporting British business and in turn the UK economy.
That’s why we are growing our lending and support to businesses and helping them protect themselves against the growing threat of financial fraud.
Our relationship managers support clients through the provision of core banking solutions such as lending, deposits, transaction banking and risk management services, while also offering expertise in capital markets, financial markets and private equity. This enables us to meet the varying and often complex needs of our business clients, regardless of their sector, location or objectives.
Lloyds Bank is part of Lloyds Banking Group which increased net lending to SMEs by 31% since the start of 2011, while the overall market contracted by 11%. Over each of the three years from 2018 to 2020, the Group has committed to provide £2bn net additional funding to businesses, invest £1bn in the UK manufacturing sector through financial support, and help 5,000 clients to export for the first time.
The Group is also supporting UK manufacturing through its £1m annual investment in the Lloyds Bank Advanced Manufacturing Centre, which aims to have trained 1,000 graduates, engineers and apprentices by 2020.
Chris Middleton
Relationship Manager, Local Banking
Tel: 07920 296718
email: chris.middleton@lloydsbanking.com
lloydsbank.com/manufacturing
Lloyds Banking Group is a financial services group that incorporates a number of brands including Lloyds Bank. More information on Lloyds Banking Group can be found at lloydsbankinggroup.com
Lockton are the world’s largest independent privately owned insurance brokers , with over 6,000 staff in 85 offices worldwide looking after over 50,000 clients.
We have teamed up with the EMN to offer various benefits to all their members including guaranteed cost savings on your insurance programme with enhanced policy coverage through products that are exclusive to your membership.
Lockton have market leading expertise in the manufacturing and engineering sectors and are based locally in the North East. Lockton also have employee benefits and risk management teams that can assist in these areas.
Contact: Colin Donohoe
Website: www.locktoninternational.com
Tel: 0191 2613045
Email: Colin.donohoe@uk.lockton.com
Muckle is the North East’s leading independent law firm for businesses, with specialists in virtually every area of commercial law.
We’re responsive, we’re practical and – hopefully – we’ll be an extension of your own team. Whatever you want to achieve, we’re here to help make it happen.
We have a wealth of experience and act for a wide range of clients in the engineering and manufacturing sector. We can help you with:
- supply, distribution and other commercial agreements
- raising finance
- acquisitions and disposals
- advising on directors’ duties and providing company secretarial services
- competition law and implications of the Bribery Act 2011
- employee disputes and trade union negotiations
- resolving contractual problems at home and abroad
- buying and selling property and lease arrangements
We offer initial meetings without charge to explore solutions to your queries. Contact us or visit our website to find out more.
“Muckle LLP is ‘excellent across the board’, forming ‘an integral part of its clients’ businesses’.
Legal 500 UK
Contact: Robin Adams, Partner
Website: www.muckle-llp.com
Tel: 0191 211 7949
Horizon Works is an established regional leader in B2B marketing. We specialise in the manufacturing, engineering, automotive, energy and tech sectors.
We work with innovators, disruptors, market leaders and global players in these industries and help businesses to market their products and services regionally, nationally and internationally.
We are full service marketing agency offering strategy, marketing, public relations, design, brand, digital marketing and website design. We quickly grasp complex technologies, products and services and translate technical information into compelling messages and campaigns on a global level.
Our multi-talented team of writers, marketers, PR and communications specialists, designers and digital experts work together to produce seamless marketing solutions that generate results. From start-ups breaking new ground, to firms with roots stretching back decades and businesses operating across the UK and beyond, we can make a real difference.
Contact: Samantha Vassallo
Website: www.horizonworks.co.uk
Tel: 0345 075 5955
Since 2007, we’ve been finding and packaging the best information, expertise and finance to help businesses make better business decisions more quickly.
- We’ve worked with more than 500,000 businesses across the UK
- We’ve helped leverage over £650m of private sector investment
- We’ve supported business growth resulting in over 40,000 jobs created or safeguarded
- We’ve facilitated contract wins of more £100m
We’re proud to be a team that goes above and beyond, because as an employee-owned and B-Corp business, we stand side by side to make a real difference to the world around us.
We’re committed to going on a journey with you, to understand your challenges, discover new opportunities and connect you with the things that will make it easier to get where you want to be.
By combining our own talents with those within our UMi network, we have what it takes to make a real difference to you and your business.
Contact: Suzanne McCreedy
Email: suzanne.mccreedy@weareumi.co.uk
Website: https://www.weareumi.co.uk/
Latest News: www.weareumi.co.uk/inside-umi/
Johnston Carmichael is proud to be amongst the top accountancy and business advisory firms in the UK. With 850 sharp minds across Scotland, the North East of England and London, the business delivers specialist sector insight and expertise. Together, its people create an enduring impact and have been committed to investing in the next generation of businesses and advisers for over 85 years. As a member of Moore Global, it is also connected to a community of more than 30,000 people in 110 countries worldwide.
Our staff are committed to building long-lasting relationships with clients. Becoming part of the Engineering and Manufacturing Network gives us the opportunity to engage with the community, better understand the challenges and opportunities businesses are facing and offer our expertise and advice. We offer a full range of services and support for businesses, in the areas of audit, corporate tax, digital advisory, specialist tax, outsourced finance, consulting and much more. The key for us as a Firm is that all our successful relationships start with a conversation and this is what we are looking forward to having more of across the Network.
Contact: Paul Shields
Email: paul.shields@jcca.co.uk
Website: www.jcca.co.uk
Tel: 0191 429 2970
We are a distributor and solutions provider for fasteners, fixings, tools, PPE and all consumables expected within the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector. Our offices and warehouse are based in the North East with over 13,000 square feet of purpose-built warehouse space. We are able to provide same day and next day services to the North East businesses with our fleet of delivery vehicles. We support businesses by providing solutions that will benefit them by taking the stresses out of their fasteners, fixings, tools, PPE and consumables. Creating individual plans bespoke to the businesses ensuring critical parts are in stock on time. We have over 40 years of experience in the sector and can share this invaluable knowledge and experience of our products with the Engineering and Manufacturing sector.
Contact: Rebecca Everson
Email: rebecca.everson@masfix.co.uk
Website: https://www.masfix.co.uk/
Tel: 07476720707