Aerospace UP Peer Networking - Workshop (Pilot)

The Institute for Aerospace Technology (IAT) is a major centre for aerospace researchSpecialists from global aerospace companies and aviation leaders have joined forces with our researchers and academics and together we are creating an extraordinary future for aerospace technology.Aerospace at the University of Nottingham has over 70 externally funded projects valued at over £75 million with an inspirational team of 400 scientists and engineers.Our Marie Sklodowska Curie PhD programme attracts the world’s leading doctoral students, who are working with industry to direct the future of aerospace.Our ambition and drive makes the IAT a partner of choice in our five key areas of researchAerospace ManufacturingAerospace Materials and StructuresAerospace OperationsFuture PropulsionAerospace Electrification

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A peer-to-peer networking event for SMEs in Leicester and Leicestershire.

As part of the Aerospace UP program, we are looking to develop a Peer-to-Peer networking project in Leicester and Leicestershire.These sessions have been piloted in the Black Country and Coventry and Warwickshire LEP regions and have enabled companies to benefit from working together, sharing knowledge, and developing their own businesses through the network. The pilot has been very successful, and many organisations have already benefitted from taking part.As we enter the next stage of the project, we are looking to expand the Peer-to-Peer networking project in Leicester and Leicestershire by holding an introductory online session on the 11th of November between 1pm and 3pm.Annette Rothwell from the Midlands Aerospace Alliance will facilitate the meeting, which will give participants a taster of the planned virtual cluster group sessions, taking place once a month over a 9-month period with peer group companies. This is a great opportunity to swap ideas, share common issues and explore solutions with other SME companies in the region and we welcome SME companies from the Leicester and Leicestershire areas to come along and see how peer networking can help you grow your business.Agenda<ul><li>Welcome &amp; Introductions: Round table</li><li>Peer Network – what is peer networking, 1:1 expertise assistance, enrolment forms </li><li>Typical subjects - post pandemic recovery, diversification strategies, HR practices, innovation and finance.</li><li>Objectives</li><li>Subject Discussion for pilot workshop: ‘How is your business doing right now’</li><li>Break for 10 Minutes mid-session.</li><li>Questions to stimulate discussion:-</li></ul><ol><li>Is your team operating at full strength following furlough?</li><li>Have you lost skilled staff?</li><li>Are any measures being taken to retain/retrain staff?</li><li>Have you employed any new staff?</li><li>Are there any positive outcomes from the pandemic – any lessons learnt?</li><li>Are you prepared in case there are any further lockdowns – What plans are in place?</li><li>Have pay cuts/increases been implemented?</li><li>Have marketing budgets been cut/increased?</li><li>Have you been impacted by your supply chain i.e. Increased lead times –if so how are you managing?</li><li>Have you cut costs if so how?</li><li>Have you diversified in anyway?</li></ol><ul><li>Topic ideas for future sessions – agreed by the group for the next meeting</li><li>Close meeting</li></ul>Aerospace UPAs a pan-Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) project, Aerospace UP is available to SMEs in 8 Midlands LEP areas:<ul><li>Black Country</li><li>Coventry and Warwickshire</li><li>Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire</li><li>Greater Birmingham and Solihull</li><li>Greater Lincolnshire</li><li>Leicester and Leicestershire</li><li>South East Midlands</li><li>Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire</li></ul>State AidThis event is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020. This event is classed as State Aid under De Minimis to participating businesses, but is delivered completely free of charge. For more information about the programme, please visit the Aerospace Unlocking Potential website.ContactIf you have any questions about the event or the programme, please contact AerospaceUP@nottingham.ac.uk.Privacy InformationYour consent to sharing data with the University of Nottingham is required to be able to attend this event.Your data will also be used to comply with the reporting and monitoring requirements of our funders, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

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