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A new £6 million commitment from SEEDA will fund free business advice for the region's manufacturers to help them drive the region out of recession. This will build on successes over the past six years, where SEEDA funding for the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) has:
 The Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS), a Solutions for Business Product, will be delivered in the South East by EEF, the manufacturers' organisation for the period 2009-12.MAS offers free practical, hands-on support to the 21,000 manufacturing businesses based in the South East, focusing on improving profits and keeping manufacturers competitive, particularly now through the recession. Pam Alexander, SEEDA Chief Executive, said: "The South East has the largest and most productive manufacturing sector of any UK region, with over 260,000 employees. Despite the many challenges these businesses are facing through the recession, it is the innovative, high value products and technologies they produce that may offer our best route into the upturn." David Caddle, MAS South East Programme Manager at EEF, said: "We are delighted that SEEDA has awarded the third MAS South East contract to EEF. Our aim is to deliver a programme of manufacturing support for manufacturers, by manufacturers, helping businesses to realise real, measurable and sustainable improvements whatever legislation or market conditions they face now and in the future." For further information about MAS South East please visit the programme website www.mas-se.org.uk or contact David Caddle, Programme Manager davidcaddle@mas-se.org.uk or tel 0845 609 2121. |
