Manufacturing Recovery Plan

​Recent global events have affected many organisations. Within Leeds City Region, manufacturing businesses have been struck by the economic shock caused by COVID-19 pandemic. The Manufacturing Recovery Plan in partnership with with key strategic partners, including Leeds City Region LEP and others such as LCR Manufacturing Supply Chain Programme and Skills Service, provides coordinated approach to deliver so much needed comprehensive support for manufacturing SMEs in these challenging times. The Manufacturing Recovery Plan is not just about recovery but also building resilience inside a manufacturing business. We aim to ensure that companies are better prepared for any future “shocks”. Utilising one dedicated ‘client manager’ who will work alongside you to coordinate any suitable grants, and provide free technical support, The Manufacturing Recovery Plan provides a three-stage approach to the  support packages for SME manufacturing businesses based in Leeds City Region. Your single point of contact client manager will work closely alongside you to build resilience at every stage. The three stages are not prescriptive, and the client manager working with the business will develop a personalised action plan for your business.

​Stage 1 – Stabilise
Stage 1 is all about the business basics. In this stage, your Client Manager will be working with you to review your current situation. This detailed diagnostic phase will aid the development of the action plan covering; finance, forecasting, communications, costs, marketing, people, skills, processes and products plus more. This phase will deep dive into the detail, looking at the strategy and other vital areas essential for the organisation. In this phase, you will be able to access a package of support which includes free technical support from Manufacturing Specialist as well as access to small financial grants  to ‘kick start’  the implementation of the action required for your business. Your Client Manager will work alongside you to deliver the support packages. Stage 1 provides the basis to build resilience into your business and enable progression into Stage 2 - Recovery.

Stage 2 - Recover
Stage 2 is supporting the recovery of your business by improving business performance. Your action plan from stage 1 will be reviewed and updated as applicable using your dedicated Client Manager who will be employing his manufacturing expertise, working alongside you and your business leaders. The aim of that work will be the development of operational strategies to look at productivity, shop floor layouts, innovation, smarter working practices and broader aspects such as product and market diversification and areas for improvement and growth. A personalised package of support includes free technical support from Manufacturing Specialist as well as access to financial grants and external expertise. Potentially there will be CAPEX funding to support the implementation of identified projects. Once complete, your business is ready to move into Stage 3 – Growth

Stage 3 - Growth
Support from your dedicated Client Manager will be available to help with the development of any future Growth Strategies. In practice, this means looking at new or improved equipment, smarter technology adoption, adding value and looking at the skills side of the business to make sure that resilience is built into the business at every stage. In this phase, a package of support includes free technical support from Manufacturing Specialist as well as financial grants to access expertise and CAPEX funding for implementation of growth projects. These projects will be aligned to your business needs as identified by the Manufacturing Specialist in liaison with the business leadership team.

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​If you are manufacturing SME based in Leeds City Region and you would like to receive support from Manufacturing Recovery Plan in collaboration with Leeds City Region LEP,
follow below steps:

Step 1: Register your business to take part in Manufacturing Recovery Plan

Step 2: Receive free one to one support from Manufacturing Expert

It is simple, make sure you meet criteria of being SME (i.e. number of employees less than 250 and turnover lower than £43.6 M), then just fill in registration form at the bottom of this page. Click submit, and step one is done.

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​Once your registration has been reviewed, one of our advisors, in this case Manufacturing Specialist, will get in touch to arrange a meeting to discuss your situation and describe how we may build a plan to resilience for your business.

Step 3: Receive free one to one support from Manufacturing Expert

​Having documented regular meetings and updates with the Client manager, you will keep the plan on track and allow for any changes that may need to happen in order to react to any changing developments in your business. Your client manager will continue to provide support, access to grants and financial support schemes as well as offering moral support and assistance to yourself throughout the journey to resilience

Register your business to receive support from Leeds City Region Manufacturing Recovery Plan

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The Manufacturing Recovery Plan is delivered by The University of Huddersfield. Data Protection Act 1998: The above information you provide may be stored in both manual and electronic formats until 2032.  It will be held to facilitate the services we provide to you or your business and to assist with record keeping, statistical and research purposes, statutory purposes and to facilitate ongoing communication. Information must be shared with our funders and organisations delivering services on their behalf where it is necessary in the interest of increasing your business enterprise prospects and to measure the impact and success of the project.