Thought Leadership Events
Gain new ideas and insights that will transform your thinking and enable you to break through the boundaries of possibility.
Current Events
Date
Time
Location
15/05/2024
8:45 am - 4:30 pm
Toughsheet Community Stadium, Bolton
Registrations for our Annual Conference on the 15th May 2024 are now open!
Date
Time
Location
10/04/2024
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Unit 3, Floor 2, Northgate House, Northgate, White Lund Industrial Estate, Morecambe, LA3 3BJ
Attend this free taster event for HR Leaders in the manufacturing sector
Date
Time
Location
03/04/2024
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Manufacturers' Alliance Head Offices, All Souls, Bolton BL1 8EY
Manufacturers are invited to participate in this free event to plan how to address skills gaps, demystify grants, and understand available funding opportunities.
Date
Time
Location
27/03/2024
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Unit 7 Surbiton Street, Sheffield S9 2DN
Join a peer group of inspiring and progressive manufacturers based in the Yorkshire region
Date
Time
Location
31/12/2023
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Donna's Dream House, 21 Chapel St, Blackpool FY1 5AW
Join Gary & Trish Sheader for the final 3 miles of their 1,200 mile 2023 walking challenge in sunny Blackpool
Date
Time
Location
13/12/2023
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Bolton Arena, Arena Approach, Horwich, Bolton BL6 6LB
Join fellow machinery manufacturers from the North of England to explore the future support for the sector
Date
Time
Location
14/11/2023
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Hosokawa Micron, Rivington Rd, Preston Brook, Runcorn WA7 3DS
Join a well established group of inspiring manufacturing leaders to learn and share ideas
Date
Time
Location
18/10/2023
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Banana Moon Clothing, Unit 8, Springwell, 27 Dark Ln, Birstall, Batley WF17 9LN
Join a peer group of inspiring and progressive manufacturers based in the Yorkshire region
Date
Time
Location
22/09/2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Online - Teams Event
Learn profit boosting best practice tips that are delivering results in other manufacturing businesses
Date
Time
Location
04/10/2023
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
ELE Advanced Technologies, Burnley
Attend this free taster event for HR Leaders in the manufacturing sector
Date
Time
Location
17/08/2023
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Roberts Manufacturing, Furness House, Castle Park Industrial Estate, Flint CH6 5XA
Share ideas and issues with like-minded manufacturers from non competing businesses in the area
Date
Time
Location
18/07/2023
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Carpenter Additive, Dennis Rd, Widnes WA8 0GU
We have a few spaces remaining for our launch day on 18th July 2023 if you would like to join us
Date
Time
Location
17/05/2023
8:45 am - 4:30 pm
AJ Bell Stadium, Eccles, Manchester
Registrations for our Annual Conference on the 17th May 2023 are now open!
Date
Time
Location
02/02/2023
9:30 am - 2:00 pm
OSL Group Manufacturing Facility, Sheffield
Off the back of our first successful Sustainable Manufacturing event in Oct we are collaborating once again with manufacturers in the North West to follow their developments and review the energy market 3 months on. Victoria Hill of OSL will be hosting armed with her ‘Sustainability Squad’.
Date
Time
Location
27/10/2022
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Online Zoom Event
Demystify the eligibility criteria and put forward a winning bid for this funding with the people who allocate it!
Date
Time
Location
25/10/2022
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
ASG Services Manufacturing Facility, Warrington.
This is a thought leadership event with a clear purpose – supporting you in decarbonising your factory, saving you money, and reducing your impact on the environment. This event is being hosted by the Manufacturers’ Alliance, who have carefully selected professionals in their fields of expertise, who will all share, explain, and explore with you, how you can reduce your carbon footprint and save money.
Date
Time
Location
29/11/2022
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Online Zoom Event
It’s not simple though, is it? Talking to women about women’s problems. Private, taboo and awkward, which means YOU NEED to be BRAVE! Don’t worry though we are here for you all, and we will guide you in these difficult conversations, creating camaraderie and comfort in your workforce.
Date
Time
Location
23/11/2022
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Online Zoom Event
Do you know what it looks & feel like to be a new starter in your workplace? Can you place yourself in their shoes? Do you see why they grab those shoes and run for the hills?
Date
Time
Location
03/10/2022
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Online Zoom Event
As the ABBA lyric should go “Money, money, money – It's not so funny, in a manufacturer’s world.” In reality we are faced with sales pipelines suspended in time, crazy costs in the supply chain, the government's predictably wishy-washy ‘energy price caps’ applied to the commercial sector as a mere afterthought after spouting nothing but ‘domestic energy price caps’ for 12 months AND the most unpredictable future for businesses since the initial Covid outbreak in April 2009. Have we even recovered our bank balance since that?
Date
Time
Location
21/09/2022
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
AM: Airmaster PM: Cutler's Hall, Sheffield
On the 21st September the West Yorkshire Manufacturers Alliance Peer Group plan to pair old values with new and look to the winter months with a steely determination to power up profitability within their businesses staring down the Looming Recession.
Date
Time
Location
28/09/2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
All Souls, Main Meeting Room, Astley Street, Bolton, BL1 8EY
Prior to the workshop itself, we will provide you with a free 5-question employee survey (managed and collated by us) to gather an accurate picture of your individual workplace environment. This will be an anonymous survey to provide a clear and honest picture of the challenges faced by the 25 manufacturing businesses in the room.
Date
Time
Location
07/09/2022
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, Wallis Way, Catcliffe Rotherham
Exclusive with limited places available. The AMRC staff will showcase ideas on Maintenance of Assets, IIoT data capture and use including process control, as well as some examples of industrial automation solutions appropriate for manufacturing SMEs, within their Factory 2050 environment.
Date
Time
Location
21/09/2022
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Online Zoom Webinar
In today’s world no organisation is immune from a cyber-attack or data breach, whether this is due to criminal activity or employee error. From phishing attempts to ransomware, distributed denial of service attacks and malware, businesses face a number of cyber risks.
Date
Time
Location
27/07/2022
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Zoom Webinar
Able Futures supports employers and apprenticeship providers who want to improve awareness of mental health at work. They can give you the tools, information and advice you need to support your employees and apprentices who are struggling with mental health problems.
Date
Time
Location
15/06/2022
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Unit 3, Mersey Reach, Galgate Dr, Bootle L30 6AD
The Manufacturers’ Alliance are proud to be supporting CNC Robotic’s First Open house event in three years and even more excited to see their brand-new state of the art manufacturing facility. Co- Chair of the N Wales and Merseyside Peer Group for Manufacturing Leaders, Simon Carin will be there on the day to provide support, guidance and build on the sparks of inspiration that will certainly be firing on the day.
Date
Time
Location
07/07/2022
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Virtual Zoom Meeting
Are you aware of the behaviours that build positive energy in a team?
Date
Time
Location
29/06/2022
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Virtual Zoom Meeting
Find your why and create a motivational and inspiring purpose statement for your business.
Date
Time
Location
18/05/2022
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
University of Bolton Stadium, De Havilland Way, Bolton BL6 6SF
After a long two years of being held back by Covid, we are finally ALL able to come together to celebrate our community at our Annual Conference. We are excited to announce that the registrations for our Annual Conference on the 18th of May are now open!
Date
Time
Location
07/04/2022
11:00 am - 12:30 am
Virtual Zoom Meeting
People are leaving roles for all kinds of reasons and currently, there are more vacancies than job seekers!
Date
Time
Location
10/03/2022
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Virtual Zoom Meeting
Recruitment and retention are already a critical issue for manufacturers who face challenges thanks to the Great Resignation, skills gap, and Brexit.
Date
Time
Location
17/02/2022
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Zoom Webinar
We don’t relish being the bearer of bad news, but the current and future energy crisis will be one of the biggest challenges for Manufacturers in the next 12 months.
Date
Time
Location
02/02/2022
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Virtual Zoom Meeting
Date
Time
Location
26/01/2022
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Palletower (GB) Ltd, Dane Road Industrial Estate, Dane Road, Sale, Cheshire M33 7BH
Digitalization - Stock Monitoring & Reporting
Date
Time
Location
20/01/2022
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Roberts Manufacturing, Furness House, Castle Park Industrial Estate, Flint, CH6 5XA
Date
Time
Location
09/12/2021
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Virtual Zoom Meeting
An Opportunity To Quickly And Easily Reach A Global Audience
Date
Time
Location
03/12/2021
11:00 am - 12:00 am
Virtual Zoom Meeting
The reality of climate change can no longer be ignored. In 2019, the UK became the first major nation to commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero.
Date
Time
Location
23/11/2021
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Auto Marine Cables, Unit 32-33, Oakhill Trading Estate, Devonshire Road, Worsley, M28 3PT
Date
Time
Location
20/01/2022
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Virtual Zoom Meeting
“He who fails to plan is planning to fail.” Time and again, we have seen this play out in the professional world – often because no one can afford to steer their business blindly once a key player leaves.
Date
Time
Location
22/10/2021
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Zoom Webinar
Date
Time
Location
22/09/2021
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Zoom Webinar
Date
Time
Location
06/07/2021
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Zoom Webinar
Date
Time
Location
15/12/2021
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Fibrestar Drums Ltd, Newby Road Industrial Estate, Hazel Grove, Stockport, SK7 5AS
Attend this free taster meeting and learn what technologies are available to accelerate your journey.
Date
Time
Location
21/09/2021
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
North West
Launch of our next cohort of Team Leaders embarking on a journey of self-discovery and business impact.
Date
Time
Location
15/09/2021
9:00 am - 3:30 pm
North West
Attend this free taster meeting and share ideas with other manufacturers striving for operational excellence.
Date
Time
Location
28/07/2021
9:00 am - 3:30 pm
North West
Attend this free taster meeting and learn what technologies are available to accelerate your journey.
Date
Time
Location
20/07/2021
9:00 am - 3:30 pm
North West
Attend this free taster meeting and share ideas with other manufacturers striving for operational excellence.
Date
Time
Location
22/06/2021
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
North West
Join us for the launch of our new Emotional Intelligence Programme for Manufacturers.
