Kent & Medway Manufacturing Focus Group (KMFG) – July

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Local Skills Improvement Plan
by Sarah Parrish

What a fantastic Kent & Medway Manufacturing Focus Group (KMFG) yesterday!

We all enjoyed a fabulous BBQ in the sunshine, as attendees networked and made new connections before we heard from our entertaining, expert Guest Speakers.

Huge thanks to Gina English from Social Enterprise Kent (SEK) as she outlined the amazing work SEK do in the region supporting local people and businesses with some of their fantastic projects and social value initiatives.

We then heard from Roy Elphick, Head of Engineering at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, the largest tenant on the Kent Science Park on the ground-breaking work they are doing in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.

Last, but by no means least, Andrew Metcalf, Managing Director and Vice Chair of Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce provided us all with a comprehensive economic update. There was a general feeling of optimism in the room but work to be done to raise the profile and future growth of the UK Manufacturing Sector, of which we all must play our part.

Thank you to Jo Webber and the catering team at Kent Science Park for their hospitality, the Chamber team for the organisation and support of the event and all of our attendees for helping to make the event the success it was!

Our next KMFG is a site visit to Knauf UK in August and a face to face in September at the Royal Engineers Museum.

We look forward to seeing you all there, you can book your free place here – https://kentemployerskillsplan.org/events/

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