Coventry manufacturing firms offered help on exports

EXPORTING and access to finance will be among the topics discussed at a major event at the University of Warwick designed to support the region’s manufacturers and engineers.

The Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce has organised the event on Wednesday to act as the latest of its manufacturing and engineering network programme.

The chamber, as lead partner, has brought together the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership, the Manufacturing Advisory Service, UK Trade & Investment and the EEF to offer a broad cross section of advice and support to the network.

The invitation to attend the event has been extended to all manufacturing and engineering firms from across Coventry and Warwickshire. The session will provide an insight into exporting, including details of grants and support available. That includes the new £3,000 of export vouchers available for SMEs.

The presentation on access to finance will also touch on exporting but will also include advice on other sources of funding available.

Angela Tellyn, of the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, said: “Our manufacturing and engineering network is growing stronger and stronger.

“The importance of this sector to our economy cannot be overstated and that is why we thought it was so important to bring together organisations in the region who can offer such strong support and have a wealth of expertise in this field.

“Exporting is going to play a huge part in building a sustained period of economic growth and our manufacturers and engineers have a great opportunity to expand and find new markets.”