The document summarizes a business growth breakfast series event held in Salford on October 13th 2016. The agenda includes welcome remarks, presentations on business growth in Salford by the City Mayor and a guest speaker from Mettler Toledo Safeline. There would also be a presentation from the University of Salford on research and enterprise. The event aims to provide information to help businesses in Salford grow and includes time for networking.

1. Business Growth Breakfast Series:
Salford- Helping your Business Grow
On the 7th, MediaCity, Salford
13 October 2016

2. Welcome and Introductions
Richard Jeffery
Director of Business Growth
Business Growth Hub

3. Agenda
8.30am Welcome and introductions, Richard Jeffery, Director of Busines Growth, Business
Growth Hub
8.35am Future for business growth in Salford, City Mayor Paul Dennett, Salford City Council
8.50am Guest speaker – Alan Purvis, Managing Director, Mettler Toledo Safeline
9.05am Q&A
9.15am Professor Gerry Kelleher, Interim Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research & Enterprise,
University of Salford
9.25am Service overview and closing remarks, Richard Jeffery, Business Growth Hub
9.30am Networking and refreshments
10.30am Event closes

4. Housekeeping
• Fire procedure
• Nearest toilets
• Phones on silent
• Login: on the 7th guest
• Password: 7thmembers
• Twitter:
• @bizgrowthhub
• #BGHEvents
• Feedback forms

5. Future for business growth
in Salford
City Mayor
Paul Dennett
Salford City Council

6. Guest Speaker
Alan Purvis
Managing Director
Mettler Toledo Safeline

7. Business Growth Hub
Breakfast Meeting
Salford
October 13th 2016

8. Agenda 8
For internal use - Confidential
1 Safeline Metal Detection – a success story
2 Greater Manchester Manufacturing Champions

9. Product Inspection
Checkweighing Metal Detection X-ray Inspection Vision Inspection
 Brand Protection Food Safety GMP Regulatory compliance
 Product quality Weight optimisation
 Increased efficiency UpTime / OEE Quality data ERP integration
~ $450m/yr sales to Food and Pharmaceutical producers
~ 2 trillion product inspections/yr across ~150k devices

10. History of Safeline Metal Detection 10

11. A successful team of 300 employees in Salford 11
A growing business - exporting 95% of its products

12. more excuses for celebrations in 2016 12
Queen's Award for Enterprise 2016 : Innovation
Winners of :
Business Excellence
Innovation
Business of the year

13. Manufacturing Success
in the Northern PowerHouse ?
Manufacturing Champions Network in Greater Manchester
 A group of successful manufacturing companies,
collaborating to:
- help SME's increase their management tool box, raise
competitiveness and grow
 Supported by Business Growth Hub
- Self Assessment HGYBR
- How Good is Your Business Really ?
- Pointers to SME support
- Eg Lean Tools and Techniques
 Quarterly events to share best practice
- Case Studies from members experience
- External speakers
 Visits to members manufacturing sites
 Masterclass on key topics
 Potential for Mentoring from a Champion
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For internal use - Confidential
 Next Event on Friday 4th November
- 8am to 10am
- Diodes Zetex Semiconductors, Zetex Technology Park,
Oldham OL9 9LL
 Deployment of Strategy Objectives
- to support culture change
- to drive productivity improvement
- Better, Faster, Lower Cost etc

14. What do Businesses do ?
Manufacturing Champions can pass on their mistakes (experience)
so you can make less
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 Design and make useful
Products
 Supply useful Services
 Market and Sell products and
services
 Manage resources efficiently
 Continuously Improve
 Innovate
Business distils down to a few simple things:
• Find and win a Customer
• Deliver what you promised
• Find something else to sell to more
customers

15. Q&A

16. Professor Gerry Kelleher
Interim Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research &
Enterprise
University of Salford

17. Business Growth Hub
Services Overview

18. We help entrepreneurs and growing
businesses in Greater Manchester
with the skills and support they need
to succeed, through:
• Enquiries line
• Networking/conferences
• Online resources
• One to one support
• Industry/sector specific programmes
• Workshops/masterclasses/clinics
• Partnership networks

19. Making a positive difference

20. GM Manufacturing Sectors Service
• Specialist manufacturing service to Dec 2018
• To create both jobs and new products
• Focusing on:
• Operational excellence
• Managing new and existing supply chains
• Scaling-up production of new products
• £4m grant service
• Support through diagnostics, tailored advice, workshops, online support
Funded Projects
• Operational excellence
• Systems
• Sales & Marketing
• Innovation

21. “Leading manufacturers supporting the growth and
development of ambitious executives in SME’s by showcasing
best practice, mentoring and sharing leadership challenges”

22. Life Sciences Service
• Health and Social Care employs 157,000 & generates £4bn GVA
• Health Innovation (Life Sciences) employs 3,400 across 240 business
• GM have delegated powers for £6bn for health and social care (Since April 2016), plus a
£450m ‘transition fund’. By 2020 c£8-9bn will be needed to deliver the same level of
service without service reform and innovation
• GM Assets - The Corridor, world class clinicians and hospitals e.g. The Christie, Trustech,
GMAHSN, MSP, Medtech Centre, linkages to Alderley Park in Cheshire East
• In partnership with Trustech – To create both jobs and new products with two dedicated
Life Sciences advisors

23. Please leave your feedback
Please take a couple of minutes before the
networking to complete the feedback form and
return to the Hub when you leave

24. Contact us to find out more
Phone: 0161 359 3050
Email: info@businessgrowthhub.com
www.businessgrowthhub.com
@bizgrowthhub
• +Businessgrowthhub
BusinessGrowthHub