The Employment and Skills Partnership and Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership Supporting Manufacturing in the Heart of the South West

AgustaWestland Ltd – At the heart of Advanced Manufacturing in the UK

AgustaWestland Ltd – Investing in all our futures OUR SUPPLIERS : 80% of value-added is bought out £750m annual spend with UK Suppliers 845 UK Suppliers 650 UK SMEs Over 300 suppliers in the South West OUR PEOPLE : employees living in the South Somerset Area 35% at Graduate or above level 5% in full-time education or training (175 full time trainees and apprentices) 60 young people sponsored through further education each year 9 MSc sponsorships in 2011 Working with 29 local schools on STEM and Imagineering 75 local schoolchildren through work experience every year 1 st Industrial organisation to receive “Oustanding” rating from Ofsted. OUR TECHNOLOGY : World leaders in: –advanced rotor systems –Transmission/Gearbox Design and manufacture –Optimal matching of engine, rotors and transmissions –Active Vibration management/control systems £30m investment in Research and innovation in 2011 Strategic relationships with 15 UK Universities 45 Live R and D programmes OUR CUSTOMERS : 60 Years experience of helicopter design, development and manufacture Over 1100 Helicopters in service with 40 Customers around the world UK MoD remains our major customer: Ca 70% of current business £800m projected revenue for 2011 Outstanding orderbook of 2.3Bn

Today’s Business Environment Public Sector Spending Cuts Advanced Manufacturing Growth Strategy EU Procurement Directives and State Aid Skills and Training/Education

My LEP agenda Advanced Manufacturing Growth Strategy – Time is money Access to Finance Connectivity and Infrastructure Links Support for Exports – Nationally and Internationally Public Sector Procurement – Price versus value – Time is money Skills and Personal Competencies Bureaucracy – Time is money