The UK’s Advanced manufacturing and Engineering (AME) power is built on world-class innovation, specialist strengths, and high-quality products. With over 760,000 jobs and £82 billion in annual Gross Value Added (GVA), the sector is a cornerstone of the UK economy.
In West Suffolk, this key sector is of such importance to the local economy that it provides employment for 10% of the workforce. This is more than both the eastern region average and the average across the whole of the UK.
In support of this key sector West Suffolk Council and its partners have commenced the construction of a new state-of-the-art AME Centre in Bury St Edmunds.
The AME Centre, once complete, will deliver 17 self-contained, flexible workshop units, for start-up and small businesses in the sector, as well as providing meeting rooms and conference facilities to support business growth, collaboration and networking. Units will range in size from 750 square feet to 1,150 square feet, with flexible wall space available in some of the units.
The thriving AME sector in West Suffolk is supported by the West Suffolk Manufacturing Group, the New Anglia Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Sector Group, and West Suffolk College in Bury St Edmunds, which has recently opened a £550,000 training centre funded by the Gene Haas Foundation. The third centre of its kind in the UK and the first in the eastern region.
If you are interested in starting a business in advanced manufacturing and engineering or you have a small business that would benefit from being in a collaborative, supported environment please register your interest.
The West Suffolk AME Centre will be independently operated by experts in the sector. We will share more details on this in the coming weeks.
You can register your details to be one of the first to find out more about the opportunities at the West Suffolk AME Centre.
West Suffolk is the location for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering.
