Manufacturing - Exemplas

Comprehensive business support tailored to help SMEs

Generating 10% of GDP and £400bn in annual sales, manufacturing is one of the UK’s most important sectors. Despite significant challenges such as Brexit, rising costs and a shortage of skilled workers, there are still many opportunities for business growth and development.

Working in close collaboration with our contract partners, we deliver comprehensive business support tailored to help SMEs improve their position in a globally competitive market.

Delivered through intensive coaching or consultancy, our manufacturing support blends internal expertise with a wealth of external resources, supporting companies in addressing problem areas and increasing productivity.

We support businesses with:

Identifying areas for growth

Increasing productivity

Commercialising new products

Improving the supply chain

Developing and implementing new technologies

Marketing and sales

Meeting environmental obligations

Developing strategy

Improving processes

Over the past five years, Exemplas has supported over 2,500 manufacturing SMEs to create 3,000 jobs and deliver 1,500 new innovations.

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West Yorkshire Business Productivity case study

On behalf of West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Exemplas, working in partnership with Leeds Beckett University delivered a data-driven diagnostic in the form of the West Yorkshire Business Productivity Service (WYBPS) […]

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Century Office Equipment

Century Office Equipment shares the support they received from Innovate UK Business Growth.