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Furness Enterprise - "1st choice for business support""Furness business support survey",Hill Taylor,2009

We won the  "most enterprising organisation in northwest England"  Enterprising Britain 2008 Northwest of England Regional Award (2008).

You are invited to locate your business within Furness, one of the UK's Assisted Areas, where  generous, discretionary capital investment and job creating grants are on offer together with a suprb lifestyle and living environment.

BAESYSTEMS Submarine Solutions are recruiting a large number of skilled people. Their skill needs are detailed at  www.worklifebarrow.co.uk and www.careersinsubmarines.com .

Manufacturing is one of the economic strengths of the Barrow Travel to Work Area.

These skills are in demand :

  • managers, and project managers,
  • technical specialists,
  • electricians,
  • Corporate Governance,
  • Design Engineers,
  • Electronic Engineers,
  • Branch Managers,
  • Control System Engineers,
  • Electrical Engineers,
  • Fabricators,
  • Machinists,
  • Fibre Optics,
  • Electrical Engineers,
  • Flooring Installers,
  • Mechanical and Electrical Engineers 

Furness has affordable business premises and sites for expanding businesses.Land costs around £100,000 per acre,modern factories £4.50Ft2/offices£10-12.60ft2

Leading Furness include Kimberly-Clark,BAESYSTEMS Submarine Solutions,Centrica Energy,Liberata,Agilisys.

Furness Enterprise are committed to helping your company to grow successfully by providing you with a ISO9001(2008) Quality Assured, locally provided, locally focused, simplified enterprise and business support service.

Our mission is: To drive the development of Furness towards a stronger more balanced economic structure, where it generates wealth from a spectrum of industrial activities and provides stable employment

The Furness area is home to UK's  naval submarine building industry,find out more about naval shipbuilding here on the Keep our Future Afloat campaign's www.navalshipbuilding.co.uk website

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29/06/2009
LOVE ENTERPRISE - FOUNDATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION GROWTH
Although the current recession has seen the construction industry suffer more than many, there are some excellent instances where South Cumbria’s construction businesses are adapting effectively, and creating foundations for growth in their own and other industries that deserve to be highlighted.



25/06/2009
ABP's Port of Barrow signs key agreement with DONG Energy to assist development
Associated British Ports (ABP) has joined forces with DONG Energy Ltd in handling essential components for more than 100 wind turbines as part of the construction of the Walney Offshore Windfarm off the Cumbrian coast.



23/06/2009
Defence and security markets to be opened up for NW firms in July at special event in Barrow in Furness
Press Release - Furness Enterprise In a joint venture between Furness Enterprise, UKTI and the Ministry of Defence, Furness Enterprise is, as the latest part of its ongoing “Real Help Now” for businesses programme, offering businesses of all sizes in Furness and North Lancashire the chance to take part in a defence and security workshop on 15th July at the Waterside House Business and Conference Hub in Barrow in Furness. 23 June 2009, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria



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