A SCOTTISH council has introduced the profitable completion of its inaugural “Match for Defence Programme”.
Fife Council’s Financial Growth Staff has launched this groundbreaking initiative that gives invaluable help to eight Fife-based companies, enabling them to entry and function throughout the extremely aggressive defence trade.
MRS Coaching & Rescue, Ductform HFE, Fyneside Developments Ltd, Eurospray, Keela Worldwide, Contract Options Ltd, High quality Precision Electronics Ltd and Foodmek Ltd all enrolled on the programme to assist put together their companies to entry and enhance their market share throughout the sector.
Developed in collaboration with Make UK Defence, the ‘Match for Defence Programme’ was particularly designed to deal with the distinctive wants and challenges confronted by companies within the defence sector.
The programme’s method included an preliminary workshop to boost consciousness of the defence sector, adopted by particular person enterprise well being checks.
Via these well being checks, companies had been in a position to establish areas for enchancment and develop tailor-made motion plans to entry the defence market successfully.
Moreover, the companies concerned within the programme will proceed to learn from ongoing help, together with specialist enterprise recommendation from Enterprise Gateway Fife in addition to supported attendance at DSEI and DPRTE exhibitions by way of Fife Council’s Commerce Growth programme, which is able to assist additional improve their connections throughout the defence sector.
Pamela Stevenson, Service Supervisor for Financial Growth at Fife Council stated: “We’re thrilled to see the optimistic outcomes of the Match for Defence Programme.
“By offering tailor-made help and connecting companies with trade specialists, we now have enabled eight Fife-based companies to organize and entry the extremely aggressive defence market.
“This achievement demonstrates the potential of collaboration and highlights Fife’s capabilities within the defence sector.”
Russell Dillon, representing High quality Precision Electronics, has already skilled the benefits of collaborating within the programme and acknowledged, “The help and knowledge we’ve obtained from Fife Council and Make UK’s Match for Defence programme has helped us to land a brand new verbal contract with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and improve our community throughout the defence sector.
“Fife Council has been very proactive in getting Fife enterprise on the market and we look ahead to persevering with working and rising in Fife.”
“Jim Fairnie from Eurospray Restricted defined that he needed to broaden his defence-related buyer base and had discovered the programme “very useful with good recommendation and concepts on how we might develop our defence enterprise.
“It was useful to have somebody with defence expertise establish our strengths, weaknesses, threats and alternatives. We’ll implement these solutions, in addition to goal the shoppers highlighted by the knowledgeable we engaged with.
“Due to Fife Council’s Financial Growth Staff, one other nice programme supporting native companies!”
