Useful links
The following websites may be of interest to our suppliers:
The NDA are responsible for the decommissioning and clean-up of the UK's civil public sector nuclear sites
The Northwest Supply Chain Support Project This portal gives details of NWSC free support services and provides information on nuclear tendering opportunities and supplier details. It includes NWSC news, forthcoming events and provides access to TWI's online technical information
West Cumbria Development Agency was established in 1988 to help regenerate the local economy which had been badly hit by re-structuring, particularly in the steel industry. Its central aim is to help create jobs in the Boroughs of Allerdale and Copeland, which together form West Cumbria. This job creation is achieved by helping new businesses start and grow, by assisting local companies to expand and by facilitating inward investment into the area. West Cumbria Development Agency is a local organisation, sponsored by the local, private and public sectors to carry out its mission
West lakes Renaissance is the dynamic urban regeneration company leading the economic revival of Furness and West Cumbria
The West Cumbria Business Cluster consists of a group of companies committed to working collectively to grow their businesses, support the local economy and to provide a sustainable future for the next generation of West Cumbrian’s
Cumbria Vision is the organisation driving forward the economic regeneration of England's most beautiful and unique county. We are a sub-regional partnership established by the Northwest Regional Development Agency in 2005 to galvanise public and private sector stakeholders and bring a single direction to Cumbria’s significant regeneration agenda
Cheshire and Warrington Economic Alliance brings together leaders and influencers from both the public and private sector to work in partnership on a wide range of economic development issues in the sub-region to ensure a dynamic, high quality environment for both businesses and residents
The Nuclear Industry Association is the trade association and information body for the UK civil nuclear industry, representing over 150 companies and some 40,000 UK nuclear workers, including the operators of the nuclear power stations, those engaged in decommissioning, waste management, nuclear liabilities management and all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle
- the advancement of education relating to nuclear energy and its application and ancillary subjects;
- the advancement of nuclear science, engineering and technology;
- in the interests of public safety, the promotion of high standards of education and professional performance amongst those engineers, scientists and others working within the nuclear industry;
- the promotion of the public understanding of nuclear sciences and the impact on society and the environment; and
- to undertake such other charitable purposes as the Trustees shall in their discretion from time to time decide
Britains Energy Coast The Britain's Energy Coast™ Masterplan is a £2 billion package of regeneration projects that will establish West Cumbria as a centre of excellence for nuclear and other energy technologies including wind power, tidal, oil and gas
Business Link Northwest If you’re already running your own business, just starting out, or have a great business idea, Business Link can help. Get in touch and you’ll have access to all the information, advice and practical assistance you need to give your business the best chance of sustained success. Business Link is an easy to use business support, advice and information service funded by government and managed in the North West by the Northwest Regional Development Agency
dounreay.com Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL) is the site licence company responsible for the closure programme at Britain's former centre of fast reactor research and development.
DSRL has held the site licence, waste disposal authorisation and other necessary legal permits for managing the site since April 1, 2008. Before then, the site was managed by the UK Atomic Energy Authority.
DSRL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UKAEA and operates under contract to the NDA
magnoxnorthsites.com Magnox North a company owned by EnergySolutions, is the management and operations contractor currently responsible for operating and decommissioning on behalf of their owner, the NDA.
Operations include electricity generation at Oldbury in Gloucestershire, Wylfa on the Isle of Anglesey and Maentwrog in North Wales and defuelling and decommissioning of the former generating power stations at Chapelcross in Dumfriesshire, Hunterston A in Ayrshire and Trawsfynydd in North Wales
magnoxsouthsites.com Magnox South Ltd, a company owned by EnergySolutions, is the management and operations contractor currently responsible for decommissioning five nuclear sites on behalf of their owner, th NDA.
The five sites are: Hinkley Point A in Somerset; Berkeley in Gloucestershire; Sizewell A in Suffolk; Bradwell in Essex and Dungeness A in Kent
Northwest Regional Development Agency is responsible for stimulating the economic growth and regeneration of England’s Northwest.
In response to the current economic climate, we have recently announced a package of new and enhanced support to help Northwest businesses. Find out more about how we are helping businesses in the region.
nwda.co.uk/finance
The Innovation Vouchers scheme enables Northwest businesses, entrepreneurs, and social enterprises to buy expertise from universities and other knowledge providers.
lums.lancs.ac.uk/lead
The LEAD programme is a ten month leadership development programme for owner-managers of SMEs (up to 250 employees). The framework of the programme is made up of an overnight experiential event, masterclasses, action learning sets, coaching, business shadowing and exchanges and learning reflection days. The course costs £10,000 per place, however we can subsidise this by 80% thanks to funding from the NWDA thus taking the cost down to £2000. You could also use the Train2Gain funding to put towards this cost, thus taking the cost payable to £1000. We can also split the charge into interest free instalments.
Rathboneuk.org
Rathbone is a UK-wide voluntary youth sector organisation providing opportunities for young people to transform their life-circumstances by re-engaging with learning, discovering their ability to succeed and achieving progression to further education, training and employment.
traintogain.gov.uk
Train to Gain is expanding, offering even more funding and support as you train your employees for business success.
businesslink.gov.uk
Solutions for Business - funded by government is a package of business support to help companies start,grow and succeed.
frameworksnw.co.uk The Framework Programme is the main pathway for the European Union to help fund collaborative research and development projects. FP7 will run for 7 years from January 2007. The funding programme is designed to support organisations in Europe undertake research. The budget for FP7 is over €50 billion devoted to individuals and organisations to undertake RTD. The programme runs in parallel with smaller targeted initiatives: The Competitiveness and Innovation Programme and EURATOM
Socioeconomic plan - link to Sellafield Ltd's socio-economic plan
Supply Chain Opportunities with EDF Energy - EDF is inviting potential suppliers to its new nuclear power programme to register with them. EDF is expected to place the first orders in autumn 2009. Companies may also want to be aware that while they will obvious face strong competition from EDF's existing suppliers in France and for its Finnish EPR programme, they may also have the opportunity to bid for work on EDF's French reactors, since they plan a parallel new build programme in the UK and France (e.g. in Normandy alongside Hinkley/Sizewell).
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) is Europe's leading programme helping businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity through better use of knowledge, technology and skills that reside within the UK knowledge base.
The Supply Chain Ombudsman is responsible for a number of Supply Chain development and engagement activities.
