Backing Britain Live 2020 is a two week business festival run by the Made in Group. Launched in 2009, Made in Group is a private manufacturing network for the UK, which now contains 600 UK manufacturers ranging from the likes of Jaguar Land Rover, Liberty, Atlas Copco, Moog, Mazak, Siemens, Fanuc, etc.
This groundbreaking event will include keynote speeches from industry leaders such as CEO of Gardner Aerospace Dominic Cartwright and CCO of Brompton Bicycle Stephen Loftus, alongside networking areas and over 150 manufacturing exhibitors. Our aim is to promote, inspire and share best practice within UK manufacturing.
1. Connect with a Targeted Audience of Decision Makers
One of the most prominent reasons to be involved in this groundbreaking virtual networking event, is the opportunity to connect with a tailored audience of influential individuals from throughout the manufacturing sector.
Made in Group are innovating and pushing to do something unique, something the manufacturing industry needs and deserves during this time, and are ultimately aiming for 5,000 delegates to be in attendence at the Live Digital Business Festival.
There will also be various talks from many influential industry decision makers, including Brompton Bicycle's Stephen Loftus and Gardner Aerospace CEO Dominic Cartwright.
2. Experiment with a New Way of Working and Strengthen Your Digital Networking Skills
This event will be very user-friendly and suitable for people of all skillsets with digital technology and it will give you an unrivalled opportunity to strengthen your remote working and digital networking ability.
Backing Britain 2020 Live will be hosted on www.backingbritain.com where the entire exhibition hall will have virtual access to booths, interactive seminars and networking areas all accessible on the website. The process will be very user friendly and easy to navigate around, making it accessible for all manufacturers regardless of their technological proficiency.
3. Experience State of the Art Technology: The Virtual Expo Hall
As part of Made in Group's push for state of the art communication and networking technology being at the forefront of the manufacturing industry, those in attendance will be able to benefit from the Virtual Expo Hall.
This tactile and immersive digital exhibition experience has been put in place to help you unite, retain continuity and forge new connections. Ultimately, this feature of Backing Britain 2020 Live will bring an aspect of realism to virtual networking which has hardly been seen before.
4. Learn and Share Best Practice: Webinars
Made have temporarily replaced our physical Best Practice events with virtual meetings. This includes virtual Q&As, panel discussions and masterminds. The group has been aiming to put two or more of these types of events on a week, offering expert advice and discussions for Made members.
To go alongside this, those attending the Backing Britian Virtual Exhibition will have access to a whole host of webinars. This feature will offer leadership and guidance on all the hot topics as we move forward from the issues of Corona and many other sector-wide challenges.
5. Connect with New Companies: Virtual Roundtables
Our unique virtual roundtables format sits alongside our virtual exhibition, which allows delegates to visit member companies and learn more about the Midlands and Yorkshire supply chains. Some of the topics and themes for our Virtual Roundtables, which can be viewed on the Made site, include: Business Growth, Manufacturing Finance, People & Skills, Supply Chain Localisation, Smart Factories, Green Manufacturing and more.
Made in Group will illustrate the entire exhibition hall with booths, interactive seminar room and networking areas on the web: The expo site will be visually inspiring with a high level of thought placed on the user interface, being intuitive and user friendly. Attending Backing Britain Live 2020 gives you an opportunity to allign your brand with state-of-the-art technology and show potential customers that you are company which values innovation.
We understand how important exhibitions are to the manufacturing industry, therefore, we aim to keep the essence of these events going in the most realistic way possible by offering as many of the benefits of a physical exhibition as possible.
Not only will visitors have a unique experience online, but will also receive physical goodie bags to their door which includes: The Backing Britain 2020, 100 pg book - consisting of positive manufacturing news and information about exhibitors, a large printed poster of the exhibition hall, a Backing Britain lanyard and social posters and more.
8. Free Content Opportunities
Those who are involved in Backing Britain 2020 Live will discover that there is a multitude of marketing PR, and content opportunities that are up for grabs here. From press releases and articles to marketing campaigns and social media promotion, your experience in the run up to and during our virtual exhibition provides great opportunities for shareable content.
As a Made in Group members, you can download the press release template here or contact [email protected] to be written an article on your behalf.
Made in Group have recently widened our Backing Britain campaign to empower manufacturers. We are mainly focussed on reshoring, shortening supply chains and celebrating manufacturing heroes. It's never been more critical that we support one another through these difficult times.
Members can use the Backing Britain logo to become part of a campaign which celebrates supporting UK industry through maintaining working operations and staying connected in the face of adversity.
