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Regional development agency Advantage West Midlands has announced an investment of £1m to support companies that wish to participate in the World Class Supply Chain programme (SC21).

Regional development agency Advantage West Midlands has announced an investment of £1m to support companies that wish to participate in the World Class Supply Chain programme (SC21).

SC21 is open to all suppliers operating in the aerospace and defence sectors and is funded by Advantage West Midlands and the European Regional Development Fund. With the new investment, companies involved in the scheme could receive grants of up to £20,000.

G&O Springs, a Redditch-based spring manufacturer, has received a recognition award within the SC21 scheme at a recent conference for aerospace and defence suppliers for its cost reductions, on-time delivery and improvements in quality.

Pauline Pinney, aerospace cluster manager at Advantage West Midlands, said: 'Our aerospace and defence sectors include more than 480 companies dedicated to supporting these industries, employing 20,000 people and generating an annual turnover of £3bn.

‘SC21 is recognised by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and all 16 of the UK aerospace and defence primes so it is an important industry programme for our companies to be working within and securing recognition.'

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