IAgrM Leadership Development Programme March 2018

1 March, 2018 by

Martin Collison spoke at the IAgrM Leadership Development Programme at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) on a very snowy 1st March 2018. 

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Team Lincolnshire event at RAF Club London 27th February 2018

28 February, 2018 by

Martin Collison was one of over 100 who attended a celebratory lunch at the RAF Club, London on 27th February for Team Lincolnshire. 

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NAAME conference 15th February 2018

16 February, 2018 by

Martin Collison was a speaker at the New Anglia Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (NAAME) conference on 15th February to report on the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) sector skills plan he has written for New Anglia as part of a team led by SkillsReach. 

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UK Space Agency International Partnership Programme February 2018

10 February, 2018 by

The UK Space Agency has awarded £38m to 10 projects in the 2nd round of the International Partnership Programme (IPP2), including the £3.9m EcoProMIS proposal to develop decision support systems for crop production in Colombia. 

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SKIN project meeting Vienna January 2018

20 January, 2018 by

Martin and Lynn Collison attended the SKIN Thematic Network meeting in Vienna on 18th and 19th January 2018.
The EU skin project team, which focuses on sharing best practice in developing short food chains, visited the Pyrha Agricultural School and a range of commercial businesses including farmers and food processors. 

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New Anglia Life Sciences and Bio-economy Skills Plan published January 2018

18 January, 2018 by

A Life Sciences and Bio-economy Sector Skills Plan for Norfolk and Suffolk has been published by New Anglia LEP.  The plan written by Martin Collison as part of a team led by SkillsReach sets out priorities for the growth of New Anglia’s vibrant life sciences and bio-economy sector with an emphasis on how investment in skills can help to deliver growth. 

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New Anglia AgriFood Tech Sector Skills Plan published December 2017

3 January, 2018 by

New Anglia LEP has published a new sector skills plan for the Norfolk and Suffolk AgriFood and related Technology sector written by Martin Collison as part of a team led by SkillsReach. 

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ENABLING Thematic Network starts in Rome December 2017

15 December, 2017 by

Martin and Lynn Collison attended the kick off meeting for the EU Thematic Network focused on increasing the value of the bio-economy by sharing best practice in adding value to biomass. 

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New Norfolk Rural Strategy Published 10th November 2017

11 November, 2017 by

A revised Norfolk Rural Strategy authored by Collison and Associates was launched at an event at the Green Britain Centre in Swaffham on Friday 10th November. 

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Made Smarter Review 30th October 2017

30 October, 2017 by

The government has today published the Made Smarter Review which deals with how digitalisation will revolutionise industry in the next decade and beyond. 

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