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Business Partner

MSC is the leading metalworking supplier in the UK, providing access to more than 120,000 products including Metalworking, MRO and PPE. MSC UK, based in Wednesbury, West Midlands, acquired a 49% share of Next Gen Makers in 2021.

Prior to the share acquisition, MSC and Next Gen Makers had partnered for two years to explore and understand the true challenges of the manufacturing sector and identifying specific skills shortages. MSC considers the business partnership with Next Gen Makers to be an additional way to reinforce its commitment to make UK manufacturing the best it can be by helping businesses to attract the talent required to realise greater efficiencies and innovation.

Strategic Partners

Formerly known as EEF, national manufacturing organisation Make UK champions engineering & manufacturing in the UK, supporting businesses around the country.

Make UK is focused on creating the most supportive environment for UK manufacturers to thrive, innovate and compete. They do this by enabling manufacturers to connect, share, solve problems and create opportunities together. This is achieved via regional and national meetings, groups, events and advisory boards. Make UK work at every level to ensure UK Manufacturing performs and grows, now and in the future.

As strategic partners of Next Gen Makers, Make UK back our Engineering Apprenticeships: Best Practice Programme and the Engineering Apprenticeships: Employer Accreditation.

E3 Recruitment (E3R) provides a wide range of temporary, permanent and contract recruitment solutions to some of the most reputable engineering and manufacturing companies in the world, within industries such as Aerospace, Automotive & Fleet, Building & Construction Products, Chemical & Pharmaceutical, Energy & Utilities, General Manufacturing, Food & FMCG and Oil & Gas.

Working alongside clients, E3R creates bespoke solutions to meet their business objectives. E3R recruitment consultants are skilled and possess an in-depth understanding of the sectors that they work within.

As strategic partners of Next Gen Makers, E3R aims to help more manufacturers throughout the UK to future proof their workforce and address skills gaps; by increasing their ability to attract, develop and retain early careers talent via more successful apprenticeship schemes.

Educational Partners

Next Gen Makers are growing a selection of engineering apprenticeship Training Providers who partner with us to benefit employers for whom they provide engineering apprenticeship training.

We have a shared vision of ensuring that all engineering and manufacturing firms that want to run apprenticeship schemes can do so by implementing best in class methodologies which helps them to better attract and retain early careers talent whilst delivering a great apprentice experience.

Through collaboration, Educational Partners and Next Gen Makers are more effective at sharing best practice approaches and insight regarding running apprenticeship schemes with engineering employers.