BAE Systems have approximately 100,000 employees across their home markets in Australia, India, Saudi Arabia, the UK and the USA, delivering a full range of systems and services for air, land and naval forces. Products and services provided include systems integration and electronics, engineering and manufacturing technology, homeland security, information technology and intelligence security and resilience.

Benteler Distribution UK is one of the UK’s leading carbon and stainless steel stockholders and is part of the leading European stockholder group Benteler Distribution which has 1,500 employees worldwide in 30 countries.
The Benteler Distribution Group is made up of many companies, now all trading as one group. The original companies were Lancashire Tube Stockholders, Pipe and Tube Supplies, British and General Tube and Harbour Tubes. The combined trading years of these companies adds up to an impressive 160 years!

Burnley Borough Council is a local authority employing approximately 620 staff in 14 different service units, ranging from corporate functions such as HR & Legal, Finance, Democracy and Communications to more customer facing services including the Contact Centre, Streetscene, Markets, Revenues and Benefits, Business Support & Regeneration and Environmental & Community Services.

Complete Medical Group (CMG) was established in 1990 and has its headquarters in North West England with offices also in the US, Canada, Switzerland and Scotland. CMG is the largest medical communications company within McCann Healthcare Worldwide and they work with many of the major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies across a wide variety of therapeutic areas.

Finning (UK) Ltd is the number one provider for Caterpillar equipment for the UK and Ireland and part of Finning International Inc, the world’s largest Caterpillar heavy and general equipment dealer.

Finning provide exceptional service to their customers in a wide variety of markets including waste, construction, recycling, quarrying and agriculture.

Celebrating more than 78 years of success, today Finning employs more than 12,000 people in Canada, South America, the UK and Ireland, with more than 1,400 service and support staff working in branches across the UK.

Fox’s vision is “To be famous for the most innovative, imaginative and indulgent biscuits”

Enjoyed across the UK, Fox’s Biscuits are also exported to Europe, North America and the Far East. Fox’s has three factories, at Batley in West Yorkshire (also the head office), Kirkham near Blackpool, and at Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, also home to a distribution centre.

Since 1977 Fox’s Biscuits has been part of Northern Foods plc, one of the UK’s leading food manufacturers.

Based in Accrington, Hyndburn Borough Council has been rated as an excellent Council following its recent Comprehensive Performance Assessment by the independent Audit Commission.  The ‘Excellent’ rating is the highest category of achievement awarded by the independent government watchdog, and places the Council amongst the very best local authorities in the UK.

JLT is an international group of Risk Specialists and Employee Benefits Consultants and one of the largest companies of its type in the world. They offer a combination of independence, scale and specialism within key areas of Industry Specialties, Risk and Insurance and Employee Benefits. The value they create is driven through the personal determination of 6,500 highly motivated and skilled people.

Keele University is renowned for its exciting approach to higher education and is the UK’s largest integrated campus university, occupying a 617 acre estate. Its central feature, 19th century Keele Hall, has Grade II registration with English Heritage.

With their Science Park, conference facilities and academic activities, Keele makes a major contribution to the local Staffordshire economy. With a turnover in excess of £102million, and a total staff of some 1,700, the University generates around £130m of business in the region.

The Kerry Group is a world leader in food ingredients and flavours serving the food and beverage industry, and a leading supplier of added value brands and customer branded foods to the Irish and UK markets.

Headquartered in Tralee, Ireland, the Group employs over 20,000 people throughout its manufacturing, sales, technology and application centres across Europe, North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. They supply over 15,000 food, food ingredients and flavour products to customers in more than 140 countries worldwide

First established in Bavaria in 1896, Müller’s mission is: “To bring sustainable dairy goodness from the heart of Shropshire for the good of everyone.”

Now based in Shropshire, Müller employs 5,400 people throughout Europe and produce a range of dairy products including Müllerlight, Müllerice, Little Stars and Müller Corner.

PZ Cussons is a FTSE 250 listed Consumer Products Group based in the UK which employs 8,596 people throughout Africa, Asia and Europe. They produce a wide range of toiletries and detergents, such as Imperial Leather soap, Carex anti-bacterial moisturisers, Original Source shampoos and gels and Morning Fresh dishwashing liquid.

RWE npower is a leading integrated UK energy company and is part of the RWE Group, one of Europe’s leading electricity and gas companies. They serve around 6.7 million customer accounts and produce around 8% of the electricity used in Great Britain.

RWE is one of Europe’s five leading electricity and gas companies, active in the generation, trading, transmission and supply of electricity and gas. More than 70,000 employees supply over 16 million customers with electricity and around 8 million customers with gas.

RWE npower renewables, part of RWE Innogy, leads the UK wind power market and are also leaders in hydroelectric generation.

Sanofi-aventis is a research and development organisation that is comprised of over 18,000 research staff working in over 21 research and development centres on three continents, with UK headquarters in Guildford. Dedicated to improving life through the discovery and development of innovative products in the fields of prescription drugs, vaccines and therapeutic proteins, Sanofi-aventis addresses fundamental health issues and makes major therapeutic solutions available in its areas of expertise, which are oncology, diabetes, thrombotic and cardiovascular diseases and central nervous system disorders.

SEWS-Europe (SEWS-E) is responsible for the design, manufacture and supply of fuse boxes and electronics, wiring harnesses and connectors to most of Europe’s leading motor manufacturers. The Sumitomo Electric Industries Group distribute their products through a global network in over 24 countries worldwide, employing over 60,000 people.

Driven by strong ethical values and principles, The Co-operative Group is the fifth largest food retailer, the third largest retail pharmacy chain, the number one provider of funeral services and the largest independent travel business in the UK. They also have strong market positions in banking and insurance. The Group employs 120,000 people, has 5.5 million members and around 4,800 retail outlets.

United Utilities is the UK’s largest listed water company. They own, operate and maintain water and wastewater networks serving 3.2 million customer premises in North West England. They are a FTSE 100 company with a turnover of £2 billion and are the UK’s market leader in utility outsourcing.

Based in Bolton and employing 5,000 people across the UK, Warburtons is the UK’s third biggest bread manufacturer, producing one million bakery products per day, including a wide range of breads, bakery snacks and rolls.

Warburtons’ vision is “We want to be one of the world’s best family food businesses”.