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Yorkshire on display at Westminster for contribution to UK "productivity"

Yorkshire is celebrating its contribution to UK productivity with a display in the heart of Westminster at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills from February 24 – March 7.

The Business Minister, Michael Fallon MP, will visit the display at 10.30am on 4th March.

The display will showcase that from engineering, to bed-makers and medical equipment, Yorkshire is taking advantage of centuries of skills, expanding into new areas with the latest technological innovations, creating UK manufacturing markets for the future.

Exhibiters include Harrison Spinks, Surgical Innovations, GSM Group and Ginetta Cars, each demonstrating their innovative products and skills.

Bdaily reported on the governments assistance of Harrison Spinks here.

During the visit, the minister will test his surgical skills on Surgical Innovation’s laparoscopy trainer, and meet with Nicole, who is an engineering apprentice keen on promoting the career for females.

Representatives of each exhibiting companies will be in attendance including Graham Bowland, CEO of Surgical Innovations, Barry Dodd, CEO of GSM Group, Rupert Hutton, finance director of Harrison Spinks and Nicole Firth– apprentice at Ginetta Cars

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .