Report Number: 78 Date: 27/4/2009 Client: EEF Title: New awards series puts Yorkshire and the Humber manufacturers centre stage Of interest to: Yorkshire and the Humber Script details: EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01 MONDAY 27 APRIL 2007 A major awards programme has been launched today by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation. The EEF Future Manufacturing Awards will reward enterprise, innovation, environmental performance and skills development among the 11,500 manufacturing businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber. Particular recognition will be given to companies that are successfully seizing the business opportunities presented by the fast growing market for low carbon products and services. Alan Hall, Region Director for EEF in Yorkshire and the Humber, says it’s time for the region’s manufacturing industry to get the recognition it deserves. -ends- Contact Stuart Ritchie PR Adviser EEF St James’s House Edgbaston Birmingham, B151JJ t: 0121 456 2222 f: 0121 454 6745 e:sritchie@eef.org.uk w: www.eef.org.uk For a full news release, click here Interviewee: Alan Hall Duration: 0 minutes 49 seconds Out-words: about how to enter