Events

Company visits and insight days
July 2025 (TBC)

Company visits and insight days

Employers in Leeds open their doors to students from UTC Leeds and Leeds City College school of engineering to showcase the opportunities careers in the city's manufacturing and engineering sector present. Students will have the chance to walk the factory floor, meet employees and discover what it's like to work in modern manufacturing.


Company Leeds Manufacturing Festival School / Location Manufacturing employers in Leeds Attendees UTC Leeds and Leeds City College students Find out more
Made Smarter Yorkshire & Humber launch event
10 July 2025

Made Smarter Yorkshire & Humber launch event

Thursday, 10 July (8.30am - 11am)
The new Made Smarter programme for West Yorkshire, designed to promote adoption of digital technologies by manufacturing businesses, goes live in July. Guests attending this breakfast event, hosted by electronics manufacturer SCC Worldwide, will have an exclusive opportunity to find out more about the range of support available to manufacturers through the programme, including consultancy, student internships, training in leadership and change management, as well as capital grants. Manufacturers who have previously benefitted from the programme will also describe the support they have received and the impact it has had on their business.


Company Made Smarter Yorkshire & Humber School / Location SCC Worldwide, Intercity Way, Swinnow Lane, Leeds LS13 4LX Attendees Manufacturing employers and busness support professionals REGISTER TO ATTEND
National Manufacturing Day
25 September 2025

National Manufacturing Day

Thursday 25 September
Company visits and insight days for students from UTC Leeds and Leeds City College school of engineering.

Manufacturers throughout the UK will be opening their doors to schools, colleges and local communities on National Manufacturing Day for a behind-the-scenes look at how manufacturers' facilities work, as part of this UK-wide 'open house' celebration of the sector.

Local communities will have the chance to see the potential careers and jobs on offer within the wonderfully diverse manufacturing sector, as employers engage with all age groups - from school leavers, graduates, people looking to reskill and the local residents.

​For Make UK and manufacturers, this is an opportunity to showcase the diversity of a truly fascinating sector, the range of highly skilled jobs on offer and the amazing opportunities for reskilling and career development within manufacturing in the UK.


Company Make UK School / Location Manufacturing employers across Leeds and West Yorkshire Find out more