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Wales
Quality Centre, the body which helps Welsh businesses to boost performance
and raise the standard of their products and services, is moving
to the flagship Waterton Centre at Bridgend.
It is the organisation’s first move since
its establishment in 1984 and, says chief executive David Phillips,
it marks the start of a new phase in the body’s development.
The Bridgend complex, developed on part of the
Ford engine plant, is already home to several key industry organisations
including the Engineering Employers Federation, the Welsh Automotive
Forum and the Aerospace Wales, DNA Wales and SEMTA the Sector Skills
Council for science, engineering and manufacturing.
Said Mr Phillips: “Waterton not only
gives us additional hi-tech facilities, particularly for training
courses, but it has become a hub for many dynamic organisations
with whom we aim to build closer working relationships in order
to help Welsh industry achieve world-class standards"
“Innovative partnerships are the way forward
for Wales and Wales Quality Centre aims to be at the heart of that,
contributing our expertise and learning from others. When we were
invited to move to Waterton it made perfect sense because being
physically close to key partners will certainly help in forging
the necessary links,” he added.
The Quality Centre, which has a 10-strong team,
moves into its new base at the end of July after vacating the QED
Centre at Treforest near Cardiff.
The Centre runs a wide range of business improvement
activity for Welsh businesses including the implementation of the
EFQM Excellence Model, the Wales Quality Awards and the Inside Welsh
industry Programme. The body is a registered charity owned by its
200 member companies.
Phil Catherwood, director of the Waterton Centre
welcomed the arrival of Wales Quality Centre; “Collaboration
is very important in Wales and I’m very encouraged by the
emergence of this cluster of strategic bodies whose missions are
all aimed at making Welsh business stronger and more competitive.”
WALES QUALITY CENTRE
Waterton Centre
Waterton Industrial Estate
Bridgend CF31 3WT
TEL : 01656 646745
email : info@walesqualitycentre.org.uk
info@walesqualitycentre.org.uk
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