WHY US?
The NEAA is one of the fastest growing industry clusters in the UK and the largest in automotive. We have a proven track record of helping our members make valuable business connections whilst supporting collaborative opportunities and coordinating industry-led activities. We offer a broad scope of membership services and many of our members have maximised these to great advantage.
We have nurtured a network of like-minded businesses who take a collaborative approach to improving the region’s global competitiveness by sharing best practice, solving common problems, and driving innovation. In addition to this, we offer industry knowledge and thought-leadership to help our member companies shape their business strategy and align their products and services with market needs.
The team at the NEAA will always go the extra mile to ensure businesses gain value from their membership.
Expand each section to read more about each benefit.
Strategic Direction
- Led by industry, for industry
- Network of industry leaders driving the strategy
- Coordination of activities of mutual benefit
- Maximising opportunities for the North East of England
Route to Market
- Raising company profile
- Networking and events
- Platform to showcase products and services
- Business and collaboration opportunities
- Member to member introductions
- Marketing support
- Network of International links
- Promotion via NEAA website, newsletter and quarterly magazine, social media channels and members directory
Capability Improvement
- Business Resilience Group
- Manufacturing and Innovation Group
- Trade and Investment Group
- HR Forum
- EV North
- Industry-led focus groups
- Cost reduction activities
- Benchmarking and KPIs
- Best practice visits
- Shared training resource
- Increased profitability through NEAA funded programmes
- Access to funding
- Addressing current skills gaps, attracting talent, apprenticeships and links to education
- Skills and training initiatives
Knowledge Transfer
- Shared intelligence and dissemination of sector information
- Knowledge transfer events and masterclasses
- Supply chain opportunities to market
- Insights into the latest technology and innovation
- Technical and funding advice
- International trade support
Sector Engagement
- Unified voice for the North East automotive sector to key stakeholder groups – including Automotive Council, Catapults, Department for Business & Trade, CCAV, Driving the Electric Revolution, Innovate UK, Knowledge Transfer Partnership, Make UK, Made Smarter, North East Apprenticeship Ambassadors, North East Combined Authority, Tees Valley Combined Authority, Northern Powerhouse, Silesia Automotive & Advanced, Manufacturing Cluster (Poland), Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders
- Publicising individual businesses and the regional capabilities on a local and national level
- Impacting and influencing policies
MEMBERSHIP PACKAGES
The NEAA is a not-for-profit organisation limited by guarantee and membership is restricted to companies and not personal membership. Fees start from as little as *£252 +VAT per annum (*2024) and are based on the number of UK employees.
| Category | Description | Annual Fee |
| Public | Public Sector & Associations | £1,269 + VAT |
| Start-up | Start-ups (less than 2yr), Not for profit | £252 + VAT |
| Micro | <10 UK employees | £443 + VAT |
| Small | 10<49 UK employees | £762 + VAT |
| Medium | 50<249 UK employees | £1,269 + VAT |
| Large | 250<499 UK employees | £3,807 + VAT |
| Multi | 500+ UK employees | £6,347 + VAT |
TRACK RECORD
We offer a broad scope of membership services and many of our members have maximised these to great advantage. Here are just a few…
“We are so glad that we made the decision to join the NEAA in early 2023 as it offers our business everything we need from a network – a place to build solid and supportive relationships, the opportunity to work with world class organisations and the chance to attend high quality events with likeminded people that are keen for everyone to succeed.”
Simon Merchant / Director, Commercial Partners / Interdigitate
“Advanced Electric Machines are an NEAA member and have participated in the NEAA Trade Group since the start of 2020. As well as providing regular informative meetings on a number of subject matters related to the operation of a business, it also acts as an excellent networking forum with other local businesses, organisations, and Government bodies.”
Andrew Woods / Business Development Director / Advanced Electric Machines (AEM)
“We have worked with NEAA member, NEPS, since 2022; they provide unmatched courier services weekly, which helps us with time-critical production. This is crucial for our business as NEPS helps us meet important deadlines. They always offer a professional service that is easy to work with and is always on time. We look forward to working with NEPS on future projects.”
Zanda Johnson, Unipres UK
“The NEAA provides the opportunity for us to access high impact engagement activities and communications that includes networking events, meet the buyer, masterclasses, workshops, one-to-one introductions, business support, quarterly magazine and monthly e-bulletin, conferences and exhibitions, all of which have been beneficial to Reprotec Group. The NEAA provides expertise, leadership and forward-thinking strategic approaches within the industry while at the same time creating a positive and supportive relationship for all its members.”
Janet Murray / Reprotec Group
“Since Charpak joined the NEAA, we have been truly impressed with the range of services, the quality of events and the level of support on offer. The Expo, in particular, was a top-class event that showcased the North-East’s exceptional capacity for collaboration and was a great success for us. All the hard-working NEAA staff have, without exception, been friendly, open and helpful, always going the extra mile for us and making sure we receive wonderful support.”
Charpak
“Turntide Technologies (formerly AVID Technology) has been a member of NEAA since its establishment as well as a key part of the NEAA Trade Group since its launch in 2019. The Trade Group brings together several diverse businesses to share industry experience and knowledge. AVID has significantly benefited from the insights provided both by the NEAA Team and its Members which has opened up new opportunities for us in new markets such as Defence/Marine and new territories such as Eastern Europe.”
Iain Young / Sales Director / Turntide Technologies
“Tomlinson Hall & Co. Ltd are one of the founding members of the NEAA Trade Group. We have enjoyed sharing our experiences with other companies and have indeed learned from many of the other members of the group the benefits of collective co-operation and collaboration. We would advise that the NEAA membership at large would benefit from many of the initiatives created from the fruitful pooling of minds and suggestions.”
Colin Simpson / Business Development Director / Tomlinson Hall
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