b'INVEST INSKILLS & INVESTMENT SOUTH RIBBLEWelcome to the South Ribble Business MagazineSouth Ribble offers:LOCATIONA great placeto do businessKnowledge sharing aids continuous improvement at Leyland TrucksVALUE Leyland leaves past Fantastic value for money for investors behind to show UK could become more productiveLeyland is experiencing thefeatured in a report by The Observer, CHOICE strongest growth in economicwhich focused on its output of A great choice ofefficiency across all of the UK.19,000 trucks a year assembled by highly accessibleAccording to the Office for National1,200 workers. business premises Statistics (ONS), productivity growthQuoted in the report, Peter Jukes, in Leyland increased most out ofoperations director at Leyland 168 regions of the UK betweenTrucks, said: Lancashire is the 2010 and 2017.birthplace of the industrial revolution. Do the roots go back The growth is being pinpointedthat far? Who knows? Perhaps its to the regions industrialthe long-term heritage in the North SKILLS manufacturing strengths, whichWest for industry in general [which Access to a range ofaccounts for a quarter of mid- has contributed to these gains].specialist skills to meetLancashires economic output; this is versus around a tenth for theBrennan Gourdie, who joined your business needs country as a whole.Leyland Trucks as managing director from its parent company PACCAR, Employees in South Ribble havewas also featured in the piece. reportedly increased their workingHe said: As for all companies, hours by 1.5 per cent since 2010,productivity is very important creating a rise in economic output ofto us. We set goals each year for 14 per cent, according to the ONS.improvements, which will contribute This compares positively to Westto the bottom line.London, where workers have been TO FIND OUT MORE CONTACT required to raise working hours byApproximately 100m has been25 per cent in the same time period,invested into the Leyland TrucksOUR INVESTMENT & SKILLS TEAM while achieving an output rise ofsite by PACCAR since the lateT: 01772 625567just 33 per cent.1990s, when the US firm boughtthe company, as well as DutchE: info@businessinsouthribble.comA business contributing significantlymanufacturer DAFthe companyto the regions economic successbehind many of the leadingW: businessinsouthribble.com is Leyland Trucks, which recentlytransportation companies in Britain, 2 The Business Newsletter of South Ribble Borough Council'