Honda Celebrates Best Of British With 'Made In Britain' Campaign
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SLOUGH, UNITED KINGDOM – March 11, 2011: Honda has launched a campaign to find Britain’s most talented ‘makers’, to promote the skills of its car building engineers in Swindon.
‘Made in Britain’ aims to unearth the country’s highly-skilled crafters, builders, innovators and techno-gurus through a new Facebook campaign, which will offer outstanding creators ‘Development Awards’ worth up to £1,000.
Over 80 per cent of the Honda cars sold in the UK are built by over 3,000 engineers at its plant in Swindon, Wiltshire. The factory produces around 600 cars a day for British drivers, but also for export to 63 countries across the world.
Honda isn’t the only one making incredible things on our shores. Britain is buzzing with doers, makers, builders, bakers – creators of all kinds. And ‘Made in Britain’ encourages them to share their skills by uploading details and images of their work to a dedicated Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/hondamadeinbritain
Every three months, Honda will award a development grant to cultivate the talents of the most skilled makers. This could be used to fund a course of classes to improve skills, materials and equipment, or a new website to promote their wares. Ultimately, Honda wants the prize to help these crafters and producers to realise their dreams – whether that’s turning an idea into a hobby or even a hobby into a job! This grant will also be supplemented with additional prizes, such as weekend breaks and mentoring from industry peers.
The first stage of the competition, celebrating British Style, will be
judged by some of the UK’s foremost experts on all things aesthetic,
including: