BAGMA Connect recently held its second meeting of the year at the Bury Transport Museum near Manchester.

Members and guests from the surrounding areas were invited to a business morning, lunch and an opportunity to tour the museum and meet with other members. There were 34 delegates representing 24 companies including speakers and guests in attendance on the day.

BAGMA Director, Keith Christian, addressing the meeting

The morning agenda began with a welcome from the Connect Chairman, Andrew Walker of B&B Tractors, followed by a presentation from BAGMA Director, Keith Christian on the activities and services of provided by BAGMA.

Peter Arrand, BAGMA President, from Ripon Farm Services, provided a presentation on the current situation of apprentice training, proposed T Level Qualifications and the need for recruitment and retention in the Landbased engineering sector. This was followed by an update, including facts and figures, on current Health and Safety Prosecutions by Dean Lowe of Safety Aide, which provided a wake-up call on how prosecutions and fines are changing in this area.

John Halliday, Bira’s marketing director provided an insight into digital marketing and analysing information through Google Analytics and how to optimise this area of marketing. Paul Bennet from Towergate, BAGMA’s insurance partner, presented on the BAGMA Insurance offering and the issues with insurance surrounding cybercrime and what companies can do to protect themselves with insurance.

After lunch delegates were invited to stay and chat and tour the museum.

BAGMA say they would like to thank all those that attended for taking part and taking the time to attend. The next Connect meeting will be advised in the New Year.