Help Shape the Future

YCF together with a large group of members, non members and other interested parties connected with the Chemical industry in the Yorkshire region and beyond, came together to discuss the future of YCF and how it should continue to serve its’ members and continue to grow.

The day consisted of a number of presentations as well as breakout sessions. These sessions gave everyone the opportunity to articulate ideas to YCF of what we could deliver which would be of value to its members and the chemical related industries sector as a whole.

The following themes came out of the first session and were then discussed further in the second session. Click on each theme title to find out the direction of the discussion and ideas interchange.

YCF as a Bridge from business to the education community

Access to Funding/ Finance

Networks

Overseas Collaboration

Regulation & Legislation

Skills & Training

There were a further two topics that came out of the first session but were not developed further at that time but YCF will be taking them on board in future plans:

Celebration of success
• Highlight new opportunities e.g. Vickers Labs in films
• Members who win awards
• Members news

Commercial Advantage
• Exposure to suppliers who's who and who does what
• Help members with bottom line focus on growth and cost reduction
• Members offering facilities to other members
• Need to bring expert advise on accounts - HMRC


We will now be working on the above themes, so keep an eye on the YCF website, or join the YCF LinkedIn group for all the latest information on what we will be doing next.