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Pera
Nottingham Road
Melton Mowbray
Leicestershire
LE13 0PB
Tel: 01664 501501
Fax: 01664 501554
e-mail: innovation@pera.com
www.pera.com
Chief Executive: John Hill
Chief Financial Officer: Glyn Goddard
Turnover: £45 Million
Number of staff: 500
Pera is one of Europe's leading innovation and business support organisations with a presence in eight European countries. Established in the UK over 60 years ago as an industry association owned by the companies it serves, Pera now works to improve the growth and competitiveness of industry and business in Europe by helping clients gain:
Greater access to global knowledge and markets
- helping firms and industry sectors access information, opportunities and partners on a global scale through specialist networks and business intelligence.
More efficient business processes
- helping firms to optimise their manufacturing and business processes to produce lean, agile and globally competitive operations.
Better differentiated products and services
- helping firms to implement innovation as a robust and continuous business tool to develop ideas for new products and services.
More effective skills development
- helping firms to design training programmes to improve their business performance, management, leadership and use of innovation.
In 2008, Pera merged with PRA, who are now part of the Pera Innovation Network.