Small businesses are getting the chance to learn the secrets of Amazon’s success in embracing new technology.
The tech giant has introduced a scheme called the Amazon Innovation Accelerator.
Small businesses are being offered training and best practice on how Amazon embraces the challenge of the New.
Free seminars and one-to-one mentoring will supply expert insights and practical advice from Amazon’s own team on various topics.
These will include pointers on boosting business growth and productivity prospects, including technology adoption, leadership, and management.
The new programme is designed to show small businesses first-hand how Amazon innovates, by taking them inside its state-of-the-art robotics fulfilment centre in Bolton.
A group of small businesses from Greater Manchester are the first to participate in the scheme, with the West Midlands due to follow later this year.
The Amazon Innovation Accelerator combines the expertise of Amazon, Amazon Web Services, and The Growth Company and Made Smarter, which is a government-backed initiative that helps local manufacturing small businesses understand and overcome operational challenges through digital technologies.
Guidance on how Amazon embraces innovation to scale up, using new technologies including robotics, will be provided by Amazon UK site leads.
Kevin Hollinrake, Small Business Minister, said: “This programme is a fantastic example of industry working to support small businesses and local communities.”
Neil Travis, Regional Operations Director at Amazon said: “Amazon has been serving customers in the UK for 25 years and we know how important it is to maintain a start-up mentality and find new ways to innovate.
“The success of small businesses is vital to Amazon, and we want to use the expertise of our teams in Greater Manchester to be a catalyst for growth and productivity for more local businesses and have a positive impact on jobs and the community.”
- Daily Focus has previously reported on the planned closure of Amazon’s Rugeley fulfilment centre, where more than 100 staff have voted to take industrial action.
