STATUS now represents a broad cross section of organisations involved in low volume manufacture of cars, minibuses and commercial vehicles, as well as those manufacturing equipment and components for these vehicles STATUS was founded by Dr George Read in 1988 as a result of a number of collaborative ventures between the School of Engineering at Manchester Metropolitan University and companies in the specialist vehicle field STATUS is still based within the School and enjoys, as a result, access to a wide range of facilities and skills that would otherwise be difficult or costly to obtain STATUS has always striven to provide its members with an efficient service as well as providing a method of expressing members' views to the government in order to influence legislation Contact STATUS on +44 161 247 6240 &bull