Colchester Institute gears up to teach freeport skills | Harwich and Manningtree Standard
A COLLEGE is looking to help prepare ready-made workers to take advantage of the opportunities Freeport status will bring to Harwich. It comes after the town’s bid to become a freeport was given the green light in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s budget announcement last week. Freeport East, a group consisting of businesses and local authorities, had called on the Government to assign joint freeport status to Harwich and Felixstowe. Tax reliefs and simplified customs procedures are two of the benefits in a bid to encourage economic activity, something the Government hopes will boost trade...