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THE subject of today's Behind the Lens feature is Gazette Camera Club member Andy Hardie. The 70-year-old, who is a signalman but just about to…
Why did you take up photography? I’ve been interested all my life. Why do you love taking pictures? I like to have memories of places we’ve been to and I like to preserve historical scenes. Sunset at Dovercourt Where is your favourite place locally to take pictures? How about further afield? I live in Langham, so anything between here and the coast. I also particularly like Boxted Airfield. There's always a photo opportunity there! Trucking in the mist What equipment do you use? I use a Canon EOS 80D and a Canon EOS 450, plus various lenses and filters.
The Port of Felixstowe is a major part of the Freeport East bid - Credit: Adam Boughey Yesterday in his Budget the chancellor gave the go-ahead for Freeport East, a tax-free port in East Anglia. Here is everything you need to know. What is Freeport East? Freeport East is the plan for a tax-free port centred around Felixstowe and Harwich. But it will affect other areas of the region. The Freeport East bid is focussed on Bathside Bay at Harwich and the Port of Felixstowe Logistics Park but includes proposals for tax and customs sites inland. These sites include the planned new development a...
Harwich International Port HARWICH’S bid to become a freeport has been approved by the Government. Freeport East, a group made up of businesses and local authorities, had called on the Government to assign joint freeport status to Harwich and Felixstowe. Freeport status means areas will benefit from tax reliefs and simplified customs procedures in order to encourage economic activity, something the Government hopes will boost trade following Brexit. Freeport East estimates it could create 13,000 new jobs and £500million of investment over the next five years. Chancellor Rishi Sun...
"Currently GDP per capita across the Haven Gateway significantly trails the broader East of England region, so this bid perfectly fits the government’s ambitious levelling up agenda. “Freeport East will also use our location at the heart of massive new wind and nuclear generation projects to become a national centre of technical excellence.” Bernard Jenkin, MP for Harwich and North Essex, said: “This bid is economically the most significant for the UK economy as a whole. "Felixstowe-Harwich is the UK's biggest port. We serve the UK's biggest exporters, have the biggest reach into our...