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A new freeport to boost employment in Thurrock A NEW freeport will hugely bolster employment in Thurrock, a leading councillor has proclaimed. DP World and Forth Ports are bidding for a new Thames Freeport, with London Gateway, the Port of Tilbury and Ford’s Dagenham engine plant with the Thames Enterprise Park at its heart. Thames Enterprise Park is a 669-acre former oil refinery ripe for development.  A freeport in Thurrock would secure more than £400 million in port infrastructure, which will lead to a doubling of a port capacity and over 20,000 new jobs, with significan...

Thames Freeport bid could help secure 20,000 jobs THURROCK Council’s Cabinet has unanimously backed a bid to create a Thames Freeport that could see new skills academies and more than 20,000 new jobs. Cabinet agreed to support the submission of the Thames Freeport bid to government at its meeting on Wednesday, 13 January. A joint bid by DP World and Forth Ports in partnership with Ford could see a Thames Freeport, with Thurrock at its heart, attract billions in private sector investment over the next 25 years. Thurrock Council Leader, Cllr Rob Gledhill said: “A successful b...

£75million funding boost revealed for Purfleet’s major revamp plans A MULTI-MILLION pound funding boost has been given to Purfleet-on-Thames to help with the town’s £1billion regeneration master-plan. The town has secured £75million from the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) which will help to create thousands of new homes, support jobs in the area and work towards making Purfleet safer, greener and healthier. The new funds from central government will help to deliver necessary infrastructure to unlock 2,850 new homes in the area. As well as new homes, the £1billion regen...

A MULTI-MILLION pound funding boost has been given to Purfleet-on-Thames to help with the town’s £1billion regeneration master-plan.