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 industrial heartlands, we will generate the most levelling up, and we offer the biggest contribution to carbon reduction.
UK’s leading space sector to benefit from new government support
Economic measures have been outlined to support the UK s innovative space sector.
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New Space Sector Export Academy to upskill space-sector businesses
Continued support for Leicester Space Park to become a High Potential Opportunity (HPO) for foreign investors
Latest in series of economic-support measures to help sectors across the UK build back better.
UK space exports reached £5.5 billion in 2019, with the sector generating over a third of its income from exports.
A series of measures to support the UK’s space sector in building back better have been outlined by the government today.
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South Holland could be welcoming Dutch businesses to area if talks come to fruition
| Updated: 17:39, 01 February 2021
Dutch businesses could be investing in South Holland if new talks come to fruition.
Officers from South Holland District Council are working with the Department of International Trade in the Netherlands to promote the area.
Last year Lincolnshire was chosen as a High Potential Opportunity scheme by the British Department for International Trade to attract overseas investment into agrifood automation and robotics projects and businesses in Greater Lincolnshire, including the Holbeach Food Enterprise Zone.
South Holland District Council
A district council spokesperson said: âAs a council we are always proactively working to attract new businesses and opportunities to the district to help support and grow its economy.