The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has welcomed today’s announcement that its bid to Round 3 of the Government’s Regional Growth Fund has been successful. The £30 million ‘Growing the Humber’ bid was drawn up by the LEP and North East Lincolnshire Council with support from business leaders and the other Humber local authorities.
Read morePlans by the UK Government to set up the world’s first Green Investment Bank (UK GIB) have been approved by the European Commission today (17 October 2012). The Bank is now set to begin operations in the next few weeks. State aid approval gives UK GIB the remit to make investments on commercial terms...
Read moreThe Humber Local Enterprise Partnership has launched a major piece of work looking at the future skills needs of the Humber Economy.
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Read morehttp://humberlep.org/ Humber businesses are being urged to take advantage of a £7m-plus scheme to get development projects off the drawing board.
Read moreTHMA feature on the Sunday Politics show following the successful ReXpo exhibition held on 18-19 September. http://www.rexpo.co.uk/2012/09/25/rexpo-features-on-the-bbc-politics-show/
Read moreHull-based specialist shipping law firm Myton Law is supporting a University of Hull research project, which is set to clarify current legislation governing the multiple uses of the UK’s coastal waters. The aim of the research is to provide a clearer legal framework for managing possible conflicts arising out of the development and operation...
Read moreFollowing a review of internal systems at the company’s Tubes Division, the recent report from the Crown Office, ‘Offshore Wind Cost Reduction, Pathways Study’, and demand from the market, the Barrett Steel Group has created the Barrett Offshore Tubes business to provide a dedicated and focused service to the offshore market for oil, gas...
Read moreConclusive figures show that the sceptics who lobby against wind power simply have their facts wrong The assertion that wind turbines don’t reduce carbon emissions is a myth, according to conclusive statistical data obtained from National Grid and analysed here in the Guardian for the first time. With a new wind generation record of 4,131 megawatts set...
Read moreDONG Energy has confirmed its participation as a speaker in the North Sea Offshore Wind conference to be held on 10thOctober 2012 in Hull. The Danish owned energy company’s announcement finalises an all star line-up of speakers alongside SMart Wind, Forewind, the Crown Estates, Reef Subsea Technocean, InTurbine and Fedem Technology. Tim Johnson, Contract...
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