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Introduction by the Grimsby Telegraph’s Business Editor, David Laister

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OWERING on as we head into 2015, northern Lincolnshire is playing a leading role in the Humber’s Energy Estuary ambition, and is a valued contributor to the resurgent UK economy.

This summer saw the critical mass arrive in offshore wind construction, operations and maintenance in Grimsby, and this autumn the path looks to have been cleared for the development of Able Marine Energy Park at North Killingholme.

They are two independent strands of the renewables revolution that has emerged to give the area a real growth opportunity, a new industry brought forward at pace during a steady climb out of recession. One being realised, is already providing 300 direct jobs, with those in the industry expecting that figure to hit 1,000 very soon. Double or treble that as you look through the supply chain and the security provided across other sectors.

Yes, the trickle effect and cross-over into the existing process, ports, logistics and engineering industries is clear, as well as the increased demand across the retail, housing and service sector. From taxis to take-aways, office equipment to offshore personnel protection equipment, new money is pouring in.

For energy, we should read fuel, power and food, keeping our transport moving, our lights shining, machines and people working, and we’re pretty good at all three.

The business barometer is often found in the construction sector, and just look at the works underway.

There will soon be three new hotels on the South Bank, with Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Humberside Airport all benefiting.

A raft of new housing developments are in the planning process, the largest of which is Lincolnshire Lakes at Scunthorpe.

We have work on skills from BAE Systems’ specialised plans at Kirmington to University Technical College Humber, again in Scunthorpe, and a logistics centre in Immingham, then there is the continued investment in our ports, the key driver of the economy, both in the Humber and the UK as a whole.

Even retail – one of the hardest hit sectors in recent years - is showing promise, with the arrival of Debenhams and the return of Marks and Spencer in Scunthorpe.

This coming year Grimsby will welcome the World Seafood Congress, an international event that attracts hundreds of delegates and shines a light on a great industry, that acts as a global gateway to the UK supermarkets and catering outlets. It remains the major employer, and with two of the strongest brands calling it home.

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ORTHERN Lincolnshire Business Person of the Year Liz Parry hasn’t rested on her laurels.

Just months after picking up the accolade for her successful launch of a new function suite above the ever-popular Abby’s Bistro, she has bought Cleethorpes’ Riverside Bar, expanding her business considerably.

She picked up the Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce gong after judges heard how Upstairs @ Abbys has flourished in the past three years, providing a valuable business venue in the town centre while equally at home throwing an intimate celebration. Pre-Riverside purchase it was accounting for 35 to 40 per cent of Abbys’ business.

Now with the keys to a resort bar and restaurant with a similar clientele, it looks like 2015 could be just as exciting a year.

The accolade, bestowed on her at the Grimsby Auditorium bash came on the same weekend that a decade ago saw Mrs Parry and former business partner Jane Kilby announce to the area that the popular Abbeygate bistro was under new ownership, having bought it from Michael and Barbara Hewitt in March 2004.

The pair were colleagues at Lloyds TSB, and Mrs Parry – a former financial adviser – had heard it was up for sale. While she admitted she found the jump difficult, she has never looked back, later buying her business partner out.

Abbys was a return to catering, having first been

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Ř The team behind Riverside, Cleethorpes. From left; managing director Lewis Parry, owner Liz Parry and manager Martin Twyman.

introduced to it at a Shetland hotel at a slightly different level – as a pot washer. She first worked in the kitchens at the age of 12, changing hotels at 14, going front of house. By 16 she was restaurant supervisor. In 1986, at the age of 26, she left, having met her Grimsby link. John Parry, from the town, was in the merchant navy, on the supply vessels for the islands.

They moved here, and after a period working in the motor trade, she joined Lloyds.

“I was very fortunate to fall into jobs,” she recalled, having been asked to attend interviews by former colleagues or customers as her career progressed.

Her bubbly personality and a sense of calm at speed, perhaps exuded by her speech, clearly won many over. But there are hidden traits that those closest to her picked up on.

“My mum said I would have been good in the war. I was good at modifying, thinking, tinkering and adapting something, and we had to improvise and adapt with Abbys all the time, as we still do. I’m a great believer in piloting things, if you have an idea, give it a go.”

One of business support organisation E-Factor’s 100 Inspiring Women, she is also a director and consultant for BNI. Out of work, she is a Cleethorpes Rotarian, and a proud mother to Vikki and Lewis, and grandmother.

Of The Riverside purchase, completed in the first week of November, Mrs Parry said: “The Riverside is the right location, the right clientele, and a fabulous place that we aim to make even better.”

Ř Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards 2014, at Grimsby Auditorium.

Mark Carlton presented the Wilkin Chapman Grange Business Person of the Year award to Liz Parry of Abby’s Wine Bar & Bistro

Finally steel, and we could well be at the beginning of a new chapter for Scunthorpe’s biggest asset. How it will be written remains to be seen, but let us all hope that such interest is built on positive intent.

I’m a great believer in piloting things, if you have an idea, give it a go

This special publication underlines the confidence in the area, and celebrates the successes.

With no thanks to a certain television programme, perceptions of Grimsby and Scunthorpe may have taken a hit of late, but here we show the opportunities that should raise aspirations, and encourage people to think of the future positively. ‘Deprivation is not a badge of honour’ has been a clear message from the local authority that is the unfortunate host to the current series of Skint. It is time to put the excuses lingering from the past to bed, and look forward.

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Additionally, a further ÂŁ1.5million Regional Growth Fund support has been awarded so far in North East Lincolnshire from the ÂŁ3.3 million Regional Growth Fund programme to support the food manufacturing cluster and supply chain, creating in excess of 50 local jobs.

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ITANIUM dioxide manufacturer Cristal continues to be one of the region’s top employers.

ensure we can supply the highest quality products demanded by our customers, when they want them.

The Saudi-owned plant in Stallingborough employs some 470 full-time staff as well as 170 regular contractors, and is the largest factory of its kind in Europe.

“We are working to achieve this through high technology and innovation for improved performance, selfsufficiency, continued learning and expansion.

Deep inside the vast plant, specialists within the dedicated research and development lab are working on a broad range of products, one of the most exciting of which is CristalACTiV, a special coating that helps to reduce pollution levels in the surrounding environment.

The site, which sits on the Humber Bank, first fired up on July 5, 1953, when it began making a titanium dioxide pigment. The site has had a number of different owners before Cristal took full operational control of the plant in 2007 and remains one of North East Lincolnshire’s biggest employers.

Cristal produces titanium dioxide, a fine white powder which is a key ingredient in products like paint, UPVC plastic and laminate.

Despite the site’s rich history, the future is very much at the forefront of the minds of the leadership at the Stallingborough plant.

Site director Jamie Scott said: “At Stallingborough we are constantly striving to refine our systems and increase efficiency to

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here is no doubt that what happens across the country is reflected in business confidence and success in North and North East Lincolnshire.

The Grimsby Telegraph’s Parliamentary Correspondent, Soraya Kishtwari, takes a look at how Britain has got back on its feet and is now up and running into 2015.

“If 2013 was the year that the UK economy began to show the first green shoots of growth, 2014 saw them firmly take root. Earlier

this month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed that the UK was on track to become the fastest growing economy in the G7.

Although the rate of growth slowed down compared to growth of 0.9 per cent in the second quarter, the economy expanded by 0.7 per cent between July and September, boosted by the services sector which was the biggest driver; manufacturing and construction also contributed.

Growth domestic product is believed to average 3 per cent this year, marking a return to pre-crisis levels - compare that to just over 1 per cent GDP between 2009 and 2013.

Put into context, average UK growth

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With the General Election just five months away, expect a last-minute government spending spree to follow the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on December 3.

While on paper the stats paint a picture of recovery, many people stuck on low wages have yet to feel any of the associated benefits and the Tories will need to do more

than point to official figures to drive the message of prosperity home.

David Cameron used his party conference speech in Birmingham this autumn, to promise a £7 billion income tax cut. Following that speech, polls showed some 39 per cent of voters trusted the Tories to manage the economy, compared to just 19 per cent for Labour.

since the 1950s was at 2.5 per cent and, more recently, for about a quarter of a century between the early1980s and 2007 GDP grew to an average of 3 per cent.

There are, however, concerns about the impact on the UK's recovery following a slowdown across the neighbouring eurozone, Britain's biggest trading partner. Those concerns came as Brussels issued the UK with a bill for £1.7 billion - a move described as "outrageous" by Cleethorpes MP Martin Vickers - after better than expected growth.

borrowing over the first half of 201415 rocketed 10 per cent above the same period in 2013-14. And borrowing in September alone was £12 billion - 15 per cent higher than the same month the year before.

Although consumers have benefited from the Bank of England’s decision to keep interest rates at a record low of 0.5 per cent, while inflation is now at a five-year low of 1.2 per cent

The Tories have pledged to balance the books, but so far they have been off course. Public sector net

Unemployment fell faster than predicted in the three months to the end of August to below two million (1.97 million), with the jobless rate at a six-year low of 6 per cent, while across North East Lincolnshire the number of people claiming out-of-

But if the Conservatives are serious about tackling the finances, they must bear down on the national debt - not that they openly talk about this - which has grown by a staggering 80 per cent since they took office to £1,451 billion. To achieve this, they would have to implement tougher spending cuts than experienced over the last parliament. And with greater public sector cuts comes reduced consumer spending. The stability of financial markets is also not guaranteed.

to mention the deficit, much less the national debt. His shadow chancellor, Ed Balls, has tried to give the party enough wriggling room by straddling both sides of the fiscal debate, warning voters that Labour would also have to introduce significant cuts “as soon as possible” - without tying the party to a specific timeframe. But dogged by a wide-held perception that it lacks economic credibility, will the electorate let it get away with wanting to tackle the state of UK plc’s finances at a slower rate?

At the Labour conference, on the other hand, leader Ed Miliband forgot

There are other areas in which the party is clearer and what it has not

work benefits fell to its lowest level in almost eight years. ONS figures show that the Jobseeker's Allowance claimant count fell to a low of 4,109 people and the figure claiming in Grimsby was 2,949 – the lowest number since November 2008.

However, many of these numbers reflect a labour market which has experienced a sharp rise in the number of self-employed, as well as people taking on part-time roles due to the limited availability of full-time jobs. The number of workers earning less than the living wage of £7.65 per hour jumped to 5.3 million people, according to research published this autumn by KMPG.

said about cuts, it has said about tax: from income, to mansion and corporation taxes. Labour wants to send a message to individual voters that if the axe must fall, then it will fall on those with “the broadest shoulders”. But these aren’t huge money-saving policies and the risk is that any gains could be offset by a weakening of enterprise and the UK’s overall competitiveness.

Neither of the two main parties have come entirely clean about what would best serve the economy - but fiscal honesty is a rare thing at election time.

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“Titanium also has many other uses so what we are aiming to achieve at Cristal is to capture the value in the product chain. We are making significant investment in our business to secure our raw materials. Cristal is nearing completion of a massive project to build a new smelting plant in Saudi Arabia which will process ilmenite, an ore that contains both titanium and iron.

This plant will create high-grade slag for use as a TiO2 feedstock and co-product pig iron for production of steel. and our plant here at Stallingborough will soon be using the slag produced at that plant.”

“We have also recently entered into a joint venture to construct a brand new titanium sponge production facility in Yanbu Industrial City, KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), which is a metal form which can then be used for things like aircraft components.

“We are very much a global business with 85 per cent of our product exported overseas, however we are fully committed to the UK and continue to develop our business in Stallingborough.

Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Skills & Development Board, and in October helped co-launch a new ‘Gold Standard’ for careers advice and information in schools and colleges in the area.

“We are committed to playing an integral role in supporting our local community and do so in many ways.”

Cristal also continues to sponsor the chemical engineering undergraduate degree at the University of Hull.

He continued: “We are proud to support the St Andrew’s Hospice and earlier this year, donated £22,000 to fund the Cristal Treatment Room at the hospice and this room will form part of the newly developed health and wellbeing centre.

The company has collaborated with the university to deliver the first chemical engineering undergraduate degree in the region for over 30 years.

“On top of that we see it vital that we play our part in the improvement of education and skills in the region.”

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We Proudly Support the Local Community Cristal Pigment UK Ltd (Cristal) has been part of the Stallingborough community for 60 years and is committed to giving back to the community in which we work, live and play. Through our Cristal Community Team, we work with local charities, schools, colleges and many other community organisations. Our employees are actively encouraged to participate in charity work and volunteering, and within our long-serving and loyal workforce, we have many club leaders and volunteers who provide services to local organisations.

Cristal is the world’s second-largest producer of TiO2, a bright white powder made from titanium ore that has the ability to pigment virtually any material. TiO2 makes possible the opacity, brightness and durability in paint and plastics that have made many consumer products more cost efficient, easier to use and friendlier to the environment.

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Mr Scott said: “With the chemical industry worth £6 billion in the Humber region, there is a clear opportunity for regional employers to demonstrate real sector leadership, and Cristal is passionate about giving young people the opportunity to capitalise upon what the sector has to offer in the region.”

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ETERAN Grimsby Labour MP, Austin Mitchell, has seen the business success of North East Lincolnshire change beyond recognition over the decades.

A staunch supporter of the area, he has defended the business interests of this community over the years, starting of course with the fishing industry.

This is his last year representing Great Grimsby as an MP as he steps down in 2015, retiring from his post as one of the nation’s longest serving MPs. In the twilight of his political career, he gives us his thoughts for the future.

“This last year, 2014, has been a holding operation for our local economy but lays the basis for better times to come. Nationally recovery has got stronger because the Bank of England has kept interest rates to the floor and printed £375 billon. We've benefitted locally with a fall in unemployment and a slight revival of demand, but not as much as the South.

“Long term unemployment and youth unemployment remain high.

Government has taken more out of Grimsby in cuts, finance for local government and public sector employment than it has given back in regional support. The purse strings are loosening but most of any boost will go to London and the big cities. We need a comprehensive development for Freeman Street and the East Marsh and there’s still no sign of that.

“The block on development is transport. The Humber is the Gateway to Europe and will benefit if the EU economy recovers from the euro disaster.

But we’re isolated. To plug us into the mainstream we need direct trains to Manchester Airport, an open access service to London, and the electrification of the South Bank line. It’s ludicrous that Britain’s biggest port should be dependent on slow trains and our passengers on old Pacers.

Our best prospect is North Sea wind turbines. We now have a definite commitment from Siemens and maintenance growth on Grimsby fish dock and, at long last, the start of work on Able UK’s dock and production site at Killingholme.

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HOWCASE your business success story at the premier Northern Lincolnshire awards ceremony.

The Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards 2015 will be held at the Baths Hall, Scunthorpe on Friday, May 15 – organised once again by the Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce and the Grimsby and Scunthorpe Media Group (GSMG), publishers of the Grimsby and Scunthorpe Telegraphs.

Entries will open on Tuesday, January 20th – with a special feature in the Grimsby Telegraph’s Business Telegraph.

With hundreds of businessmen and women attending, it is a real chance to shine the light on the success stories in both North and North East Lincolnshire.

There are a total of 13 categories to enter covering all aspects of business and recognising the very best that we have to offer.

Last year a new award, the GSMG Lifetime Achievement Award, was introduced to do just what it says – highlight a special person who has given their working life to industry, business or commerce in our areas.

It was a great success and as such will now be a permanent award.

Entries can be made online, look out for more details and make sure you enter – you are guaranteed a great night, with fabulous company, good and entertainment.

Grimsby Telegraph Editor Michelle Lalor presented the winner of the GSMG Lifetime Achievement award at the 2014 awards to Tony Jex, with event host Helen Fospero, Amanda Austin, Chair of North East Lincolnshire area, Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce and Paul Gouland.

That means thousands of jobs and a new cluster role as the Energy Estuary, home to the wind turbine industry, biomass and ethanol production. At last an area with great prospects can realise them.

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As a company PPS East Limited continues to go from strength to strength, with their credentials firmly firmly cemented in scooping the Innovation Award at this year’s Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards.

Situated at a state-of-the-art facility in Omega Business Park, on Estate Road 6, in Grimsby, they have evolved into the supply chain support partner for all Humber seafood businesses.

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ITH an award-winning seafood cluster, backed up by an agricultural hinterland rich in wheat, produce and animal rearing, northern Lincolnshire’s credentials to keep the kitchens of the UK stocked are clear.

It is a reputation that crosses international boundaries, with the virtues extolled as part of the area’s core credentials.

Whether it is the domestic fridge freezer filled by a supermarket visit, artisan luxury, fast food restaurants or fine dining, this part of the world punches well above its weight.

And when it comes to the businesses and brands at the forefront of the industry we have plenty to be proud of.

Young’s Seafood is the undisputed heavyweight of the fish world, and recent years has seen it strengthen its Grimsby operations. Production was consolidated in the town, so too in Scotland, following acquisitions of businesses with interests split around the UK. More than 100 different lines were absorbed

by Grimsby’s biggest private employer when the major organisational changes swept across the diverse production sites. Now the town is recognised as the salmon centre of excellence with new product development also at the fore.

Mariner Foods, and strong local businesses such as Flatfish, Jaines & Son, Albert Darnell, Havelock etc, etc, is a dynamic support base featuring Europe’s largest concentration of cold storage, dedicated transport firms, packaging, logistics and engineering, with by-products enhancing the value chain, such as fish meal and pet food.

All provide more work too.

The Saucy Fish Co burst onto supermarket shelves in 2010, brought forward by Icelandic Seachill, as the parent company is now known. With a range of products from salmon fillets and a sauce sachet to complex squid, prawn and chorizo tapas dishes, it is a brand of some standing that has gone from zero to hero in a short space of time, winning accolades for the company and those who have pioneered it.

Within a few miles we have two beacons of fast-moving consumer goods excellence, working in one of the most regulated markets, with a supply chain covering the globe.

Supporting this, and the likes of Morrisons’ own manufacturing plant, Sealord’s Waitrose-focused operations, Five Star Fish,

In 2013, their professional operation delivered profits five times in excess of what they were in the previous year.

They made large investments of £450,000 for new box, pallet and bin industrial washing machinery, purchased new equipment, including box and plastic pallet pools costing around £400,000, and also bought three new 7.5ton trucks in order to grow service options.

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leethorpes MP Martin Vickers will be busy over the next six months as he looks to retain his seat for the Conservatives in the resort.

Ř Icelandic Seachill managing director Simon Smith, right, picks up a Best Food Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 award from Investec partner James Stirling tune of 3.5 million a year. Production excellence was highlighted when the fast food giant’s top brass described it as an example to the whole of Europe.

Moving forward across the whole of the sector, such a competitive environment, innovation is going to be key, at all levels, with examples found at every turn.

So too transparency and ethics, ensuring people continue to eat what they believe they have bought.

Grimsby also has a phenomenal chance to shine, as it plays host to the World Seafood Congress in September 2015.

This year he has led a number of campaigns in the interests of Northern Lincolnshire and has been an avid supporter for the retention of the direct express train service between Cleethorpes and Manchester.

Here are his views for the coming year “The past year has produced some encouraging signs for business in northern Lincolnshire: local businesses are starting to feel the benefits of consumers again being prepared to spend; encouraged by economic stability and the Government’s business-friendly approach, larger firms are making substantial investments in our region; and a confidence in the projected longterm availability of jobs is evident through the strength of apprenticeship starts.

The success of the Government’s long-term-economic-plan has meant residents are starting to feel more confident about spending their hard-earned money. Indeed, by increasing the point at which workers start paying income tax to £10,000, people are keeping more of their own earnings under this Government to spend as they wish. This is clearly having an effect on tourism in Cleethorpes as new hotels are set to open.

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Business development manager Kate Williamson said: “We are trying to link ourselves with all the seafood processing companies throughout the town, as well as reaching out to other areas in the county and region.

“We are expanding and looking to develop partnerships with as many fish and nonfish based companies; our British Retail Consortium (BRC) certification allows all major food production companies, supplying into the supermarkets, to use our services as we are becoming known for our high washing standards.”

PPS East was established over 27 years ago and originally situated on the Grimsby Docks - which was then an ideal place, as the Grimsby fish auction market was at its busiest.

The economic climate has also encouraged large firms to invest: earlier in the year we heard welcome news of Siemens making substantial investment on the north bank of the Humber.

For the south bank Able UK has finally received approval for its Humber Marine Energy Park – a £450m project estimated to directly support 4100 jobs.

There is encouraging news for those starting careers with yet another training scheme being established as North Lincolnshire Council has announced its approval for a BAE Systems National Training Academy at Humberside Airport. Aided by Regional Growth Fund support, the new £5m Academy will train up to 60 apprentices per year in fast-jet air engineering, and will be the largest of its kind in the country.

Overall, the signs from business over the past year have been promising for northern Lincolnshire. Whilst there is still more work to do, and we should never be complacent, the greater investment in our area suggests we can be hopeful for the coming year too.”

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We are expanding and looking to develop partnerships with as many fish and non-fish based companies

Then there is OSI at Scunthorpe, expanded ready for 2014, producing all the burgers required by McDonald’s in the UK, tothe

These statistics are not lost on suppliers, with Iceland, Canada and Norway all aware of the role the town can play as a gateway to the UK consumer market, seen as the most developed in the world.

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Their business development plan included marketing of brand new products such as smaller sized fish boxes, research into online platforms, higher standards of supply chain and equipment washing services, and moving into the European market.

The seafood sector can seem allconsuming, due to the sheer level of concentration, but there is much more. Two huge soup producers Hain Daniels Group at Europarc, Grimsby, and TSC in Scunthorpe, the latter acquired earlier this year by Edward Billington & Son, making the most out of the area’s produce. They can lean on the legacy that the fish sector left in the distribution and storage solutions.

With chilled fish enjoying a post-recession resurgence, and frozen a strong constant too, there is renewed optimism among the leading players, clustered in the area, and responsible for more than 70 per cent of the seafood consumed in Britain.

And while one big name can call on more than 200 years of heritage, another in its infancy is also helping draw more people to the seafood category.

Following the steep decline of fish fish being sold on the Humber auction markets, PPS East’s main income, meant the only way for the business to survive was to diversify into other niche areas such as, providing supply chain support and reusable plastic packaging for seafood processing companies.

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Renewables great for Grimsby and great for Britain

“There will be young people who are in schools and colleges in Grimsby, and I am positive that if they look to this industry, they can have a long, successful, well-paid career in renewables.”

As reported, the RenewableUK trade body behind the event, launched Faces Of Wind Energy, which features E.on operations manager Jon Beresford as one of the initial 11 case studies, documenting the passion and the pathway to the career.

“One of the things I am really pleased to see industry doing is trying to help people understand the various opportunities,” Mr Davey said.

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The things we have been working for are coming to fruition.

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NERGY Secretary Edward Davey has told how patience for the arrival of the offshore wind industry on a major scale will be repaid for in Grimsby and the wider Humber region.

In an exclusive interview, which was carried in the November edition of the Grimsby and Scunthorpe’s Business Telegraph, following his speech at RenewableUK’s Annual Conference and Exhibition 2014, Mr Davey said the opportunities for successful well-paid careers were now emerging.

It came as those already working in the industry noticed a sea change in Grimsby’s recognition by the whole industry, as it becomes a place where businesses “must Ř The packed audience for Edward Davey’s speech at RenewableUK Annual Conference and Exhibition 2014 in Manchester.

be”, as opposed to “may consider”.

Several businesses were in strong talks with officials as the three-day event was held in Manchester in the autumn.

Mr Davey, who came to the town last summer with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to open Lincs Offshore Wind Farm, said: “I see the Humber as a real hub for green energy – in offshore wind in particular.

In Grimsby itself, we are seeing the port fully regenerated by offshore wind. We have all the operations and maintenance jobs there, looking after these offshore wind farms.

and bringing jobs to places that have had a tough time, particularly with the fishing industry in Grimsby.

“It doesn’t happen overnight. This is a long term industry, which should be welcomed, as it is not here today, gone tomorrow, this is an industry for decades.

“With Able UK, the whole Siemens investment, and other companies there and to come, it is just so exciting. The things we have been working for are coming to fruition.

Economic growth, sustainable jobs, and not built on London and the South East. This is what we are now achieving, we are driving new sustainable jobs, long term jobs.”

The Humber was well represented at the event, with both the umbrella stand for the area, and individual companies with major stakes in the town, including RES, Vestas and new arrival James Fisher Marine Services.

Of the growth and the building of the industry, Mr Davey said: “It doesn’t happen in the twinkling of an eye. It is hard graft. You don’t learn about the science behind a wind turbine and what it takes to be an engineer, to build, to install and to maintain it in a day, a week, a month or even a year, but this is the real stuff.”

“These are 25-year jobs, maybe longer, with all the shipping, engineering and all the support staff.

“You have E.on, Centrica, Dong, Siemens and more, and because of the operations and maintenance, we are also seeing the supply chain investment. I think it is really exciting for people.

Well aware of the huge sums pumped into key projects in North East Lincolnshire from the Government’s Green Investment Bank, as well as the Regional Growth Fund, Mr Davey said: “Green Investment Bank was implemented and pushed by the Deputy Prime Minister and Vince Cable, so I am grateful to my Liberal Democrat colleagues in the coalition who have championed regional growth and green growth.

“As a Liberal Democrat, it is what I have been building to and campaigning for all my political life, and it is great to see this happening

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HE Grimsby Institute Group is one of England’s largest providers of Further and Higher Education. With a rich history of developing innovative training and education solutions for the community, the Group comprises of the Grimsby Institute, University Centre Grimsby, Yorkshire Coast College in Scarborough, Lincolnshire Regional College in Skegness and The Academy Grimsby which was opened in September 2014, which offers an inspirational educational route for 14-16 year olds, and Lincolnshire Rural Activities Centre in Louth.

Our Nuns Corner Campus, located in the centre of Grimsby, is the main provider of vocational training in the region. It provides a broad curriculum that encompasses full and part-time provision from 14 years onwards. The vast array of training options include Further and Higher Education choices offering Apprenticeships, community provision, business training, workbased training and commercial activities.

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The Humber University Technical College (UTC) is currently under construction in the town centre and is set to open in September 2015.

It will provide education and training for around 600 students aged 14 to 18 and will have a focus on engineering and renewable energy.

Students will follow a specially tailored curriculum aimed at giving them the best opportunity to secure skilled jobs.

This then fits in with the high demand for engineers in the region, with projects such as Able UK’s Marine Energy Park on the horizon.

Students will work on tasks which reflect the challenges employers face on a day-today basis, as well as following core National Curriculum subjects.

The UTC will work together with employer partners across the region, such as Able, Singleton Birch, Tata Steel and BAE Systems.

Recruitment is now under way for places at the college, with students able to start at Year 10 or Year 12.

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Sonia Allen, project manager for the UTC, said building work was on schedule.

And she said the new college would work together with existing institutions in the area, instead of competing with them.

“Able needs 4,200 engineers in the coming years and we have got those people.

We are not in competition with the colleges, we are working in partnership because of the demand for engineers in this area

“Although the students will follow a national curriculum, their technical studies will be around projects linked directly to the employer partners.”

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The Group recognises the importance of offering a flexible approach towards training and education to meet the needs of local industry and are successfully working with a number of major employers to deliver training and formal qualifications.

The Grimsby Institute Group continues to be at the forefront of education,training and research within our region.

We understand the importance of education and training and how it can revitalise your business, allowing us to offer the most effective training for your individual needs:

And every student will be guaranteed an interview with one of the employer partners if they successfully complete their course.

“Every one of our partners links together and there is a supply chain occurring.

Also located at this site is the £20million University Centre Grimsby. UCG opened its doors in 2011 and offers a dedicated home for our Higher Education programmes, offered in partnership with the University of Hull and Teesside University, alongside our own suite of Foundation Degrees

The Grimsby Institute is also the base for a large Workforce Development provision and for the Food Refrigeration and Process Engineering Research Centre (FRPERC).

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Partners also include North Lincolnshire Council, North Lindsey College and the University of Hull.

She said: “We are not in competition with the colleges, we are working in partnership because of the demand for engineers in this area.

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ROCESS industries form a huge part of the northern Lincolnshire economy, employing thousands directly, with a reliance on contracting might that is nearly equal to it.

Whether it is pharmaceutical or petrochemical, bioreďŹ ning, steel-making, pigment producing or the development of materials and textiles, the Humber bank is likely to be home to a key element of a resilient manufacturing base.

And it is where the true global nature of the South Bankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heavy industry is played out, with ďŹ&#x201A;ags from around the world ďŹ&#x201A;ying proud.

Acquisitions and investments over the years has seen a once British baseload split up, but the strategic importance of the island nation, the port location and the heavily invested infrastructure has ensured it remains a sector to be reckoned with. From the Saudi Arabian owned Cristal, to the Swiss Novartis; German BOC, Dunlop and BASF, USAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Phillips 66 and Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Total Lindsey Oil ReďŹ nery, to Norwegian Jotun, Austrian Lenzing and Indian Tata â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as we stand at least as due diligence continues with Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gary Klesch, which could bring an Italian interest too â&#x20AC;&#x201C; there is a league of nations forming a ÂŁ6-million sector across the Humber.

British interests are represented not just in employment too. Yule Catto-owned Synthomer at Stallingborough, Singleton Birch, the quarry at Melton Ross, and Greenergy, the biodiesel reďŹ nery on Immingham Docks, are strong pieces of a multi-cultural jigsaw, with the supply chain on the home front even stronger.

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A complex mix of products and processes, one unifying element has been the skills agenda, ensuring a pipeline of suitable candidates are there to form the workforce of the future.

Much of this work has been done through the processing industry conduit that is HCF Catch, the public-private partnership based at the beacon simulation plant at Stallingborough.

Industry-led, the exacting requirements of a sector that deals with some of the most volatile chemicals, highest temperatures and largest volumes, are not lost on those operating within it. Close ties have also been formed with the energy sector, both renewables and traditional, in part around the shared skills base.

Consolidation has been one of the biggest issues, caused by the loss of certain manufacturing markets and downturns in the UK economy set against those of emerging nations, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen a few plants, or units within them, disappear.

What is clear is that added value is emerging as a key theme. Ensuring that intellectual properties are brought in to a commodities-heavy market, making that vital point of difference. While developing countries may now have the edge on cost and capacity, the knowledge base and new product development will ensure Britain, and therefore the Humber, remains a vital part of the process picture.

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Global ďŹ rm seals successful year T HE Immingham branch of a global sealing solutions manufacturer is aiming to build on a successful ďŹ rst year of trading.

Austrian ďŹ rm Klinger opened its seventh UK site on the Manby Road Industrial Estate last August to serve clients in the Humber region.

The company, which has a presence in over 45 countries, produces and supplies all types of sealing products for a range of industries, including petro-chemical, aerospace, manufacturing, and oil and gas exploration.

It has secured a number of large contracts with local reďŹ neries and chemical plants, working closely with companies such as Total Lindsey Oil ReďŹ nery, Cristal and Novartis to name but a few.

Klinger UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Immingham branch manager, said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We saw there was the potential for growth in this area and we wanted to be part of that growth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having a base in Immingham brings us closer to the industries on the Humber and means we are strategically placed to serve those industries quickly and efďŹ ciently.â&#x20AC;?

He said the company was succeeding because se of the quality of its products, many of which are manufactured at its UK headquarters in Bradford. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More and more companies are turning to UK manufactured products due to the quality and longevity of the components.â&#x20AC;?

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The Immingham site employs ďŹ ve members of staff, including sales people and gasket technicians.

We saw there was the potential for growth in this area and we wanted to be part of that growth.

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It boasts facilities for manufacturing soft so cut, spiral wound and camproďŹ le gaskets, as well as reworking facilities ga for fo customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; existing components.

The Th Branch Manager added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Klinger is the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading developer and an manufacturer of quality sealing products.

All branches including prod Immingham are facilitated with the latest Imming gasket man manufacturing technology which enables us to provide the local industry an unparalleled service. With support from UK Head ofďŹ ce and their technical team we design and manufacture sealing components for all applications.â&#x20AC;?

Klinger UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest innovation is the Klinger Sentry Gasket, which allows leak testing on individual joints without the need to pressurise a full pipeline system - speeding up the testing process and signiďŹ cantly reducing plant downtime and increasing productivity.

The branch manager added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the ďŹ rst gasket of its kind to be manufactured here in the UK, which has massive beneďŹ ts, including Precision engineered parts and quick turnarounds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The beneďŹ ts it can bring to our customers are massive.â&#x20AC;?

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ITH roots ďŹ rmly embedded in northern Lincolnshire, international ambition is now being furthered at Henderson Insurance, as the business â&#x20AC;&#x201C; led by its aviation division â&#x20AC;&#x201C; spreads its wings.

Our aviation division is doing a lot of work on a global basis

OfďŹ ces in America and Australia could soon be added to the dozen locations already established in the UK, anchored by the administration centre at Kirmington.

And while the majority of the 400 staff now work away from the area, with Leeds a major base, the company ensures a ÂŁ10-million commitment to the local economy, chieďŹ&#x201A;y through procurement policies, nearly 30 years on from the launch in Scunthorpe.

Joe Henderson, Henderson Insurance

Joe Henderson founded the business in 1986, having realised there was a gap in the market while working in construction for Peter Birse at Barton.

Of the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highlights, he said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have taken on 40 employees this year. We have a very good management team in place and now we are looking more internationally. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our aviation division is doing a lot of work on a global basis, which could necessitate that support that we have developed here.â&#x20AC;?

Recently Glasgow was added to the footprint, with Mr Henderson joking he would already have an international ofďŹ ce if Septemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s independence vote had gone differently.

The company concentrates on commercial and industrial insurance, with specialist niches developed, including aviation and maritime. The ÂŁ25-million turnover ďŹ rm has aspirations to hit ÂŁ50-million by the decadeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The niches help, so does our set up, it is going very well,â&#x20AC;? said Mr Henderson, who is proud of the agility the business possesses, and the customer service that he has made a cornerstone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My previous experience in construction helped me. I approach everything as though I am the one buying the insurance, that ensures the level of service is right,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are either a small big business or a big small business, but we can be active when our competitors are answering to shareholders.â&#x20AC;?

Recent activity such as the acquisition of Corporate Risk Systems Ltd (CRS) has positioned it well to become a market leader in the allied ďŹ eld of risk management too.

Clients include 19 universities, a dozen public limited companies and public bodies, with the vast majority who rely on Henderson for cover being large private businesses.

From Scunthorpe, Leeds was the next step, with Hull and Grimsby then added.

The three Humber ofďŹ ces were uniďŹ ed at Kirmington as growth continued nationwide.

Originally from Manchester, Mr Henderson settled in the area, when he moved to Birse, working as company secretary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have been here for 35 years now and I am really pleased with the area, and wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to move. I think the wider business picture is still delicate, but we have a very good base from which to work, with ďŹ sh processing and packaging, the haulage, engineering and agriculture, which itself has brought more food production to the area.â&#x20AC;?

Charity beneďŹ ts too from Henderson, with an annual pledge to raise ÂŁ20,000 for St Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospice.

Our priority is customer service and we are confident that this focus puts us first in terms of service, capabilities and commitment Whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for commercial insurance, a comprehensive surety solution or a competitive employee benefits package, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll require the advice of a professional broker who has the experience and expertise to help keep you on track when it comes to insurance.

The Henderson Insurance Broking Group is one of the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top five leading independent insurance brokers operating from 12 offices across the UK and our success is based on our professionalism, independence and a commitment to always putting our clientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; interests first.

Our consistent and tailored approach adapts to the changing needs and challenges of your business and the strong relationships our team members forge with leading insurance companies â&#x20AC;&#x201C; combined with the direct access we provide to the important Lloydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of London market â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is confirmation of how we secure you the best deals available.

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Ř The managers of the new M & S Chris Venters (left) with manager of Debenhams store Chris Claxon.

New retail park creates new jobs and new shopping experience

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ord Haskins, chairman of Humber Local Enterprise Partnership, gives his views on the business year.

This year the LEP has had a pivotal role in helping deliver growth and greater economic optimism across the Humber. It has emerged as the energy capital of UK, landing 30% of UK gas supplies, supplying 1/3 of UK’s oil and is a major supplier of electric power and bio mass. Now the Energy Estuary is a focal point for the off shore industry, offering easy access to 80% of all North Sea offshore wind farms.

All these factors have contributed to 2014 marking a major milestone for the LEP’s vision to establish the Humber as an internationally renowned centre for renewable energy and serve as a catalyst to attract more investment.

Able UK’s Marine Energy Park looks set to transform the South Bank, and Dong Energy’s operational and maintenance base, to support its three offshore wind farms, marks a major investment in Grimsby. Collectively, it is estimated that the two developments will create around expects to create around 6,450 jobs.

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It’s not only the off-shore and renewable sectors investing here. The Humber Enterprise Zone is the biggest nationwide. Working collaboratively with partner local authorities, we are attracting a diverse range of enterprises to the area. For example, American cardboard manufacturer has chosen Scunthorpe to locate its first factory in Europe. Through European and national funding, the LEP has helped numerous businesses expand, including Cleethorpes independent jeweller Danielle Draper and Grimsby’s JS Fish Ltd.

It is located on the site of the former Stephen H Smith Garden Centre, next to Scunthorpe United’s Glanford Park stadium.

In 2015, we and our partners will be building on the momentum created to transform the Humber into a world class powerhouse for energy and industry. There will be initiatives to expand and support training and apprenticeships, central to helping bridge the skills gap and create jobs.

There will be further development across the Enterprise Zone, commitment to delivering improved infrastructure and flood prevention projects, continuation for growth funding and, as we progress towards Hull’s City of Culture year in 2017, we will be working with partners to ensure that business Humber-wide will benefit.

etail in Scunthorpe took a new turn with the opening of the North Lincolnshire Shopping Park.

The development by the Lincoln-based Simons Group includes Marks & Spencer, Debenhams, Boots, Costa Coffee and Subway stores.

After a planning and development process lasting more than three years, the park welcomed its first shoppers in late October.

Speaking at the opening, Graeme Cosgrove, director of development at Simons, said it had been a challenging project but one he was pleased to have finished.

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He said: “This is the first retail park we have done for several years, as we have done more town centre development.

“But I think this is one of the best edge-of-town retail developments we have done as a group.

We have created 125 new jobs and more importantly, we are able to sell to Scunthorpe customers again without them having to travel to get our products Sacha Berendji, director of retail at M&S

“We have got the return of M&S to the town and also, a new department store in Debenhams.

“We hope and anticipate it will stem the leakage to places like Meadowhall and Doncaster and will keep more shoppers in Scunthorpe.”

M&S closed its Scunthorpe High Street branch in January 2011, before the retail park plans were unveiled in the summer of that year.

Sacha Berendji, director of retail at M&S, said the store emphasised the chain’s commitment to the town.

He said: “We are really clear that this is going to be an important store for us.

“We have created 125 new jobs and more importantly, we are able to sell to Scunthorpe customers again without them having to travel to get our products.

“You can see by the scale of the store that the commitment is definitely there.”

Rapidly expanding construction company JemBuild is all set to go on a very personal project.

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new headquarters is to be built close to the entrance to Wilton Road Industrial Estate in Humberston, in what will be a £400,000 investment by the awardwinning firm.

Managing director Paul Barker said: “We aim to be the leading construction company in our region and our aim is to grow our turnover and profitability steadily year on year with a target turnover of £10million by 2018, once achieved, our aim would be to maintain this level and not grow significantly beyond this as we believe this level of turnover can be managed efficiently by the current management team and the focus, quality product and service we offer will continue to be delivered to our clients.

“Recognising the need for expansion and to create our own identity we have now secured a commercial plot of land in North East Lincolnshire on which we intend constructing our own premises (a 350m2 office block with associated storage areas) which will enable us not only to expand our business but create further jobs locally.”

JemBuild are a Grimsby based construction company who carry out civil engineering, construction management design & build, new build, refurbishment works, maintenance works, marine works, development works and project management throughout the Lincolnshire and

Yorkshire regions with values ranging between £1k - £5million.

Since their inception they have created a select portfolio of clients such as Associated British Ports, Centre4, Doorstep, eFactor, Franklin College, Hodson Architects, Humberside Airport, Healing Academy, Humberston Park School, North East Lincolnshire Council, Centre, Signs Express and the Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education.

Paul continued: “Our sustained growth and success has been achieved during one of the most difficult economic recessions since the Second World War, in an industry that has suffered a huge downturn during this time.

In our relatively short existence we have developed these relationships by being open and honest Managing director Paul Barker

“The construction industry is a notoriously difficult industry and we have demonstrated that we can not only grow and prosper, but that we can compete with larger contractors on every level, this, we believe, by offering a superior service which is achieved principally through our experienced personnel, the systems we employ, a committed attitude to improve what we do and the bespoke and personal service we offer which fosters trusted relationships with our clients.

T: 01472 312377 www.jembuild.co.uk

“In our relatively short existence we have developed these relationships by being open and honest, by keeping the client informed at all times and by providing work of a high standard completed within budget and to programme.

“This has culminated in our securing repeat business with key clients such as Associated British Ports, Franklin College and Hodson Architects.”

2014 saw the company win the North Lincolnshire Business Awards for best small business under £5million turnover along with association in LABC and RIBA awards for the Franklin College Courtyard building contract and the company has evolved over four years with no lending , financial backing or any other form of support.

Construction works on the new site will commence early December 2014 with completion by May 2015.

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Andrew Percy, MP for Brigg and Goole

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WE started 2014 on a sour note with the ďŹ&#x201A;ooding that occurred at the start of December still uppermost in our minds.

It was a privilege to be able to assist and help so many ďŹ&#x201A;ood victims and, if any good has come out of this tragedy, it is that there is now a national focus on ďŹ&#x201A;ood defences and ďŹ&#x201A;ood defence funding.

he Outlander PHEV is the game-changing full-sized 4x4 from Mitsubishi thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ideal for businesses wanting to save money while doing their bit for the environment â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s available from Nunns of Grimsby right now.

Throughout 2014, MPs on both sides of the Humber and from both parties, worked tirelessly together in support of a proposal for up to ÂŁ1 billion of Government investment in our ďŹ&#x201A;ood defences along the Humber.

As well as protecting homes, our campaign has received much attention because we have been able to demonstrate the value of the Humber to the UK economy.

Whether it is ports, energy, offshore oil and gas or petrochemicals, our area leads and is at the centre of the UK economy and its on-going recovery.

Locally, unemployment throughout 2014 continues to fall as local businesses start to grow again.

Using both electric and petrol power, the Outlander plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ rst plug-in hybrid SUV. It has an impressive electric range of 32½ miles â&#x20AC;&#x201C; yes, you read right! â&#x20AC;&#x201C; plus phenomenal economy and environmental credentials. It emits just 44g/km of CO2 and the ofďŹ cial combined fuel consumption ďŹ gure is 148mpg. This means no vehicle tax is payable, plus itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exempt from the London congestion charge.

The recent approval of the Able Marine Energy Park could really transform our area.

The halving of the Humber Bridge tolls by this Government in 2011 is also starting to pay dividends, having saved businesses and users well over ÂŁ20 million.

Looking ahead to 2015, I am very positive about our area, notwithstanding the concerns over the steelworks.

My priorities will be to continue to support local job creation and investment in our local infrastructure, be that ďŹ&#x201A;ood defences, our roads network or the campaign to electrify our local rail line.â&#x20AC;?

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Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more, the BeneďŹ t in Kind is a fantastically low ďŹ ve per cent, giving company car drivers a virtual pay rise of several thousand pounds per year. In addition, there are savings on National Insurance contributions to be had, plus the Outlander PHEV qualiďŹ es for 100 per cent First Year Allowance against business proďŹ ts.

In September, a commercial version of the Outlander PHEV made its public debut. Designed for tough assignments, the GX3h 4Work inherits the highspeciďŹ cation cabin reďŹ nement of the passenger Outlander PHEV and the same economy, low environmental impact and off-road capability. What sets it apart, though, is a large and easily accessible rear payload space.

Both versions of the PHEV qualify for the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plug-in grants for cars and vans.

The Outlander PHEV accounted for 58 per cent of Octoberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plug-

in market and leads year-to-date sales by a huge margin, according to the latest ďŹ gures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. If that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t impressive enough, Mitsubishi was named PHEV Manufacturer of the Year at the 2014 GreenFleet Awards this month for the Outlander PHEV. High praise indeed!

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all music to the ears of business budgets, and the knowledgeable and experienced staff at Nunns will be more than happy to explain the business beneďŹ ts in more detail.

To arrange a test-drive or for more details, visit Nunns of Grimsby in Altyre Way, Hewitts Avenue, Humberston, DN36 4RJ or phone 01472 711907.

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One of the real privileges of my role is to visit so many Shoppers have welcomed the return of M&S â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a vote workplaces and listen to the enthusiasm of local of conďŹ dence in our area. workers.

Tata may have said it wants to sell its Long Products It has been a tough year in 2014 but there are signs Division, including its Scunthorpe site. that things are beginning to improve.

But even in the face of this unwelcome uncertainty, Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good to hear from employers like Apollo, 2 there is much to be optimistic about with a multiSisters, Wren, Lebus and Nisa Retail that they have million pound investment in relining the Queen Anne been enjoying some success. blast furnace and the Network Rail contract secured for another ďŹ ve years.

There are great local stories, like the growth of the Admin Centre that provides support for new business And Able UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s South Humber Bank development is start-ups. now on amber and almost ready to go.

And we can all be proud when local businesses like So, looking forward, we can be conďŹ dent that local Clugston win awards. people and local businesses have the energy and skills to make 2015 a successful year.â&#x20AC;?

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t has been quite a year for Elsham Wold-based commercial coffee manufacturer Lincoln & York.

Not only did the firm celebrates its 20th year in business, but it picked up the Forrester Boyd Business Excellence Award at the North Lincolnshire Business Awards, the top accolade handed out in the area, by those from the area.

Having been named one of the fastest growing businesses in the UK by the London Stock Exchange at the end of 2013, Lincoln & York has continued to grow and expand with the employment of 17 new recruits across the business this year.

2014 has also seen the installation of several pieces of equipment and one brand new facility. It was announced back in July that the firm had made coffee industry history by installing the largest coffee roaster in the UK – a 600kg drum roaster from Italy. The new piece of equipment almost doubled the firm’s capacity, paving the way for further growth.

This year Lincoln & York also opened up its contingency coffee roastery in the building alongside the current headquarters. In the event that the smooth running of the existing roastery is affected, the contingency roastery, which runs on an independent power supply, will allow the team to fulfil orders without disruption. The building is also home to a new cupping room and office space to allow for further expansion of the team.

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We may roast coffee for companies all over the world, but we’re proud of our roots. It is not the first time we have entered for the awards and it hopefully won’t be the last!

Just prior to tha award win, in April, Lincoln & York celebrated its 20th year in business with customers, suppliers and industry peers at a birthday party down in London. Taking place during UK Coffee Week and after the opening day of the London Coffee Festival, the celebration was the perfect way to mark the occasion.

The team also performed a philanthropic celebration later on in the year with a Lincoln to York charity cycle ride – raising more than £16,000 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance.

Director James Sweeting said: “We are grateful to have won the Forrester Boyd Business Excellence Award this year. It was a great evening and myself and the other members of Lincoln & York team had a wonderful time celebrating and meeting other businesses in the region.

“We may roast coffee for companies all over the world, but we’re proud of our roots. It is not the first time we have entered for the awards and it hopefully won’t be the last!”

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INCOLNSHIREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Land Rover dealership is to create a dozen new jobs as the luxury brand it deals in goes from strength to strength.

Martin Duckworth Ltd has already grown its staff by two thirds to more than 100 in the past ďŹ ve years, and is now preparing for further expansion in 2015.

The company, with dealerships in Market Rasen and Boston, has increased its turnover to more than ÂŁ60 million a year and sells 2,000 new and used vehicles annually.

Managing director Ben Duckworth said the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success was built on providing a loyal customer base with exceptional service. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The business has grown phenomenally in the past few years and we are proud of the achievements of our business and the team behind it,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our success has been built with the support of a loyal customer base and we pride ourselves on going that extra mile to exceed our customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; expectations. But we wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be resting on our laurels. We have exciting plans for the coming months. We are delighted that we are able to continue to provide more job opportunities.â&#x20AC;?

The business has celebrated a host of awards in recent years, including Land Rover Sales Dealer of the Year, Land Rover Service Centre of the Year, Land Rover After Sales Customer Service Winners and Land Rover UK Service Adviser of the Year.

As part of its ambitious plans, the company has already secured a new recruit to spearhead the Market Rasen dealership, which serves the Grimsby area.

Gordon Joyce has joined as the new dealer principal, bringing more than

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25 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience in the motor industry and two decades of work with the Land Rover brand.

Married, with two children at university, he previously led a top 12 Land Rover dealership in the East of England and is a former member of the Land Rover Dealer Cabinet â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which advises the manufacturer in the strategic planning and operational direction of the sales network.

Since 2008, when the Boston dealership was added, the company has taken the number of staff from 63 to 102 and plans to have expanded the team to 112 within the next few months, working in sales, administration and the servicing of the 6,250 cars that pass through the workshops each year.

Owned by Tata, the Land Rover brand Duckworth exclusively deals in has seen huge growth, with sales 13 per cent up year-on-year, with 287,919 vehicles sold by the end of September. Last week, the Queen opened a new British engine manufacturing facility.

Andy Goss, Jaguar Land Rover group sales operations director, said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is very encouraging to see our brands delivering such strong performances.

Range Rover Sport sales are up remarkably since last year and the Range Rover remains strong, with sales performance continuing to grow year-on-year.

Our top-selling model, the Range Rover Evoque, also continues to show solid growth.â&#x20AC;?

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Renewable industry blowing in the right direction

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ITH two offshore wind farms in construction and three now operational, this summer has seen the renewables revolution arrive in Grimsby.

The critical mass of companies is now assembled, with more than 300 people permanently employed in the sector, and many more in the supply chain and still to come.

Dong Energy is leading the investment, with ÂŁ11 million being injected into the town, as the Danish giant prepares to operate two bases.

It has followed major players Centrica, E.on and RES to Grimsby, with Siemens and Vestas playing a key role as their turbines are installed and initially operated.

There is also a plethora of contracting businesses following in their wake, offering specialised services, while established town ďŹ rms from fabricating engineers to rigging suppliers, shipsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; agents to sandwich shops also win work in the sector, and establish themselves as competent performers.

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The past ďŹ ve years will have seen investment in infrastructure nudging the ÂŁ20-million mark, with both Port of Grimsby East and Royal Dock beneďŹ ting from new lock gates, easing and extending access for crews transferring between land and these vast farms in the southern North Sea.

It follows a similar path carved out by Centrica with Lynn, Inner Dowsing and Lincs, the ďŹ rst developments to grace the area.

Only now they are getting bigger, more powerful, and more efďŹ cient as cost reductions to make the industry

Several pontoons have also been added, increasing the capacity of the port for the vessels, which have been known to number over 40 on some days.

Dongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Westermost Rough and E.onâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Humber Gateway farms, are both under construction now. Crews sail daily, and have done for most of 2014, building from initial site surveys and preparation voyages with specialist vessels, to the regular turbine transfers as the huge installations are prepared for operation.

Ĺ&#x2DC; New lock gates, a ÂŁ5-million investment at Royal Dock

Ĺ&#x2DC; Dong Energyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new operations and maintenance base for Westermost Rough offshore wind farm, in Royal Dock, as seen from the Dock Tower

truly sustainable are sought.

Those who have been part of this surge, believe Grimsby is now a most-be location, rather than a consideration, as more investors eye up the area. The most recent arrivals, James Fisher Marine Services and

FlexTech, may soon be joined by others, swelling employment further, with a hat-trick of interested parties outlined.

On the very near horizon, potential ďŹ nal approval and the start of work proper on Able Marine Energy Park at North Killingholme â&#x20AC;&#x201C; hopes of 4,000 jobs in equipment manufacture and associated supply chain, the game changer the area has hankered after for years.

So too latter Round Town and Round Three developments of offshore wind farms, thousands more turbines in the Humber corridor, all requiring the same attention currently given to those closer to home.

From Energy Secretary through the industry to the next generation of apprentices, the realisation of the opportunity on our doorstep is now beginning to be understood, championed and welcomed.

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It enjoyed a 4 per cent increase in volumes, taking it to 62.6-million tonnes.

Sister Humber ports Hull and Goole were also boosted, up eight per cent to 12.2-million tonnes.

Together they conďŹ rm the central role that the Humber ports in general, and Immingham in particular, play in the economic life of the region and country â&#x20AC;&#x201C; feeding in raw material to practically every other sector.

Since 2000, throughput has grown by 20 per cent on the South Bank, with hundreds of millions of pounds of investment.

Last year saw the opening of the ÂŁ26 million Grimsby River Terminal to support the growing vehicle handling trade and ABP is investing ÂŁ150 million in biomass handling facilities at Immingham and Hull in a Humber-wide agreement with Drax Power Ltd. This follows the Humber International Terminal phases one and two, and the outer harbour roll-on roll-off facility in partnership with DFDS. Not only is Grimsby and Immingham the biggest port in the UK when it comes to tonnages handled, it also plays a leading role when broken down by category.

With 20 per cent of the UK market share, much of it coal, the 23.9-million tonnes of dry bulks passing through in 2013 put it top of the table there, and with 15 per cent of the roll-on roll-off market, it is second only to Dover â&#x20AC;&#x201C; where 98 per cent of the trade is made up from that sector.

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The dual complex, owned and operated by Associated British Ports, is once again top of the ports for the whole of the UK.

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HE importance of the ports of Grimsby and Immingham as vital trading gateways was underlined in the ofďŹ cial statistics for 2013.

For liquid bulks, predominantly oil, it is third in the UK, behind Milford Haven, a specialist facility, and Southampton.

The dual port also dominates in all three international freight route types, EU, non-EU short sea and non-EU deep sea, with a 14 per cent share in each.

ABPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ports on the Humber support 23,000 jobs in the area and contribute ÂŁ1.5 billion to the regional economy, with ABP Grimsby and Immingham alone supporting 14,000 local jobs and contributing almost ÂŁ1 billion.

With the Trent wharves operated by RMS providing another important short-sea element, the vitality of the existing infrastructure is clear.

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And with further investment by existing ports in operations and maintenance for offshore wind, and the large scale Able Marine Energy Park also closing in on ďŹ nal approval, for the last undeveloped land offering deep water access, the Humberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role is only going to increase when it comes to maritime trade and services.

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Ĺ&#x2DC; The new Immingham Marine Control Centre which was opened by Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport Jim Fitzpatrick MP

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Ř Grimsby dock tower, captured leaving on a yacht to Germany with CatZero by Rianna Bedford CatZero is an innovative project, supported by north and south bank businesses, that takes young people with problems and puts them through specially-designed training programmes. www.catzero.org

Ř The tourism industry in vital to the success of Cleethorpes – and a ride on the donkeys is part of that!

This picture was taken by Geoff Peck of Cleethorpes

Ř While actually taken on the Norfolk coastline, what a great picture by Carole Crawford that shows two industries, old and new – farming and offshore wind!

Ř Sunset picture of the Humber Bridge from Barton Upon Humber by Simon Hulatt of Barrow Upon Humber

Ř The Humber Estuary is one of the world’s busiest shipping passages. This picture of The Hav Zander on its way up the river was taken by Robin Day

Ř Farming and agriculture is vitally important to Lincolnshire. Here photographer Carole Crawford took her picture called ‘Stacking high’ in the fields of the county.

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