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PORT of Immingham is reaping the rewards of investment in its own bulk handling operations, providing a vital service to keep Britain’s farms flourishing.

Further business and additional infrastructure will soon be heading to the UK’s busiest port, as a £2 million development two years ago brings solid returns.

It comes as huge ÂŁ36 million investment in container facilities has also been announced this past month.

Added value operations such as blending and bagging are now offered to clients, with deliveries made direct to farms, following a ÂŁ2 million commitment.

And to cap it all, the Immingham Bulk Park – a facility featuring 20 different warehouses across the quay from where vital materials arrive in the port – has now been shortlisted for a global accolade.

It is nominated as Best Dry Bulk Port in the International Bulk Journal Awards.

Dafydd Williams, head of corporate affairs and communications on the Humber for Associated British Ports, flagged up the success of changes in the facility.

He said: “It is the biggest of its kind in the UK and it is a really booming business at the moment. In the past it

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We are doing the blending of fertilisers for clients and storing it here.

It is proving very popular with local far mers. “In 2016, the bulk terminal grew by 50 per cent – really quite substantial growth. It now has the capacity to bag

3,000 tonnes of fertiliser a day. It is a really significant operation, and farmers are now getting a much higher quality finished product from us.�

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HANGING RAIL FOR AWKWARD AREAS MOVES UP A LEVEL A FORMER estate agent is preparing to scale up a business based around her nifty invention – making the most of a home’s awkward sloping spaces when it comes to storage.

Diane Challender is taking her Zebedee Any Angle to Grand Designs Live, and has been welcomed into the design arcade, a sought-after exhibition area at the heart of the five-day Birmingham show.

A hanging rail that uses a coil to eliminate gravity’s slide to the bottom, it is now being marketed as a stylish solution to under-stair areas and sloping ceilings, frequently found in loft conversions and dormer bedrooms.

Assembling from a dedicated workshop in Laceby, the self-styled amateur restorer buys parts in and gets others manufactured, with rods from a Louth engineering firm and powder coating completed in Cleethorpes, ensuring her supply chain is as local as possible.

Diane, who was an estate agency manager and valuer with The Nottingham and Lovelle before joining Cyden Homes to sell their new builds, recalled the light bulb moment that has now seen her take up the business full time.

She said: “It was three years ago when I was designing my bedroom, and I couldn’t find anything. I used to have an industrial furniture retro business as a money-making hobby alongside the day job, and I am quite DIY-minded, I can generally fix things. I thought there had to be a solution, I have got to be able to do this.

“I designed something that worked, and only really intended it to be for my bedroom, but my family pushed me to take it further.”

She’s yet to write the Dragons’ Den application, but sees Zebedee as scalable, with intellectual property protection filed for in Europe and the US paving the way for growth.

“Grand Designs is a first trade show, and I am now seeking trade accounts. That’s the next stage in the business plan. I have got some interest, with prices awaited, but I’ve had to get the workshop set up and ensure my suppliers can deliver. When the business gets bigger we are going to need premises and staff, but I am challenging myself to see how far we

can take it with the workshop. They don’t take up a lot of space, and I could easily deal with 50 to 100 a day.”

Taking its name from the Magic Roundabout figure of her childhood, she calls in her son for an extra pair of assembling hands when orders stack up, with Zebedees already going global.

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Diane Challender with her Zebedee any angle rail.

Picture: Jon Corken and using the likes of style-setting social media network Pinterest online has proved fruitful, and seen exhibition offers come in, with March’s 17-day Ideal Home Exhibition in London seen as too much, too soon.

Next month’s Birmingham event was timely with the patents now pending to ensure her innovation isn’t replicated without reward.

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STRATEGIC INWARD INVESTMENT FOCUSES ON INDUSTRY 400 jobs blow A TOTAL of 30 new jobs could be created in Scunthorpe after industrial waste management and drainage specialist Mantank selected the town for its third site.

The strategic move will allow the business to serve the entire northern region, complementing the Manchester head office and a second depot in Stockton-on-Tees.

Operating for nearly 25 years, it specialises in environmental support, from tank cleaning and jet spraying, CCTV surveys and dewatering of facilities, to hazardous waste handling.

Wintec House, on Winterton Road is the new location, and the expansion has been made possible after Mantank secured a seven-figure funding package from HSBC UK. Dave Royle, managing director of Mantank, said the addition of the Scunthorpe depot will enable the firm to increase turnover by 25 per cent in the next financial year.

He said: “We believe opening the Scunthorpe site will allow us to deliver a much improved service at the competitive price our customers want.

“Our ability to offer total waste management solutions for a range of companies across northern England really differentiates Mantank as a solutions service provider. We look forward to continuing our relationship with HSBC and expanding the company further in the future.”

The bank finance has also helped Mantank invest in new spe-

MANUFACTURING: The South Bank’s largest employer, British Steel, has announced that 400 jobs could go as it streamlines to ensure long-term growth.

Managerial, professional and administrative roles have been identified across the group, but reassurances have been given over the significant investments being made to improve manufacturing performance.

It is thought the bulk will be focused on the Scunthorpe headquarters, although operations in Ireland, France and the Netherlands, where a steel plant was acquired while under Greybull ownership.

The company said it remains committed to making significant investments in its core products – rail, wire rod, construction and special profiles – along with its iron and steel-making operations.

No closures are being considered as part of the process.

Heading to Scunthorpe... One of the Mantank specialist vehicles liveried up and ready to roll.

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cialist fleet vehicles for the Scunthorpe depot. They will arrive soon, with initial team members now on site, at the former home to List Recruitment, which has moved to Brigg.

John Brown, who will become Scunthorpe depot general manager, said: “For our industry, industrial cleaning, this is a prime location with the steel

works doing so well and Grimsby, Hull and Immingham also close by. There are a lot of chemical and petro-chemical sites in the area, and that is one of the main reasons to come here. Recruitment is ongoing, it is a question of getting the work base to start, and as we pick up we will take on.”

Class one and class two drivers are being sought.

CHEMICAL giant Cristal’s agreed takeover has hit another delay, after a US court granted a request for a preliminary injunction from the Federal Trade Commission.

American rival Tronox is attempting to complete the £1.3 billion deal for the Saudi-owned titanium dioxide producer, with the sprawling Stallingborough plant a major part of the global portfolio.

Having succeeded in gaining consents from every territory both operated in, bar the US, attention now turns to an appeal, and the potential sale of a site in Ohio to appease law makers Stateside.

It is also awaiting a decision from the FTC, with chief executive Jeffry N Quinn confident it has set out a compelling case for approval in the latest hearing.

Josh Garrigan, corporate relationship director for HSBC UK, said: “Mantank boasts more than 20 years’ experience in environmental services and has adapted to many industry changes in that time. The business has continuously impressed with innovative work for large corporate clients and SMEs. We’re confident the new Scunthorpe depot will be a big success.”

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Power station plan revealed ENERGY: A new £300 million power station is being proposed for undeveloped land at an existing Stallingborough site, creating 50 new jobs.

The gas-fired EP South Humber Bank could soon be joined by a refuse-derived fuel facility, The Energy Centre, on the 30-acres off Hobson Way. It comes a year after EPUKI, part of Czech-owned EPH, took over the running of the 1,400 MW power station in a £318 million deal with Centrica, which also included a smaller plant in Devon.

A £53 million programme of investment to improve efficiency and extend operational life at Stallingborough has just been completed, having won major supply contracts. The addition would significantly swell the 70-strong workforce.

It hopes to be operational in 2022, with planning application anticipated later this year.

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UTILITIES: Anglian Water has announced a £6.5 billion investment programme over the next five years, with hundreds of millions to be spent across northern Lincolnshire.

The huge spend on infrastructure includes £100 million to build new water treatment capacity in Grimsby and at Elsham, to increase resilience to droughts. It will come as nearly double that will be invested in a county-wide scheme to create new interconnecting pipes that can move water around the region wherever and whenever needed.

There will also be an £11 million project to protect the Anglian Water raw water borehole from agricultural pollution in Irby, described as an essential source for drinking water, as well as a £7 million spend on a new bio-digester at Grimsby’s Pyewipe Sewage Treatment Works. This will convert sewage into soil fertiliser for farms, while generating clean energy too.

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RETAIL: Plans to regenerate Sea View Street in Cleethorpes have been given the go-ahead by councillors.

North East Lincolnshire Council's Cabinet has approved plans to change the street’s layout as part of a £7.2m programme.

The final masterplan has seen initial proposals to pedestrianise the street axed after only 22 per cent of traders expressed their approval.

Instead, on-street parking will be slashed by a third, with a new public plaza established on an existing short-stay free car park.

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Wasting no time as it - how major investor AWARD-WINNING SITE’S OVERHAUL COMPLETES Four years on from a major buy-out of Bell Waste Control, Ellgia, the new name in recycling in northern Lincolnshire is gearing up for a major launch. The group has invested significantly in what is the largest site in a growing east of England portfolio. David Laister enjoyed a preview.

A NATIONAL award will be an attraction alongside the significant investment in new processing lines when the Ellgia Recycling Centre is officially opened in Scunthorpe later this month.

The gradual transformation since the buy-out of Bell Waste Control from J Churchill in 2014 will be showcased as a £1 million solid recovered fuel stream comes on line at Pitts Bottom, with the recent gong putting shine on a less than glossy, but imperative industry.

Where there’s muck there’s brass, and the firm that began in Cambridgeshire at the start of the decade has now made the Winterton Road facility its processing hub, as it builds on power station supply contracts, major customer

wins and local authority partnerships.

Operations director Jack Lavington said the strategy for Scunthorpe is working well.

He said: “We bought the business of Bell Waste Control, which was a great company with a great reputation as a local waste provider. I have worked for national companies for two and a half decades and been involved in a lot of acquisitions where they have been acquired, nationalised, taken on that DNA, and the individuality has gone out of it and it has dwindled. With Bell Waste Control it has delighted me how we bring the benefits (of the group) while maintaining the same focus on service that Bell had. It is the same people, the

same work, with an enhanced offering. Rather than changing immediately, it was a soft rebrand over a couple of years.”

The recent accolade win, reported last month, put a smile on an increasing number of faces at the plant, where 15 new positions have been created, providing new jobs for nine staff and bringing permanent work for previous agency staff.

“The National Recycling Awards gave us the opportunity to stop and think about how we did that,” he said. “We have been able to celebrate the business that was, and the new services we are offering and massive investment brought into the site.

“We have grown the employee base and the customer base and we have done all these things while moving waste up the hierarchy and made other acquisitions and brought synergies in.

We are more than a very, very good skip company, we are a waste management and recycling leader in the area. We provide recycling collection to costumers in premium food and glass recycling, as well as general waste.”

The new solid recovered fuel plant follows investment in a biomass boiler, with energy and heat generated used on site to blow through waste as moisture is reduced to increase the calorific content.

He described the win with the Ferrybridge Multifuel Energy Ltd in West Yorkshire as “a real coup”. Waste is often exported. “It gives us certainty post-Brexit, it is driving money into the local economy, it is a real coup for us.

We are only one of about a dozen operators with capacity that is able to process.

“It is all part of the strategy. We have made a significant investment to machine sort and extract, to produce a fuel we can offer to the market place going forward.”

Solid comes under this banner too, with higher value.

“100 per cent of our residual waste is destined for other industry, principally energy,” he said.

The last 12 months have seen turnover hit £4 million, up from £2.6 million. Recently £1 million has been spent on the infrastructure, the buildings and site layout, as well as mobile plant and vehicles to support the expanding business, with new IT systems

too, to roll out in November. Tablets will be used by drivers to record collection times, contaminated waste issues and ease up other administrative duties for the frontline team.

“It is a big commitment, but all designed to ensure our offer to customers is different to everyone else,” Mr Lavington said. “It gives us real time information about processing on site, brings efficiencies and takes some of the hassle away from drivers.

“We want to drive forward recycling and move ourselves up the hierarchy. To do so we want to show the benefits we can bring.”

Of the 7,500 tonnes a week capacity Ellgia has, Scunthorpe has 4,500 tonnes, or 230,000 tonnes a year. And more can follow.

“It is a big space to grow,” Mr Lavington said. “Once all the processes are in place our capacity increases three-fold. We can look to expand the business, look at building with future partners and look at welcoming external waste providers to tip in. It is a the largest operation, a 14 acre site.

One of the attractions here was the size of the site to expand in to.”

Ellgia now stretches from Suffolk to the Humber, via sister sites in Cambridge and Boston, and the business is now knocking at the

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“We will work with anyone who produces waste,” Mr Lavington said. “We have won large contracts this year with British Sugar, and household waste recycling centres with the local authority.

“Sccunthorpe has become the hub, and being able to process our own waste puts us in complete control and gives our customers complete confidence in the handling, satisfying strategies and credentials.”

And it was such credentials that brought he National Recycling Award home. “We look at what we’ve done in four years, and where we will be in six or seven months time, almost doubling, and it was something we felt could be recognised,” Mr Lavington said. “We thought we had a strong nomination and we were pleased with the nomination. To win was fantastic for us, and has spurred us on to do more.

“The SRF plant is currently commissioning, there will be further refinement of waste, we have closed the loop and that will be 100 per cent diversion from landfill. It is a feather in the cap for everyone. When we told the staff, everyone was proud, they feel they are part of something.”

Nic Dakin, Scunthorpe MP, is shown the new equipment at Ellgia in Winterton Road. Right, the process is underway with large grabs of waste taken from pre-sorted feeds, collected from across the region. Below, elements of the process, which include blowing air through collected waste to remove moisture, heating and a biomass boiler to provide power and heat on site.

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CONSTRUCTION of Triton Knoll offshore wind farm has officially started, with the turf cut for the electrical system to transport the power from the wind farm to UK homes.

The latest renewable energy project to base itself in Grimsby for the long term, the breaking of the ground took place on the route of the new high voltage underground export cable, at the main onshore cable site offices off the A16 near Stickney, Boston.

The two year onshore construction programme for the 860MW project is being managed by Innogy, lead shareholder.

UK firms J Murphy & Sons Ltd and Siemens Transmission and Distribution Ltd (STDL) have been contracted to build the project, and have already been carrying out initial works.

Triton Knoll project director Julian Garnsey was joined by Murphy chief executive John Murphy, and STDL’s project director Phil Manley, for the ceremony.

Mr Garnsey said: “Triton Knoll construction is officially up and running. This moment is the culmination of years of planning, engineering, consultation, and co-operation with our supply chain and stakeholders to produce a state of the art wind farm , which benefits both local and regional economies.

“Triton Knoll is committed to supporting local and regional jobs, skills development and, through our investments, the further strengthening of the UK’s already world-beating offshore industry.

“As we continue to progress through the weeks and months ahead, we and all our contractors look forward to working even more closely with our neighbouring communities, so that local people are aware of our works and how they are progressing.”

The onshore construction presents some significant engineering challenges as it involves more than 57km of underground electrical export cable below ground in Lincolnshire. The route

The official groundbreaking for Triton Knoll offshore wind farm.

From left, Phil Manley, project director for Siemens Transmission & Distribution; Julian Garnsey, project director for Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm and John Murphy, chief executive of J Murphy & Sons Ltd. starts at the landfall location north of Anderby Creek, where the onshore and offshore cables connect. It runs to a new substation being constructed near Bicker, and then to the existing National Grid Bicker Fen Substation where the electricity from the offshore wind farm will ultimately connect into the grid. Both are on the outskirts of Boston.

More than 300 individual directional drills – a record for a UK infrastructure project – will ensure the onshore cables can be installed without obstructing any roads, highways, rivers or drains.

Mr Murphy said: “The cable route presents an exciting engineering challenge for us and we’ve worked diligently and intelligently to create better engineered

solutions that will allow us deliver it with minimum disruption. I’m thrilled to be able to break ground with Triton Knoll and Siemens and kick-start these exciting works.”

Work on the new onshore substation will start early in 2019, with Siemens constructing the new facility.

Mr Manley said: “This nationally significant project will have a vital role in creating energy security for the UK. As one of the lead contractors, making sure the energy created by Triton Knoll gets to the homes and businesses which need it, we play an important role in this project.”

At its height, the £2 billion project expects to see around 3,000 people working on both onshore

and offshore phases of the project, with potentially up to 170 working long term in support of its operations and maintenance activities from Grimsby.

Innogy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Associated British Ports to establish a base in the town, with Able UK’s Seaton facility to be used for pre-assembly ahead of offshore construction, 32km off the Lincolnshire coast.

That is due to start next year, and together with the Hornsea zones also now in construction and development, Triton Knoll will play a key part in lifting the town’s installed capacity from the current 1.5GW to virtually 5GW – enough electricity to power five million homes.

Port neighbour Ørsted agrees deal to take generated electricity GRIMSBY’S biggest offshore wind investor has struck a deal with the town’s newest when it comes to energy generation. Ørsted has signed a power purchase agreement with Innogy for the entire output of the 860MW capacity Triton Knoll for the first 15 years of its lifespan.

Once the offshore wind farm is generating, anticipated in 2022, the

Danish giant will handle the intra-day fluctuations in volume and prices, balancing the power into the grid.

Morten Buchgreitz, executive vice-president for Ørsted Customer Solutions, said: “Ørsted acknowledges Innogy as one of the most successful European energy companies. As we do ourselves, Innogy relies on the expansion of

renewable energy to grow its business activities and fight climate changes. Therefore, I’m proud that Innogy and its partner companies have entrusted us to handle a 15-year power purchase agreement. I’m very much looking forward to our co-operation.”

It will feature MHI Vestas’ world-leading 9.5MW turbines, the most powerful to reach commercial

scale, with three times the capacity of those first installed off the Humber a decade ago.

Hans Bünting, chief operating officer for renewables at Innogy, said: “We’re confident that our flagship Triton Knoll offshore wind farm has robust, financial security at its heart. The successful delivery of this arrangement with Ørsted also demonstrates the continued

success of Innogy’s ability to forge valued, strategic partnerships as we continue to grow our offshore portfolio across the globe. While we may compete in some areas of renewables, I’m delighted that we’ve secured this co-operation with Ørsted and look forward to working closely with them in the future.”

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BLUEPRINT FOR HAPPINESS IN AN ERA OF AUTOMATION PENNED BY LEADING CEO

Beers unveiled FOOD & DRINK: The inaugural canning of three new beers has been completed at Grimsby’s new brewery, with the heritage celebrated in the name continuing in the craft.

The initial run of 12,000 cans is understood to be a first for the area in the 50 years since Hewitts last brewed.

Tech savvy Jason’s take on a digital age MUCH of the discussion around the rise of automation and artificial intelligence in business today speaks of mass lay-offs and job losses, but what if instead it were to give us the ability to create happier, healthier workplaces?

Grimsby-born UK-leading chief executive, Jason Stockwood has written a book, put up as an essential manifesto for the future of happy human business in the face of technological change, given such gravitas it is often referred to as ‘the fourth industrial revolution’.

The former Toll Bar pupil turned technology entrepreneur heads up Simply Business, an online insurance company that has twice been voted the UK’s best company to work for.

It sold to US giant Travelers Companies Inc in a £400 million deal in March 2017, with Mr Stockwood having been at the helm since 2010, after more than a decade working his way up with web giants that have become household names, including Trailfinders, Lastminute.com and Match.com Now In Reboot: A Blueprint for Happy Human Business in the Digital Age, released

earlier this month, he examines how businesses can move to a model that focuses on people over process, offering greater autonomy and freedom, including the four day work week and flexible working hours, while offering fresh debate to ensure technology’s gains are fairly distributed throughout society, as well as for profit.

He also takes in the need for greater emotional intelligence in the information age and proposes putting barriers around technological slavishness.

Many of these innovations are drawn from the success he has had, and focus on a model for 21st century leadership. “We now face a moment where the sin of the past – an economic model that has produced substantial growth and progress, but distributed those gains far too unevenly – is about to collide with one of the most pressing fears about the future: technological advancement that threatens to wipe out jobs in their tens of millions,” he said.

“There is ‘another way’. We cannot underestimate the importance of emotional intelligence over machine intelligence. The technology we are hooked on and many fear, can

also help us to empower teams, fuel creativity and make people happier. But we need to ensure that technology harnesses the positive power of human potential and focuses on creating work that is both more human and more humanising. This must be at the heart of business, for it to survive and thrive in the future.”

Mr Stockwood won a scholarship to the US after his studies in New Waltham, heading to Bolton University after travelling and spending time on a kibbutz in Israel.

Trailfinders followed.

“Technology and data run through every business I have been involved with, and I have wanted to build businesses where it meets a need,” Mr Stockwood told the Telegraph when the major buy-out of Simply Business was agreed, with the hard graft of his home town, experienced on the town’s quaysides as a teenager no doubt aiding his tech-admiration.

“I worked down the docks for a few months, and that was ‘real’ work. Doing what I do now, it is not ‘real’ work, it is a privilege to be doing stuff with technology,” he said.

Docks Beers’ striking range features Hard Graft, Graveyard Shift and Never Say Die, with the eye-catching can designs embodying the grit and determination displayed by generations on the neighbouring quaysides.

Working with Aylesby agency Source Four, Grimsby’s Dock Tower, The Ice Factory and Victoria Mills all subtly feature.

They will be launched later this month, when the King Edward Street brewery’s taproom and shop is anticipated to open.

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High praise received for the book ahead of its release PRAISE has come from the House of Lords and head office, as well as other technology focused commentators and companies.

Baroness Lane Fox of Soho said: “Jason has set out a vision for business which is more inclusive, engaging and optimistic. This is an important addition to views of the future.”

Alan Schnitzer, chairman and chief executive of Travelers, said: “In a rapidly changing world no-one has all the answers, but we all need to be thinking about the

workforce of the future. Jason Stockwood’s voice on the topic is important and I applaud his innovative thinking and creative approach to experimentation.”

Peter Jackson, group chief executive of Paddy Power Betfair, said: “Jason has pulled off a remarkable feat in this book, which crisply articulates the challenges facing the commercial world, by laying out a series of actionable steps that will make the world a better

place. As a father of three young children, I hope that other business leaders can also be inspired by his ideas so that we can all help reboot the equation, and create a more compelling vision for the future.”

Douglas Rushkoff, author of Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus, said: “Theorists like me may have argued for doing business in a way that promotes widespread prosperity instead of extraction, and long-term purpose over short-term profit,

but Jason Stockwood is in the trenches showing us all how very possible it is to operate this way. By stressing intrinsic improvement over extrinsic innovation, Reboot focuses on how real-world competencies are the key to grounded, sustainable, and socially positive enterprise.”

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Seafood industry adds consumption as issues NEXT month’s UK Seafood Summit is looming large on the horizon, as a first key challenge on the agenda, Brexit, does the very same.

The changing political, economic and regulatory landscape will kick start the day-long event as it gets down to business.

It is the first of three strands taken from Seafish’s latest corporate plan, and will see Nigel Gooding, head of EU and international fisheries with Defra, at the lectern.

Seafish chief executive Marcus Coleman believes the session on Britain’s EU extraction will be a critical one.

“People will be all ears,” he said.

“The seafood industry is still in two distinct camps. The catching and harvesting sector speak about a world of opportunity, with increased access to fishing rights and increased quotas. We are seeing large investment in new fishing vessels, hearing reports of more than 50 new vessels on order with a value of around £300 million. The fishing sector is really seeing a great opportunity and ramping up for that.

“On the counter side, the processors and importers are concerned about changes to customs arrangements and border friction, and changes to the global flow of seafood into the UK. It strikes me

as quite a delicate balance between competition for foreign supplies to ports like Grimsby or ports like Bolougne-sur-Mer. It is a delicate balance, and some sense it could be tipped quite easily.

“They (the processors and importers) are looking for assurances. Everyone will be interested as to how the session plays out.

This summit comes right in the thick of this heightened level of uncertainty and it means a lot to

us. We need to take notice of what is going on, and what the industry has to say.”

Mr Gooding will follow opening keynote Ursula Lidbetter MBE, chief executive of Lincolnshire Co-op and chair of Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership.

Mr Coleman said: “It is fantastic to have someone of Ursula’s standing. She sits on Defra’s Food and Drink Sector Council, with

industry leaders across lots of different food categories to look at sustainability and productivity across the sector. It will be really interesting to hear and introduce thoughts and challenges the wider industry is looking at. It is a great way to tee up the day.”

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Andrew Oliver, partner, Andrew Jackson Solicitors, Hull, on the Impacts of Brexit on International Seafood and Fisheries.

As a recognised specialist in the field of commercial fisheries, Andrew assists, advises and represents clients – vessel owners and skippers – throughout the UK and internationally.

He also works closely with industry authorities such as the Marine Accident Investigation Bureau.

Since the UK voted to leave the EU in June 2016, Andrew has been advising the marine industries on the latest legal updates, and has provided regular insight to clients and industry.

Michael Park OBE, chief executive, Scottish White Fish Producers Association Ltd on Opportunities and Threats: The UK Catching Sector.

Mike entered the fisheries sector at the age of 16 and pursued a fishing career for 30 years, of which 25 were as skipper. He now represents 240 individual vessels and 1,400 fishermen.

Mike served on the board at Seafish for more than a

From left, Dr Angus Garrett, Melanie Siggs, Victoria Cook, Nigel Gooding, Hans Frode Keilland Asmyhr. decade and recently became chair of the Seafish Scottish Advisory Committee. He also chairs the Scottish Fisheries Sustainability Accreditation Group, the driving force behind certification of the main Scottish demersal stocks.

He is a recent winner of the coveted ‘Scottish Green List’ and was the winner of the WWF International Sustainability award in 2010.

He recently received an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his commitment to the marine environment.

Daniel Capparelli, practice lead, Global Counsel on

Country of Origin: Implications of EU Exit Daniel has worked on cross-border policy issues for over a decade in a wide range of sectors, including financial services, manufacturing and agriculture. He has advised the European Parliament Trade Committee on market access and financial regulation, including on the ratification of EU trade agreements. He is also a research associate at ECIPE in Brussels.

He also works with a number of clients on anticipating and adapting to policy and regulatory changes in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Simon Smith, managing director, Seachill UK Ltd on Innovation and Consumer Messages Simon joined Seachill in 2009 after 20 years of sales and marketing at major household names. He took the company from a manufacturing and trading focused business unit to one that puts consumer and category at the heart of its customer strategy.

The Saucy Fish Co, launched in 2010, quickly established itself as a leading fish brand in the UK, following up chilled success in the frozen category.

In 2014 three UK businesses under common ownership

were merged into one operating company with Simon taking the chief executive role of the newly combined £270m Seachill. It was acquired by globally-active UK company Hilton Food Group last year.

Victoria Cook, central buyer, M&J Seafood on Feeding the Nation: Foodservice.

Victoria joined the seafood industry in January 2009 when she was 17 and it had her totally hooked from day one.

She decided very early on, that being a member of the support team withina seafood buying arena wasn’t enough, so she set about learning her trade. From

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‘X-Factor’ to address stalling identified for 2018’s summit

Seafish chief executive Marcus Coleman, and far left, new ambassador Dermot O’Leary. Right, Nigel Barden.

Hotel at Broughton to host as capacity is bolstered to meet demand.

Andrew Oliver of Hull’s Andrew Jackson Solicitors will also cover Brexit, having spoken at North Atlantic Seafood Form, with Mike Park OBE, chief executive of the Scottish White Fish Producers Association Ltd looking at opportunities and threats for the UK catching sector. Daniel Capparelli, Global Counsel’s trade policy practice lead will dig further into the implications.

The second challenge to be addressed is fish consumption, with consumer insight, new trend spotting and takes from home and away – Simon Smith of Seachill, the Grimsby company behind Saucy Fish Co, and Hans Frode Kielland Asmyhr, director of the Norwegian Seafood Council, returning to the area after a visit to Grimsby earlier this year.

Mr Coleman said: “There is a lot of optimism in the sector, but seafood consumption is a little flat,

and is something we are really looking forward to working on.

“We are just planning a bigger than ever Seafood Week in October with far more prominent consumer marketing than we have ever had before, and an exciting ambassador in the shape of Dermot O’Leary, best known for presenting The X Factor.”

Source and supply will close the event as a theme, with the impact of marine plastic on the fish we are eating, and the progression of

Seafish’s Responsible Fishing Scheme to be highlighted, with the Global Seafood Association about to take the format around the world.

Ahead of the conference a special export development and regulation workshop will take place in the afternoon immediately prior to the highly anticipated Seafood Fayre welcome, where foodie broadcaster Nigel Barden, who enjoyed a regular Radio Two slot, will be in residence to celebrate the back stories of those providing their culinary delights, from 7pm.

Steve Noblett of Department for International Trade will provide an overview on export assistance provided with Elsa Fairbanks to speak in her capacity with the Food and Drink Exporters Association. “It is going to be interesting for people looking to export, with information on how to function and organise themselves for new markets,” Mr Coleman said. Ursula Lidbetter.

“It is going to be practical with a session on regulations for exporting to follow, something we advise on.” Hannah Thompson and Ivan Bartolo of Seafish will tackle that element.

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Simon Smith, Dr Peter Kershaw, Andrew Oliver, Daniel Capparelli and Mike Park. fishing methods to catch areas, understanding the industry’s sustainability challenges and initiatives, how to buy and where to buy from.

She is now responsible for an annual spend in excess of £25 million.

Dr Angus Garrett, head of horizon scanning and long term issues, Seafish on Where Seafood is Coming From: How Stable is Supply and the Long Term Development Angus has spent over 25 years in business research, initially industrial clusters and development. For over 10 years he has worked for Seafish undertaking

strategic studies that examine long-term issues as they impact on the seafood industry, understanding production systems and facilitating strategic analysis and planning with industry stakeholders.

More recently Angus has helped develop seafood industry horizon scanning, the systematic capture, mapping and prioritising of industry risk developments and leading reviews to understand the opportunities and threats presented.

Hans Frode Kielland Asmyhr, director of Norwegian Export Council on Seafood From Norway.

In position for a year now,

Hans served in elected positions for 18 years in Norway between 1995 and 2013, as a county councillor, regional councillor and as a Member of Parliament.

Previously coming to the UK in 2017, he was working in the PR industry as a director in Burson-Marsteller and as a partner in Panor Public Affairs.

Dr Peter Kershaw, independent science advisor to UN agencies on Plastic Litter in the Oceans: Implications for Food Safety and Security Peter splits his time between being an independent marine environmental consultant, and working

within the United Nations and related bodies, following a career of over 30 years as a research scientist at Cefas.

He has taken part in several assessments of plastics and other contaminants in the ocean, mainly for UN agencies, including a 2017 study Microplastics in Fisheries and Aquaculture – Implications for Aquatic Organisms and Food Safety.

He has written a number of reports on the subject for the UN Environment Programme, most recently on exploring alternatives to single-use plastics. He also advises the EC on options for reducing the impact of plastic litter in the ocean. He

is chair of GESAMP, a UN advisory body that covers a wide range of marine environmental issues, several of which have relevance to fisheries and aquaculture.

Melanie Siggs, director of strategic engagements, Global Seafood Assurance on Responsible Fishing Scheme V2 Melanie has extensive experience of working internationally across both commercial and NGO sectors. Melaniespent time helping Environmental Defense Fund build their foundations in Europe, following four years as a special adviser to HRH The Prince of Wales’ International Sustainability Unit. A former vice president of Sustainable Markets, working in partnership with the private sector for US NGO SeaWeb, Melanie has travelled extensively applying her corporate background to ensure a solid understanding of global conservation issues as they relate to supply chains, public policy and best practice.

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Yara builds on import capacity in special year GRIMSBY-headquartered Yara UK Ltd has nearly doubled its capacity to store Air1 AdBlue in the country, as it scales up to meet rising legislation-led demand.

The diesel emission-busting solution, first imported to Immingham more than a decade ago, has been widened from truck use to new cars and commercial vehicles under laws aimed at curbing transport pollution.

A facility in Dagenham, Essex, was added in 2009 to serve the south of the country, with a three million litre capacity. That has now been bolstered to five million, with a brand new terminal in Liverpool to handle the north west, at five million litres too. They both now match the Immingham capacity, taking the total to 15 million litres.

Production of the high quality urea solution takes place at Yara’s Sluiskil production plant in the Netherlands and a new facility in Brunsbüttel, Germany.

Paul Norman, reagent business manager for the UK and Ireland, said: “There has been an impressive amount of project engineering and investment to achieve such a large step change in our terminal capabilities. This is the responsible approach to ensure continued security of supply.”

Since 2004, Yara has been at the forefront of the development of AdBlue and its compatibility with selective catalytic reduction technology.

Mr Norman said that as the world’s largest producer of AdBlue, Yara can ensure product quality, guaranteed sourcing, and reliable distribution through a large number of production plants and terminals on a global scale.

“Yara is committed to providing a secure and robust supply of AdBlue in the UK,” he said. “With a fleet of 17 modern, dedicated bulk tankers and drivers, product

is supplied from the three bulk AdBlue terminals to Air1 customers and with over 240 truck stop locations offering Air1 from the pump, Yara’s brand of AdBlue is dedicated to keeping their customer fleets running.”

Developed in 2004, it was stepped up in 2008 as legislation dictated.

It is also used in scaled up technology in the refuse-derived fuel sector, with waste to energy plants ensuring emissions are cleaned up too, another growth sector.

More than 80 staff work across the Europarc base and in operations at Port of Immingham, which remains the company’s principal import facility in the UK. Harvest House, on the flagship business park, covers supply chain, customer services, transport and shipping, then there is health and safety, accounts, HR, marketing and commercial support.

The expansion comes as Yara,

once Fisons and then Norsk Hydro, celebrates 175 years of British business.

From the first production of phosphate fertilisers, to cutting-edge solutions for emissions from cars and industrial plants, North East Lincolnshire remains a vital location for the Norwegian giant.

While the payroll may only number a quarter of the 1,000 employees it amassed in the 1950s, swelled significantly by Fisons answering a call from government for production of specific compounds to boost agriculture in the post-war recovery at Immingham, it has seen significant increases since the turn of the millennium, when that figure dropped to less than 100.

Yara is more widely known as a market leader in crop nutrition.

Production of sulphuric acid, single super phosphate, phosphoric acid and granular NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium)

began in 1950, with an ammonium nitrate / ammonium phosphate melt granulation process added in the mid-Sixties, becoming the largest of their kind in the world.

A change of hands in 1982 saw Norsk Hydro buy-out Fisons, having been founded in Suffolk, with Edward Packard. In 1988 more than £100 million was invested in new nitric acid and ammonium plants, but it closed in Marc 2000.

Acknowledging the anniversary, Mr Norman said: “We did have a production plant at Immingham, but Hydro did a global review of all production sites Immingham was one of a number of global casualties of that, but it didn’t change what we do as a sales and processing organisation.

“Immingham is still vital, we have the terminal there, where we import products by ship, but we have gone from full-on production to import and a modest level of processing.”

County directors invited to take in British Steel tour LINCOLNSHIRE directors will get a privileged insight into the iconic business that is British Steel in an Institute of Directors (IoD) visit to the company’s Scunthorpe headquarters next month.

Delegates will tour the comprehensive 12 square mile site, which produces steel that can be found in structures across the globe. They will also learn of the ongoing transformation and re-branding of the

company from what was Tata to British Steel.

Paul Banton, managing director of the award-winning integrated design and print agency, Ruddocks, who is organising the visit and has been part of the British Steel re-branding, said: “It’s been fascinating to work with British Steel and I know other business leaders will be interested to see how it is evolving.”

The visit to the

Scunthorpe site will take place on Thursday, October 4 and applications to be part of it can be made to cari.grice@iod.com.

The tour will include the blast furnaces where the process begins, to the rail and section mill where the steel products take shape. British Steel structures can be found across the globe and include The Shard in London and the world’s largest port currently being built in China.

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Second SOV The presentation for Hertel at Associated Petroleum Terminal, Immingham, with fleeces, then the presentation to Prostate Cancer UK.

Five year safety feat aids prostate charity FIVE years of accident-free work

by Hertel staff at the Associated Petroleum Terminal has seen Prostate Cancer UK benefit with a charity award.

The multi-discipline construction and maintenance services company is one of the UK’s largest industrial maintenance contractors and provides access solutions, rope access, thermal insulation and corrosion protection at the Immingham facility, which handles supplies for the two South Bank refineries.

Both companies have been working collaboratively to improve safety, productivity and efficien-

cies at the terminal and praised the workforce highly for their performance in a presentation of commemorative fleeces and a ÂŁ500 donation.

Speaking at the presentation, attended by Hertel’s regional safety manager Neil Critchley, site manager David Ackroyd, said: “Working safely in the harsh environments where we need to provide working at height structures – especially over water – is a challenge which we expect you to meet but recognise your efforts and praise you for doing so. Our work is never so urgent or important that we cannot take the time to

do it safely. Five years of looking after yourselves and your work colleagues as brothers’ keepers, and achieving five years incident free is praiseworthy indeed.

Please continue to be diligent and remain safe and if you are ever in doubt about anything concerning safety – stop and seek advice.�

Richard Leach APT senior maintenance engineer, said: “Well done to you all. We mirror Dave Ackroyd’s comment and would just add – stay focused and continue to work safely on our terminal.�

James Beeby, director of fundraising at Prostate Cancer UK, said: “It’s fantastic to hear that

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PORTS: Six months after the next generation wind farm vessel Edda Passat first arrived in Grimsby, its sister, the Edda Mistral, has berthed in the Royal Dock.

Although primarily intended for use during the operations phase of Hornsea Project One, the project team seized the opportunity to maximise its use and brought forward the maiden voyage so it can also be used to construct the massive wind farm.

In the construction phase, the Grimsby-registered Mistral will primarily be used by JDR Cables to complete the last step of the turbine-linking array connections.

Young’s uplift SEAFOOD: Grimsby seafood giant Young’s has posted another strong set of results underlining further year-on-year growth.

The company reported a turnover of ÂŁ135.3m with earnings of ÂŁ6.7m for the quarter, maintaining significant growth with a 29 per cent increase in earnings year on year, up from ÂŁ5.2m.

The contract renewal and expansion with Pret a Manger and increasing US sales were flagged up as helping to achieve the uplift.

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GRIMSBY-based dredging vessel Cherry Sand has celebrated her 50th anniversary.

A commemoration service was held in the port to mark the sterling service, with ABP’s operating division UK Dredging inviting some of the vessel’s original crew members.

They joined the current crew and other guests, including Mission to Seafarers senior port welfare officer Jake Pass and the Reverend Julie Donn, honorary chaplain, who delivered an address and blessed the ship and crew.

The Cherry Sand was built by Appledore Shipbuilders in North Devon for ABP’s predecessor the British Transport Docks Board, and was first entered into service in 1968. The grab hopper dredger was designed to maintain the Port of Grimsby, which is also Cherry Sands’ Port of Registry.

Today, the ship operates much further afield, dredging not only on the Humber but at ports all around the UK. During her working life the Cherry Sand has moved an estimated 25 million tonnes of mud, silt and sands from berths, docks and harbours and their approaches.

Paul Mitchell, general manager of UK Dredging, said: “It is important that we recognise the contribution that the Cherry Sand and her crew have made during the past 50 years. We have continued to invest significantly in the ship, its systems and machinery to ensure that it meets all of the requirements of modern standards and continues to operate safely and efficiently.

“The most significant recent investment was the replacement of its dredging crane in 2016 at a cost of over £1 million. With replacement engines planned within the next few years, we can expect the

Cherry Sand, the 50-year-old Grimsby-based dredger. vessel to continue to operate to an extremely high standard for decades to come.”

UKD operates the largest British-owned dredging fleet. It comprises a modern, versatile and

well-equipped combination of vessels, including trailing suction and grab dredgers, bed leveller/ ploughs and hydrographic survey vessels.

Managed from its offices in

Cardiff and operated by highly skilled and experienced crews, the UKD fleet routinely carries out over half the annual maintenance dredging requirement of the entire UK.

Past and present crew of the Cherry Sand dredger, with guests at the commemoration ceremony for 50 years’ service, held on the quayside and on board at Grimsby’s Royal Dock.

Bulk terminal business uplift after £2m investment at Immingham port

Andrew Major, who heads up key client Thomas Bell & Sons.

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Immingham is up against Hamburg in Germany, Kokkola in Finland and Abu Dhabi, in UAE for the IBJ Award, with winners announced in November.

Port manager for Grimsby and Immingham, Mark Frith, said “The impressive site provides vital services for farms across the Humber region and beyond, helping to grow local produce, aid our nation’s farmers and

ultimately feed families across the country.

“ABP’s Humber ports really do shine brightly in the ports industry. When Immingham receives recognition like this on a global stage, it shows our prominence within the sector of how truly pivotal we are to the nation.

“Our team is really looking forward to meeting other port operators and understanding more about their businesses.

These ceremonies are also

ideal opportunities where we can share best practice.”

Brigg-based Thomas Bell and Sons Ltd is the key client, and a deal signed to extend its present in the port helped form the investment decision, with the company benefiting from the ability to create bespoke blends, as well as the additional capacity.

Managing director of Thomas Bell, Andrew Major, said: “We have been working with Immingham Bulk Park for

over 20 years and in the past two years both parties have made significant investments to develop our brand, Diamond Fertilisers, and increase the range of products and services we offer our customers.

“The infrastructure at ABP Immingham, including the location, storage facilities, ability to discharge cargoes up to 25,000 tonnes and our blending production plant, has all contributed and strengthened our position in

the market place.”

Bulks are kept in entirely separate bunkers before being weighed on precision measurement technology via individual hoppers onto a conveyer system. Once blended, the finished product is then bagged and stored fully undercover to ensure maximum quality regardless of weather conditions. All bags are loaded onto lorries undercover, with nothing stored outside.

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Port standards PORTS: Grimsby, once the UK’s premier fishing port, has played a key role in raising future standards at docks around Britain.

Martyn Boyers, chief executive of Grimsby Fish Market, has worked with Seafish, the public body supporting the £10 billion seafood industry, to bring together the recently-launched Responsible Fishing Ports Scheme.

Now open for applications, it is a voluntary programme developed by industry to certify responsible food safety and operational practices within fishing ports.

It will demonstrate they are following good practice.

Corsa’s sea air Proud team, from left, Jane Palmer, senior manager, Adam Demeester, customer services manager and Yakub Hussain, marketing manager.

Managing towards a prosperous future CERTIFICATION for a prestigious standard is now part of the furniture at Scunthorpe’s Harlequin Office Supplies, after the ISO 9001:2015 quality management system was achieved.

The Queensway Business Park operation works nationwide, assembling and installing furniture and associated products for commercial clients.

The family firm has traded for more than a quarter of a century, and first set out to achieve the recognition a decade ago. Now an employer of 60, and having transformed the base in recent years, creating a high-spec showroom and warehouse set-up in an expansion, behind the systems are in place to match the impressive overhaul. It is all geared towards continual improvement of the business.

Jane Palmer, senior manager,

worked alongside customer services manager Adam Demeester and marketing manager Yakub Hussain to achieve the standard. She said: “BSI Quality Management Systems ensures we run the business more efficiently. We wanted it to make us better, as everything else comes on the back of it. It has been a team effort, everyone has been involved, including the directors, and we had to have an effective management structure to make it work.”

It was taken to a new level last October.

Mr Demeester said: “We set up a management team and we needed that, and the processes help on the flow from enquiry to installation. We have proper systems in place, fool proof, ensuring nothing goes wrong.

We have data to use to highlight and keep track of what is going on, to

monitor the progress of projects.

“It has been really good for our business.”

Originally based on Warren Road, the business now enjoys a highly visible location off Brigg Road, giving great access to the A180.

Mr Hussain said the work continues, and new opportunities may arise.

“We have a management structure to make it work, and now it is not just about achieving it, but keeping it as well. It is about monitoring and measuring suppliers, having corrective actions, too.

“We are trying to run the business as effectively as we can, we can now identify where any weakness is and improve it. Also, when trying to win bigger jobs, some require ISO certification, so hopefully it will open more doors for us.”

Entrepreneurial duo representing the North TWO Grimsby business leaders have been shortlisted for the 2018 NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards.

Myles Shaw, who heads up CarpetRunners.com is in the running in the Family Business category, with Sean Ramsden, of Ramsden International, in contention for the Scale-Up gong.

CarpetRunners launched as a sideshoot to Grimsby Carpet Warehouse.

From an eBay punt on a spare roll, it is now looking at a £4 million turnover, doubling its £2 million sales in 2017.

Sean Ramsden, left, and Myles Shaw, shortlisted in the NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards.

Mr Shaw, managing director, said: “It’s an absolute honour to be

shortlisted for this prestigious award in recognition of the hard work, commitment and determination that have gone into making CarpetRunners.com the success story it is today.

“We’ve had an incredible journey over the past eight years and I am extremely proud of the success that the CarpetRunners.com family has achieved in such a short time.

“As we get ready to expand internationally, this accolade will give us even more confidence to take the business to the next level.”

Past winners have

included Just Eat, The Cambridge Satchel Company and BrewDog. Ramsden International, a seasoned award winner, exports British grocery favourites around the globe from a base in Adam Smith Street, with a delivery partner in Nisa. The past year has seen it launch its own-label range too.

A record number of businesses entered, with five regional gala dinners to award excellence held in November, ahead of a national gathering before the year is out.

RETAIL: One of Britain’s best loved small cars has celebrated its 25th anniversary – in Cleethorpes.

Vauxhall has played on the silver theme to mark the Corsa’s big year with a resort road trip for the brand’s bi-annual magazine.

Jeweller Daniella Draper is the focus of an eight-page feature that merges travel and motoring writing, and is described as “the Grimsby girl taking British design to the world”.

Recently married and expecting her first child, she was barely out of a child seat herself when the “little gem” Corsa replaced the Nova in the early Nineties.

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Nisa buy-out helps to drive Co-op sales up £5 BILLION HIT FOR FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR - UP 10%

Drax hits two thirds biomass ENERGY: Drax has switched on its fourth biomass generating unit – taking the power station a step closer to achieving its coal-free ambitions.

Work got under way on the conversion as part of a planned maintenance programme in June, with Drax’s team of engineers completing the work required, on schedule, in just over two months.

Having upgraded three of its coal units to use biomass, Drax is already the biggest decarbonisation project in Europe.

The conversion of a fourth unit means it is on course to be off coal before the Gover nment’s 2025 deadline.

The regional power giant’s biomass needs are fed from the ports of Immingham and Hull, with the former the world’s largest renewable fuels terminal of its kind in the world.

Tale of New...

POPULAR Cleethorpes restaurant and bar Tale of Two is moving forward under “new” ownership.

After a four year tenure in which the footprint of the original Riverside business was doubled, Abbys Group owners Liz Parry and her son Lewis have handed over the reins of the Alexandra Road venue to the private landlords they worked with to create it.

Now the husband and wife team, are gearing up for a new era which will be fronted by general manager Karl Grantham, who has retained the 20-strong team.

Set across three floors, just last year it obtained a wedding licence, with intimate ceremonies held in a function room on the second floor.

That is to be doubled in size next year, creating a 60-seat venue, with further plans for a new enlarged kitchen and bar to serve the restaurant.

STRONG food sales and the acquisition of Scunthorpe-based specialist delivered wholesaler Nisa have been credited with increasing The Co-op’s sales to £5 billion for the first half of 2018.

The 10 per cent uplift, with profits and member value all up, was revealed as half year results were posted today.

Steve Murrells, chief executive, said: “We’re moving forward at pace with our Stronger Co-op, Stronger Communities plan, which we set out at the beginning of the year. We know that in order to make a difference, we have to be commercially successful and our performance in the first half shows that we’re delivering on that ambition. Our investment in products, price and distribution channels has seen us grow revenue, profit and member value in the first six months.

“Our Co-op presence is strengthened through the acquisition of Nisa and The Co-op now supplies food to over 7,700 stores.

By the end of 2018 we will supply 850 Co-op own-brand product lines to our Nisa partners.”

Group profit before tax increased to £26 million, up from £14 million in 2017, with food retail sales up 4.4 per cent.

Mr Murrells said: “The most significant way we’re expanding the reach of Co-op is through wholesaling with the acquisition of Nisa and our five-year commercial deal to supply Costcutter Supermarkets Group. With our existing arrangements with independent co-operative societies, through our joint buying group, it

takes the total number of stores we supply to around 7,700. By the end of the year we’ll be supplying Nisa partners with 850 Co-op product lines and we’re seeing an increase in Nisa partner recruitment. In May we appointed Ken Towle as the new chief executive of Nisa, and Ken also joins our Food executive team.

“We are reporting our Wholesale business separately from our Food business. This business generated sales of £269 million in the period following the acquisition of Nisa and made an operating loss of £5 million, which mainly

relates to costs of buying the business. The report details how £52 million of assets were acquired in the £127 million deal, completed on May 8, with half of that relating to the property, plant and equipment.

“Our acquisition of Nisa and the commercial agreement to supply Costcutter will greatly expand our food wholesale operation and take our brand into thousands of new stores and hundreds of thousands of new homes,” Mr Murrells added.

The Co-op has now enjoyed 18 consecutive quarters of

like-for-like sales growth.

The acquisition of Dimec, a healthcare technology start-up has also been announced, marking The Co-op’s return into the healthcare sector. Dimec has developed a unique digital solution that enables patients and their GPs to interact and better manage their prescription needs.

Dimec has been acquired for an undisclosed sum by Co-op Ventures, the new innovation unit established to develop challenger Co-op businesses and disrupt markets in which it does not currently operate.

Apprentice back

A FORMER apprentice who started his career at a Scunthorpe company more than 20 years ago has returned to the business and taken it over.

Nick Godley trained as a welded and fabricator at Harrier Engineering Ltd on Kendale Road in 1989.

He left the company in 1995 and went on to do a variety of different roles, before returning to Harrier Engineering Ltd in 2014, on the invitation of his former boss, John Dale.

Now Mr Godley has now taken over, with Trent Refractories a key client.

England’s run in the World Cup helped boost food sales. Here transport team members from left, Alex Marshall, Craig Bell, Gaz Holloway, Carl Jones, Amanda Jane Roper and Mark Turnbull, with a specially liveried Nisa truck. Right, Steve Murrells.

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Rob and Paul Folkan, the entrepreners who have turned tragedy into business and humanitarian inspiration, will headling Business Hive Live 2018.

Right, the shop, above, helping with educaton and left, as orphans themselves.

Convenience store takes off RETAIL: A new convenience store has opened for business at Humberside Airport.

The 520 sq ft new store is part of an enhanced offering throughout the airport and is operated under the Today’s Express brand, from the unit vacated by WH Smith earlier this summer.

It is open daily from 7.30am to 10pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 10pm on a Sunday and incorporates a Costa Express.

Travellers and those living near and working on site will be welcome, with free parking offered across from the terminal building.

It follows the recent addition of a tool and workwear hire operation.

Heart-wrenching tale to help inspire leaders Papa’s in top 10 BUSINESS Hive Live is back next month, with inspirational brothers, entrepreneurs and humanists the Forkans, as keynote speakers.

Their unique journey has seen them emerge from unimaginable tragedy – being involved in and orphaned by the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami – to creating Gandys, a leading multinational fashion brand with three London stores.

At Grimsby Auditorium on Tuesday, October 2, Rob and Paul will talk about the experiences that compelled them to create the label, and their incredible Orphans for Orphans initiative which has seen them build children’s homes in Sri Lanka and Malawi, with plans for more worldwide. The charitable foundation donates 10 per cent of Gandys profits to support underprivileged children deprived of education, nutrition and medication.

Their ethos is that Gandys is a brand on a mission to stop people passively letting life go by when they could be doing more. Their message is simple, ‘Don’t Just Exist’.

It is billed as a “heart-breaking,

A CLEETHORPES fish and chip restaurant has been named as one of the best in the country.

Papa’s Fish and Chips at the Cleethorpes Pier has reached the top 10 in the 2019 Seafish National Fish & Chip Awards, where they will face off against chippies from all over the UK for their chance to be crowned the best in the nation.

The family-run business has previously earned the title of the best fish and chip shop in the country in a BBC competition.

Organised by Seafish, the annual National Fish & Chip Awards is a prestigious competition which recognises true excellence in the fish and chip industry. The winner of the Fish and Chip Shop of the Year Award will be revealed at a ceremony in London in January.

BROTHERS WELCOMED TO BUSINESS HIVE LIVE EVENT engaging but ultimately uplifting journey of two survivors from the streets of Sri Lanka to the boardrooms of London, Downing Street and beyond,” by Jo Taylor, who is part of the E-Factor team organising the event and behind the Business Hive business support brand.

Olympic swimming medallist Steve Parry, who captained his country and won bronze in 2004 will close the day.

An entrepreneur owning three businesses, he is a popular sports pundit and will convey a message about overcoming adversity, implementing a vision, how to turn failure into success and embracing change. He will talk openly about his experiences of fighting cancer, building a business and the attributes athletes need to be world class.

As has become the format, the event will feature an exhibition of businesses, the largest held on the

South Bank of the Humber, with local speakers also imparting their knowledge.

This year, Marcus Asquith, partnership director at Engie, will be discussing the achievements of the regeneration partnership with North East Lincolnshire Council, with Alexis Powell-Howard, psychotherapist and managing director of Fortis Therapy & Training, talking about stress – how to understand it and how to manage it, with further sessions on recruitment, tax, cyber security and recovery, social media video and targeted campaigns, and carers in the workplace.

The Lincolnshire Chef, Steven Bennett, will be serving food in the upstairs bar, with a bespoke menu created for the event, with Business Hive’s First Tuesday event also featuring as the day is brought to a close.

Doors open from 10am, though a

Shoe shop open Steve Parry.

Next Gen event with Mr Bennett as guest speaker, is to be held from 8.30am at the venue.

The Forkans will be first on, from 10.30am.

For more details and to register, visit https://businesshive.live

Seaside Summit is a Coastal Communities addition A SEASIDE Summit will follow Business Hive Live later in October.

Being run as part of the Coastal Communities project, E-Factor Business will host an evening event at The Beachcomber on October 18, aiming to inform and educate people on what is available to the sector, with a strong focus on celebrating the success of independent

businesses in the resort.

Food, drink and entertainment will also be provided, with guest speakers appearing through the evening.

James Sinclair is to host. He began as a self-employed children’s entertainer, creating a £10 million turnover business that employs more than 350 staff – with over 20 sites in the UK including Marsh Farm, a

30 acre park attraction. Jim Cregan of Jimmy’s Iced Coffee and Cleethorpes’ own Melanie Tillett will join him before the evening closes with The Rumble Band.

Free to Cleethorpes business owners, additional tickets will be priced at £10.

To register interest and reserve tickets to this event email info@e-factor.co.uk or visit business.e-factor.co.uk/ the-seaside-summit-business-event

DEICHMANN, the trend-focused brand-led footwear retailer, has opened in Freshney Place shopping centre.

Occupying a 4,000 sq ft unit, the store is located next to Primark on Friargate and joins Game, as one of the newest tenants to invest in Grimsby.

It has created 12 permanent jobs, including supervisor positions, shop floor and cashier roles.

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THE Government’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) programme is the biggest reform to tax administration since Self Assessment began in 1997.

The first part of the HMRC roll out means that from April 1, 2019, VAT registered businesses will have to submit their VAT return information digitally through MTD functional compatible software.

This means that most businesses will no longer be able to simply type the VAT return figures into the Government Gateway, and therefore they will have to change the way they currently file their returns.

Mark Stothard, partner at Haines Watts, the leading accountancy firm with offices in Grimsby and Scunthorpe, said: “From next April, VAT registered businesses with turnover greater than £85,000, must keep digital VAT records and file returns using MTD compatible software. Lots of small businesses will be affected such as those that keep their records using spreadsheets, who will be forced to use bridging software or move to cloud accounting to submit their returns. There are also still many businesses who keep manual records and they will have no choice but to go digital with all the additional time and cost associated.”

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ther changes are expected from 2020 which could see other taxes move to more frequent real time reporting.

Mr Stothard said: “The requirements of MTD are going to significantly affect small businesses who will now have to decide between doing it themselves by purchasing or subscribing to compatible software or enlisting the help of their accountant to maintain their books and records and submit the VAT returns on their behalf.

“So far we have been disappointed that there has been very little direct communication from HMRC to businesses to make them aware, so they can plan for these huge changes which are just around the corner. HMRC will not be offering its own free software products for businesses to use to file VAT returns under MTD. “Haines Watts is happy to provide help and advice to any local businesses who are unsure exactly what they need to do to

stay compliant. We would urge all businesses to ensure they are fully prepared for these changes at the earliest possible opportunity as doing nothing is not an option.”

For help with how the changes will affect your business or if you would like to know more about MTD for VAT, you can contact Haines Watts in Grimsby on 01472 355215 or via email at grimsby@hwca.com or in Scunthorpe on 01724 844876 or via scunthorpe@hwca.com

Virtual tour of remote gas platform is now online THE digital world of Google Street View has taken a new “tur n” and it has led it nearly 100 miles off the East Yorkshire coast.

In a world first, after a decade of capturing more than 3,000 cities in 35 countries and millions of miles in-between, a virtual tour of an offshore gas platform is now available.

The Cygnus field is the largest single producing field in the UK sector, and has debuted on the search engine, allowing users to explore it.

For the first time ever, a camera crew

was allowed access to create a virtual tour of the facilities, which include 66 en-suite bedrooms in hotel-style facilities, gym, games and cinema rooms, a medical centre, a helipad and the heart of the operation: the main control room.

I has been producing gas since December 2016. It typically contributes 6 per cent of UK gas production, enough gas to heat the equivalent of 1.5 million UK homes.

Cygnus consists of two installations – Alpha and Bravo. The Alpha installation has three platforms,

for extracting, processing and exporting, and for accommodation and support services.

Operated by Neptune E&P UK Ltd, Cygnus is the biggest discovery in the southern North Sea for 30 years. It exports gas via a 55km connection to an existing pipeline, which lands at Bacton, Norfolk.

During construction the project generated £1.3 billion for the UK economy, supporting 5,000 jobs across the UK supply chain, and it has an estimated production life of at The Cygnus platform in the North Sea. least 20 years.

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Acts that have been confirmed for Oak Ridge’s festive line-up. Inset, Andrew Smith.

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas...

KYLIE in Killingholme? Bruno Mars at The Brackenborough?

Christmas really is coming early this year as a variety of top tribute acts help complete a jam-packed holiday schedule across two of the region’s most popular hotels.

During the heat wave we’ve had recently, the last thing you’re likely to be thinking about is what you’ll be having for Christmas dinner or corporate party. But with Oak Ridge Hotels having just announced their new Christmas calendar for events at The Ashbourne in North Killingholme and The Brackenborough just outside Louth, now is the perfect time to book your Christmas do.

The wide range of exciting

nights organised across the two luxury hotels are quickly becoming renowned in the region.

Oak Ridge’s managing director, Andrew Smith, said: “We’re very excited for the coming season, especially after the success of last year. We’re almost sold out already for some of the nights.”

As well as Kylie, Bruno and Rihanna tribute nights, there are

a whole host of fun-themed events to choose from, including a Sixties and Seventies disco night, an Eighties extravaganza and even a Nineties-inspired Brit Pop night for those who prefer dancing with more swagger than swing.

With events kicking-off from late November and running all through December, there are plenty of options to choose from.

Mr Smith said: “Whether you and your friends are looking for a fun night-out to let your hair down, or if you’re the poor person who’s been lumbered with organising this year’s Christmas do, between the two locations you’re guaranteed to find the ideal event.”

As well as a wide-range of spe-

cial events, both hotels are now also taking bookings for their revered Christmas lunches and festive afternoon teas. Running from November 26 to December 22, there is a choice between stunning one, two or three course-dining menus or relax for the afternoon with a selection of sandwiches and cakes.

“If last year is anything to go by, it gets busy quick, so make sure you book early to avoid disappointment,” Mr Smith added. “At this rate, it doesn’t look much like we’ll be having a white Christmas this year, but thanks to the exciting schedule Oak Ridge have lined up; the season is set to be full of yuletide cheer.”

Begbies Traynor establishes a Scunthorpe office

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NATIONAL business rescue and recovery specialist Begbies Traynor is extending its reach in the Humber region with the opening of a Scunthorpe office.

The move follows the acquisition of CJM Asset Management earlier this year by national property consultant Eddisons, another company within the Begbies Traynor Group.

Headed by partner Andrew Mackenzie, the satellite expansion of the Hull office on Dunlop Way, Queensway Industrial Estate, will bring the full Begbies Traynor Group offering to the town. It includes recovery advice alongside its financial advisory, asset, forensic and property services. The move also builds on the work of Begbies Traynor’s Lincoln office which opened last year.

Mr Mackenzie said: “This latest investment in the region is another demonstration of our commitment to building our presence here and is part of our strategy of bringing the full Begbies Traynor Group service offering to SMEs, individuals and intermediaries located on the South Bank of the Humber, along the M180 corridor.

“With offices in Lincoln, Sheffield, Doncaster and Hull, our Scunthorpe base will make us more accessible to businesses, individuals and professional advisers throughout the region.”

Synergies were clear recently, when insolvency practitioners from Begbies Traynor acted as administrators for Gin Festival Ltd, a West Yorkshire enterprise that had failed. Eddisons CJM, as the auction house now trades, handled the disposal of a huge stock of spirits and associated products.

AIM-listed, Begbies Traynor was established in 1989 and now has 54 offices nationwide. Mr Mackenzie joined the Leeds office of Begbies Traynor in 2006 having previously worked for PwC, Baker Tilly and BDO Stoy Hayward.

He opened a Hull office in 2008.

CJM moved from Brigg Road to the enlarged site on Queensway Industrial Estate in late 2011. The 25,000 sq ft site united the fine art and antiques auction house business it bought from Brown And Co in Brigg, its industrial equipment storage and sale area and offices.

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A further five trainees join accountancy firm FORRESTER BOYD UNDRERLINES AIMS TO KEEP TALENT FORRESTER Boyd has added a further five students to its existing cohort of more than 30 trainees, underlining the leading local independent accountancy firm’s position as the largest local trainer of accountants in the region.

The move is further evidence of the stated commitment to help people in the area to develop their careers without leaving their home county.

Latest recruits are: Ebboni Blanchard and Lewis Bradley based at the Grimsby office, Tom Melton and Ryan Robinson based at Louth and Megan Morrell at Scunthorpe.

Welcoming the new trainees to the firm, Kevin Hopper, the partner responsible for training, said: “High calibre employees are the key to this fir m’s continued success. We are creating a long-term benefit for our business as well as our clients by investing in the training and development of new members to our team.”

“It is also pleasing to recruit from local schools and colleges so that we

can continue our ethos of training people from our home region who are setting out on their career to earn worldwide recognised qualifications and also remain closely involved in their community and its economy”.

Forrester Boyd will fully fund the training while providing essential on the job training.

Head of human resources, Chantelle Rogers, said: “Each of these students showed a strong work ethic at interview and we are delighted to welcome them to the fir m.

“The students will study for professional accounting qualifications over a number of years which with hard work and determination will see them reach chartered status.

“Our trainees will spend time studying in a classroom based environment with our trusted training provider Kaplan Financial.”

Kevin Hopper, partner at Forrester Boyd chartered accountants.

Kirton teenager now part of expanded Drax cohort ABP Humber director Simon Bird.

Port recruitment ABP’s Humber ports recently led a successful recruitment campaign where hundreds of hopefuls from the local community applied.

More than 30 port operative positions were advertised, offering successful candidates the opportunity to embark on a career where they can assist with the daily operations of some of the nation’s busiest and most important ports and play a role in keeping Britain trading.

Candidates were invited to a number of assessment days where the company identified the most proactive and safety conscious individuals to join ABP, who will be required to work with multiple cargo types, plant and machinery across Grimsby,

Immingham, Hull and Goole.

The successful candidates will receive hands-on training to develop their skills and knowledge in port operations and regulation compliance. This will equip them to operate plant and equipment during vessel loading/discharging and cargo storage operations.

Simon Bird, regional director for ABP Humber, said: “As our industry continues to thrive, it is our goal to grow the number of people we employ directly, in order to harness a strengthened safety culture and increase the range of services we provide to our customers. This intake of ABP’s newest team members will help deliver against that ambition.”

DRAX Power Station has increased its intake of apprentices this year by 50 per cent as part of its drive to retain and develop its in house engineering skill and expertise.

The technical apprentice scheme at the regional energy giant offers apprentices, including one teenager from North Lincolnshire, the chance to learn a trade, develop new skills and launch their career in engineering at the UK’s biggest power station and the largest decarbonisation project in Europe.

Samuel Plumb, from Kirton Lindsey, is one of the nine apprentices who will be trained in engineering to work within the maintenance department. They will work on new and recently upgraded plant designed to process biomass, the bulk of which is imported via Immingham Renewable Fuels Terminal, and the maintenance of the power station.

Having upgraded two thirds of the power station from coal to use renewable biomass, nearly 70 per cent of the power produced at Drax Power Station, is now renewable – enough for four million households.

Andy Koss, Drax Power chief executive said: “I welcome this year’s

apprentices – they have a really bright future ahead of them.

“Apprenticeships are vital to our success as a business. Having talented people at all stages of their careers is important in building and retaining the skilled workforce we need, if we are to continue to innovate and enable the business to grow.

“As one of the major employers in the Northern Powerhouse region, we have an important role to play in helping to drive up standards in education by

making sure children and young people have inspirational experiences in the world of work.

“At Drax we’re delivering on that, both by increasing the number of apprenticeships we’re offering and through the outreach work we do with schools and colleges which enables thousands of students to visit the power station each year.”

He continued: “Many of our engineers, section heads and department managers are former Drax apprentices who have

Drax Power Station’ s new cohort on a site walk with Andy Koss.

Left, Sam Plumb.

to join – we’ve just successfully converted our fourth generating unit from coal to biomass and we’re also exploring options for repowering our two remaining coal units to gas and developing large-scale battery storage.”

The Drax Apprenticeship Training Scheme is a four-year programme, and spent 30 years or more at specialises in three the plant. engineering disciplines, “We’re doing a lot of mechanical, electrical and exciting things at the control and moment so it’s a great time instrumentation.

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Pride at promotions with regional law firm TALENTED Grimsby legal professional Adam Ottley has been promoted to the role of senior solicitor within the corporate and commercial team at the region’s largest law fir m.

For Adam it represents the next step on his career ladder with Wilkin Chapman – a career he chose after a work experience placement with former senior partner Mark Carlton.

“That was it, I knew what I wanted to do from that moment on,” recalled Adam, who was then a pupil at Caistor Grammar. He went on to study law at the University of Leeds before working as a paralegal with Wilkin Chapman for six months.

A stint travelling the world was then followed by further legal studies in Manchester, before he re-joined the firm as a trainee solicitor in 2012. He has ambitions to become a partner at his home town firm.

Settling into the 12-strong corporate and commercial team two and a half years ago, he has immersed himself in a whole range of business dealings, “The work is extremely varied, and it is important that people are aware of just what we have here in Grimsby,” he said. “This firm

is quite comfortable dealing with the SMEs we have locally alongside large regional, national and international clients. There may be a perception that our work is confined to the local area, but that is far from the case with clients in London, Leeds and Manchester. However, supporting local business is always a high priority.

“As I develop into the role supporting local businesses to both start and grow and being a trusted adviser as they progress is very important to me.”

Recent work has also put Adam and his colleagues at the forefront of the burgeoning renewables sector, which has seen rapid growth.

“We are developing our knowledge and expertise to ensure we meet the needs of the sector moving forward,” he said.

While others may look to careers in the larger cities, Adam is an advocate of local career progression.

“There is much to be said for progressing a career in this region. In my experience, Wilkin Chapman – for example – offers you the opportunities and support you need to have a satisfying and extremely promising

future. The Humber region has such a wide variety of businesses and organisations, from SMEs to multi-nationals. Learning about these organisations, their work and the region, and how we can support them to grow and develop is fantastic to be a part of – and it is great to know that these businesses are creating some amazing opportunities,” he added.

It comes as Paul Bowden was appointed partner at the firm. He heads up the creditor services team within recoveries and insolvency and is engaged with more than 100 local authorities in England and Wales, helping them collect what is owed in increasingly austere times.

Chief executive Des Mannion said his appointment was a reflection of the growing importance to develop the sector within the fir m.

From Hull, he qualified as a solicitor in 2009 and has worked as a business development and client relation specialist within Wilkin Chapman’s Grimsby-based recoveries team since 2013.

Reunion as Scott joins Steve at Healing Manor Hotel SCOTT Dunn has been appointed general manager of Healing Manor Hotel, reuniting with Steven Bennett, who together with partner Charlotte Hay, took ownership of the business four months ago.

The pair worked together at Oaklands Hall Hotel five years ago, helping to transform its fortunes.

Since leaving the Laceby venue, Mr Dunn has worked at Double Tree by Hilton in Lincoln and The Advocate Arms in Market Rasen, which received Michelin recognition almost two years ago.

He said “I am incredibly proud to join this business at such an exciting time. Being

from Lincolnshire I have seen the Manor develop over the years into what is undoubtedly one of the finest hotels in the county. My previous experience working with Steve helped to make this opportunity absolutely unmissable. Healing Manor Hotel has so much potential, with stunning grounds, beautifully designed bedrooms and a truly mouth-watering food and beverage offering.”

Scott will now oversee the running of the hotel, development of new fine dining restaurant The Portman, and will lead all future recruitment at the hotel.

Mr Bennett said: “We’re

really excited for such a new business to be in the position to recruit for this role and the skills Scott has brought with him are going to be integral to the development of Healing Manor. I’m really excited to be working alongside Scott again, after almost five years apart.

We’ve both been on different journeys since Scott left the Oaklands, picking up new skills, contacts and ideas for the business, so it’s great to meet at the other side to work together again and really put the Manor on the map.

“Scott has an incredible understanding of the business and is really going to play the lynch pin in us all moving the business forward.”

Country role for ‘legend’ Julian FORMER chairman of Renewable UK, Julian Brown, has been appointed as country manager for MHI Vestas Offshore Wind.

The Danish giant has just firmed up its biggest order ever for 90 of its world-leading 9.5MW turbines for Triton Knoll offshore wind farm, off the Lincolnshire coast, with E.on’s Humber Gateway also using the company’s turbines.

Triton Knoll is to be operated from Grimsby, with Humber Gateway already well established on the North Wall.

The company said the move reflects the increasing importance of Britain’s offshore wind market.

Philippe Kavafyan, chief executive, said:

“MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has built a strong presence in the UK over the past four years, having created over 500 jobs in manufacturing, construction and services.

“We plan to expand further and are delighted to see Julian joining our team.

“The appointment of Julian as our UK country manager is another milestone in our company’s history in the UK. Julian brings almost 20 years of dedicated wind experience and an extensive business and industrial network which will significantly accelerate our deployment in the UK.” Mr Brown started his career in aerospace and went on to run businesses in the electronics and aircraft industries. He entered the wind industry in 2000 and established the Isle of Wight blades manufacturing facility for NEG Micon, now Vestas. He was co-founder of leading wind industry consultancy BVG Associates and became head of Areva Wind in the UK in 2011. Most recently he co-founded 8.2Aarufield, a technical consultancy and part of the 8.2Group. He was a board member and chairman of trade association Renewable UK for six years, and is a non executive director of Tekmar Plc and 3Sun Group, with the latter also active in the Grimsby cluster.

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New Hilux’s big splash WITH a reputation for being indestructible and a journey log that includes erupting Icelandic volcanoes and treks across the wastes of Antarctica to the South Pole, the Toyota Hilux is a stalwart among pick-ups.

Since 1968 it has been carving out a rugged path for itself as the toughest truck on the market and has notched up an incredible 18 million sales worldwide – and considerable success in the Dakar rally, the world’s most extreme motorsport event.

The Hilux boasts a winning formula so when it came to creating a new one Toyota stuck to basics such as using a ladder chassis for absolute rigidity, while blending in just the right amount of off-road technology.

Across the globe the Hilux will be used to encounter some of the worst conditions imaginable so the latest version comes with an uprated braking and traction system which can hold it on the steepest of slopes. It also includes switchable four-wheel-drive in either high or low ratio gears, and sufficient grunt to pull its two-tonne frame over virtually anything.

The new Toyota Hilux.

Toyota has substituted the 3.0-litre diesel for its latest 2.4-litre engine, which although smaller has much more pulling power – 400Nm, up from 343Nm. The new D-4D engine develops 148bhp and it’s available either

with a six-speed manual or auto gearbox.

Despite being fitted with heavy duty wheels the Hilux cabin is exceptionally quiet. The Invincible is double cab only and the refinement is very car-like. A

tablet style touchscreen, sat nav, a reversing camera and even a 220-volt power socket are fitted, with double glovebox – lockable and coolable. It is a proper five seater and roomy inside while the load bed behind is more than 1.5metres square and the Hilux has a maximum towing capacity of 3.5 tonnes.

If needs be, the rear seats can be folded up to create additional stowage in the back of the cab.

The Hilux remains a grade one workhorse and still looks the part, decked out with chrome tubular running boards and brightwork front and rear – garnish which is now de rigueur in the truck market.

On top of that Toyota has extended its five year/100,000 mile warranty from its car range to include the new Hilux – another feature which will go down well when it comes to the pick-up parade.

To find out more about the Hilux or the rest of the Toyota range, contact your local John Roe Toyota dealership in Grimsby or Scunthorpe.

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Town centre office population boosted by civic partnerships REGENERATION PARTNER ENGIE AND THE AREAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CARE COMMISSIONING GROUP MOVE IN TO GRIMSBYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CIVIC QUARTER GRIMSBY town centre is receiving a major footfall boost as more than 260 employees from two organisations, Engie and the North East Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), move premises.

Engie, North East Lincolnshire Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regeneration partner, has taken over the former home of Wilkin Chapman solicitors at New Oxford House on Osborne Street, enhancing the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Civic Quarterâ&#x20AC;?.

Meanwhile, the CCG, who plan and buy the health services for local people, has moved into the Municipal Offices.

Since July last year, New Oxford House has had a ÂŁ1.5 million overhaul to fully refurbish and modernise the building. Works have included changes to the inside office space, new heating system installation and a bright new reception area to welcome visitors to the building.

Cllr Peter Wheatley, portfolio holder for regeneration, said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;There has been a lot of careful planning to get to this stage, and the town centre as a whole will benefit from an influx of more than 250 people who wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just work here, but spend money in the town centre, helping businesses small and large.â&#x20AC;?

NELC staff who work closely with Engie on economy and regeneration projects are also moving into New Oxford House, along with the Smart Energy Greater Lincolnshire Team who are also joining them for the next few years.

Rob Walsh, joint chief executive

of North East Lincolnshire Council and the CCG, explained some of the rationale behind the move. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It makes absolute practical and economic sense for the council and CCG to occupy the same premises.

Both organisations are committed to this new way of doing business and embracing the opportunity to become a genuine single team, focused together on our place and the people who live and work here.â&#x20AC;?

The CCG was previously based at Saxon Court, Gilbey Road, just off the A180 Westgate.

Dr Peter Melton, clinical chief officer for NHS North East Lincolnshire CCG, added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bringing democratic and clinical leadership together will enable us to work even closer together to commission for the best outcomes for our local communities, from cradle to grave.â&#x20AC;?

Engie had been located at Genesis Office Park on Europarc, beside Engie Fabricom, the multi-disciplinary engineering firm and sister company within the huge group, which moved there from Immingham, where it retains a large projects facility.

Martin Smithurst, chief operating officer for Engie in the north, said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking forward to moving into our new modern facilities based in the heart of Grimsby town centre. The new location will enable us to work even more closely with our key regeneration partner colleagues at the council, who will be co-located with us. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The relocation is perfect timing

The new Engie headquarters, in New Oxford House, in the former Wilkin Chapman offices, in Osborne Street on the corner of George Street, Grimsby. Pictured are, from left, Marcus Asquith, partnership director of Engie, councillor Peter Wheatley, portfolio holder for regeneration, housing, skills and assets, Martin Smithurst, chief executive of Engie North, and Rob Walsh, chief executive of North East Lincolnshire Council.

Picture: Rick Byrne and coincides with exciting regeneration activity planned for the centre of Grimsby. We are looking forward to working with the council to enable this to this happen, and will now be perfectly positioned to see these plans take shape from our new office base. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With an additional 180 Engie employees who will now be based at the offices we anticipate that the town centre will see a boost in

its economy too. We hope that more businesses will be encouraged to relocate to the town centre and take advantage of all the benefits this brings.â&#x20AC;?

The boost for Grimsby comes as North Lincolnshire Council and social housing provider Ongo bring staff into Scunthorpe town centre with the multi-million pound new build Ongo House and Church Square House extension.

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Grimsby Seafood Village, left, and Five Star Fish, have both hit the market for very different reasons. They are being handled by Clark Weightman and PPH Commercial respectively.

Seafood super sites hit the market for a combined £8m TWO significant seafood sites have hit the market in Grimsby, with the combined price tag almost hitting £8 million.

The giant Five Star Fish plant and Grimsby Seafood Village are both being offered up for

sale, for very different reasons.

The first, on Great Grimsby Business Park, is about to be closed by owner 2 Sisters Food Group after a run of losses. Since the Easter announcement it has continued to operate, but

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contracts surrendered are about to be picked up by Young’s, which has just completed a major property deal itself, acquiring the former XPO Logistics base on Ladysmith Road.

It is being brought forward by PPH for £3.75 million, with the 100,000 sq ft property on a four acre site off Athenian Way described as one of the “best spec food units in the country”.

Originally built under John Fenty’s control more than 20 years ago, it was substantially expanded in 2009, to feature two main production areas with vast cold, chilled and ambient storage.

Immediately east of the port estate, an investor is being sought to take on a successful project spearheaded by two fish merchants, keen to get back to fully-focusing on the day job.

Pete Dalton and Gary Cadey brought forward plans for Grimsby Seafood Village a decade ago, realising their vision in 2012, having steered it through the worst recession for a generation.

The Wickham Road site is now home to a cluster of flourishing businesses serving neighbours, the nation or trading globally, an is being marketed for £4 million.

Mr Dalton said: “We had this idea with a view to a lasting legacy for the small businesses, and I don’t think anyone can argue we have achieved it. We hope someone will come in who is as passionate about the industry as we are and maintain it to a high standard.

“We are 95 per cent occupancy, which is very good ,with low tenancy turnover, and as soon as someone leaves we have people wanting to move in.”

With many of the crumbling Victorian premises previously occupied no longer seen as fit for purpose, as retailers demanded top standards, the private businessmen decided to act, securing sector funding to help support the vision. It has subsequently been showcased as an exemplar project, with several ministerial and industry visits to take in what has been achieved.

“We are not desperate to sell, it is working well and running well, but we are fish merchants not property managers,” Mr Dalton said. “That is our motivation, we need someone to step in an take it over and manage it professionally. We are hands on here with our own businesses.”

Mr Cadey was one of the initial tenants as he moved his Garfish business from Cross Street – part of The Kasbah – to the village. Mr Dalton’s Ocean Bounty business followed more recently, having sold his Great Grimsby Business Park unit to further Seachill’s expansion.

“When we started it up it was to safeguard things and now we have been open seven years,” Mr Dalton said. “We feel it is at the pinnacle, it is very rare that anything of this nature is at 100 per cent occupancy.”

On the market with Clark Weightman, it is described as a modern development of 21 food grade seafood processing units “at the heart of the UK’s largest seafood cluster, ideally located for national and international supply chains”.

It attracts a healthy annual rental income of more than £400,000.

A decade back, in December 2008, Pete Dalton, left, and Gary Cadey, with the plans for Grimsby Seafood Village.

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Experienced industry veteran joins Britcon SCUNTHORPE-based Britcon Engineering Services, a division of construction firm Britcon Ltd, has appointed industry veteran Peter Redfern to lead its bid and procurement team.

Peter, who has joined BES as estimating manager, brings more than 40 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience in the structural steel industry, 18 of which were spent in senior sales for a UK market leader.

His expertise includes complex architectural and logistically demanding projects.

At BES, Peter will take a senior role in overseeing commercial tenders, market testing and managing client/supplier relations.

He will drive a dedicated pre-construction service for clients and maximise early engagement with design and solutions during procurement of projects.

Nick Evans, director at BES

said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are delighted to welcome Peter to the team at BES. His long history and reputation in the industry will be a great asset to the business. As a qualified personal trainer Peter also fits in with our company ethos to support wellbeing among the team.â&#x20AC;?

BES, based at the Midland Road headquarters of Britcon, provides design, supply, fabrication and installation of structural and bespoke steelwork for clients across all project sectors in the UK. It is particularly known as one of the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most prominent steelwork operators in the rail industry with more than half of its business with Network Rail.

Projects include upgrades at Peterborough and Doncaster stations, canopies at Rochester and Abbeywood stations, as well as footbridges at Gainsborough and Brigg.

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Escaping resort PROPERTY: Cleethorpesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first escape rooms attraction has opened, welcoming residents and visitors to put their puzzle-solving skills to the test.

Escapologist, a series of themed, immersive rooms where teams have an hour to solve riddles, codes and clues in order to escape, is a new venture from Grimsby actor and stand-up comedian, Matt Sargent.

Six adventure rooms feature in the Grimsby Road venue, with the property transaction handled by Clark Weightman.

Hotel proposal

PROPERTY: A new hotel could be created in Scunthorpe town centre if plans are given the go-ahead.

Keystone Architecture has lodged a proposal to change the use of a former dental practice on Wells Street in an effort to provide affordable guest accommodation in the area.

A total of 11 bedrooms would be created along with seven en-suites, a kitchen, living area and a shared bathroom on the second floor.

The planning application comes after North Lincolnshire Council last year carried out a study to see if more hotel accommodation was required in the region.

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THE UK has hit a historic milestone of 20GW of wind generation capacity, with the Humber playing a key role.

The target was hit after the opening of Ørsted’s 659 MW Walney Extension off the coast of Cumbria, the latest inauguration following the company’s Race Bank addition in Grimsby earlier this year.

It has taken the total to 20,128 MW, with 12.2GW onshore and 7.9 GW offshore. That’s enough to meet the annual power needs of more than 14 million homes, cutting carbon emissions by 25 million tonnes a year.

Wind is the UK’s largest source of renewable electricity, accounting for half of the 30 per cent of power that came from renewables in 2017.

Executive director Emma Pinchbeck said: “It took 14 years to install the first 5GW of wind energy in the UK and we’ve now installed the same amount in under two years. That phenomenal growth shows just how quickly the UK is moving to a smart, low carbon power system and wind energy is at the heart of that.

“It was the opening of the world’s largest offshore wind farm that has took us over the 20GW mark. We’re confident that offshore wind alone can reach at least 30GW by 2030 to become the backbone of a clean, reliable and affordable energy system.”

Hornsea Project One, at 1.2GW, will take that title, and Triton Knoll at 860MW, will follow, with Hornsea Two after that. It will see a further 3.5GW added to Grimsby’s might, taking it alone to 5GW of installed capacity.

A new round of offshore wind is also in the offing, with The Crown Estate working with developers and new locations anticipated in the coming months.

The UK’s first commercial onshore wind farm, Delabole in Cornwall, went operational in 1991, and the first offshore wind project in Blyth began generating in 2000. Initially, wind deployment climbed slowly to 1GW in 2005 and grew to 5GW in 2010, before expanding rapidly to 10GW in 2013, and 15GW in early 2017.

A further 5GW, a quarter of total wind energy capacity, came on line in the last 21 months, to push the UK above the 20GW mark this month.

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Coastal pints aplenty after Half and 5K

Run and reward. Finish and ‘recovery’ a popular choice.

We’re reporting today on the great strides being made with bulk handling by ABP – and I have them to thank for some weekend work as I get a handle on my own bulkiness too.

With a knee injury ruling me out of getting anywhere near a first ever 10K back in July, the ABP Humber Coastal 5K provided just the introduction I needed to ‘running’ in a crowd.

My early morning solo tours of Cleethorpes over recent weeks had got me to a near-comfortable level with the distance, but these have been very much beginners’ steps.

Muscle memory doesn’t stretch a few months – as I found from my first ventures out over last winter, followed by an inactive spring – never mind the 18 years since the 2000 Norbrit Fun Run effort.

That was the last and only ever other time I’d pinned a number to my tee-shirt and hoped for the best.

And what an experience it was. Full credit to the organiser Tape2Tape, sponsors and the many, many volunteers that came together to put this phenomenal event on.

Three races, thousands of people milling around the resort as the summer season slides away, and an almost carnival-like atmosphere as families and friends turned out to support.

As written before, I’d sworn by the saying ‘you never see a happy jogger’ for many years. Well that’s been blown out of the water. It isn’t a frown, it is determination, and the miles of smiles both on course and along large sections of it, culminating in the great Central Promenade reception, underlined just how wrong I was.

It may have been slightly different for those half-marathon heroes who had to face some tough headwinds as they ran in-land, but the welcome back was louder and better, and absolutely deserved.

Accustomed to headphones and head-down, as the pavements are chased, it was excellent to soak up the sights and sounds of all that was on display.

Friends and strangers uniting for personal achievement and charitable cause, others simply helping each other to get through.

I sensed it was the first for many, some gradating from park runs or personal plans, to do their best on a very public stage.

After Serena Williams’ recent tennis tirade and Romano Fenati’s staggering MotoGP moment when he pulled a rival’s brake at 130mph, it was nice to see, hear and experience the best grass roots sport has to offer.

“It doesn’t get any easier,” swiftly followed by a “no, but the finish line gets closer,” from another runner was an example of the positive vibe running through.

Personally, I had a former colleague shouting encouragement as the triathalon participant left a loop around Cleethorpes Showground as I entered it, spurring me on and underlining the attraction of a local event to cross off for more seasoned athletes.

The marshals were brilliant, the steel band excellent to drum up support and the dancing clowns on the beach really brought a smile to my face... though that may have been an hallucination as I did my best impression of a sprint finish.

Afterwards the economic boost was clear too. Pubs full for post-run celebrations, fish and chip shops pushing out portions aplenty too as the calorific balance was quickly addressed.

The all new 5K for 2018 was certainly a crowd pleaser, either side of the crash barriers.

Congratulations to all involved!