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Women Awards, and wasblock, crowned A state-of-the-art office at the Lancaster Hotel potato in London. temperature controlled Backed by theand CBI, it underlined storage facility grading line, an emotional journey that together with extensions to began with thehandling death of areas her father existing have as just negotiations to sell been completed, withthe the27-year-old northern Lincolnshire business 13-year-old firm headed by Richard she wasmoving not eventhe then part of Arundel whole were underwayback . administration into the area The loss of Robert ‘Bob’ from York.

Crossland to a kitchen table The son ofled Grimsby town centre re-think, andStreet with interest and Freeman marketsrates at a record a decision grocer Davidlow, Arundel, who was also made mothermerchant and used tobetween act as a potato to daughter to forge the area’s fish and on, chiprather shops,than bank any accepted offer. joined forces with Suffolk “My mother was left behind and businessman Bruce Kerr in 1999. she it was easier forstorage what she Thefelt former KP potato wantedwhich to achieve for the business facility has now been to keep goingdeveloped, rather than putting substantially was any salein proceeds in the bank,” acquired 2007, when a project she said.

“I committed to running began to grow skin finished the business not potatoes on theand Islewe ofdecided Axholme. to sell.”

“We wanted to show we could So began “near vertical produce the a required quality learning recognised this locally thatcurve” supermarkets were summein r. from Herefordshire, buying Mrs Moss, withimporting,” a young Scotland or even he daughter, rose tobacked the challenge, said.

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WINNER: Katy Moss, managing director of Trent Refractories Ltd. Left, the prestigious accolade. Pictures: David Haber.

further increases has now been put in place.

“We have taken two years to get to this,” said Mr Arundel. “We got the grant funding for storage and grading operations in 2009, and built the storage throughout 2010, to be open for that harvest. We have had potatoes in from 2010 and “It was tough time for our 2011, andathe whole project has been finished withathe offices just family and I had near vertical now. learning curve whilst also juggling my other career initially, “Our desire is to have more being only 29 producers at the timelocal it was quality potato to difficult people this site. Itbringing would cut downonon board.” costs. There is still a lot transport of potential, willworking help thea day a Mrs Mossitwas environmental footprint week for HSBC on the and this part of the world has the abilityand to management trainee scheme, grow some of the best potatoes having upskilled following thein the country, is whatshe wehad are just birth of herthat daughter, majoring on.” to business been promoted manager an 11 school academy A total offor 44 people are now

based at Retford, on the Lincolnshire and 120,000 tonnes employed, handling border, when ofNottinghamshire potatoes a year. Of that, 35,000 her dad cruelly taken. tonnes arewas self-grown, with a “When he died, me region comingand in growing group in this was just supposed a around another site to in be Suffolk, temporary thing,” Mrs Moss said. contributing the balance.

“I was there to understand Recently 15 employees werethe sale, so I put my graduate job on hold to try added, with three and gain enough information.” trainees also part of the company, The rest is leading to the specialising inhistory, growing, logistics win, all the more poignant, as it and technical elements, including came as .National Women in agronomy The remaining Engineering was celebrated. investment hasDay seen a fleet of six “It wasrigs a wow moment. to Mercedes brought in toJust deliver the to customers, with was the bepotatoes nominated and shortlisted primary routeexperience Morrisons’but packing an amazing it has operations near Harrogate. made me reflect on the last five years to and I feel proud and Keen cultivate a prosperous honoured, it is nice to potato be future for Lincolnshire recognised by others, it was farmers, the 32,000sq ft and storage also nice be able have my 12 facility andto4,000 sq fttotwo storey year development old daughter –atwhich the event office drewas I hope seeing andGenesis meetingOffice such inspiration from

strong inspirational women gives her on drive and belief in herself to Park Grimsby’s flagship forge herdevelopment, own future.”will be Europarc Mrs Moss nowthis plans to try officially opened week by and grow the business further in a Agriculture and Horticulture challenging Board market.

Development chairman From Menesha Trent John Godfrey CBE,Way, himself a supplies the majorfarmer. players in the North Lincolnshire steel industry in the“We’re Sheffield, Mr Arundel added: Rotherham andtoScunthorpe area – looking forward opening the where business has been new coldthe store and grading facility based since it began in 1989 – with – the uncharacteristic weather heat resistant toaline conditions have materials brought us fur naces. year, but the opening challenging Out 134rewards similar for companies, event isof just everyone’s lesswork. than a handful have female hard managing directors, less “The new facility willwith not far only of those actually producing enable us to meet the demand of refractory materials like £ our biggest customers, but the we’ve turnover business. also successfully improved the Katyand believes a fresh quality freshness of approach our has enabled the company to move potatoes by reducing forward. transportation, handling and using ● latest Continued on page six. the cold store technologies.”

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Sir Roger Carr, president of the CBI and Gavin Esler, best known for his role as a presenter on BBC Newsnight, have been confirmed as the guest speakers at one of the region’s leading business gatherings later this year.

The CBI Yorkshire and Humber Annual Dinner takes place at Leeds University on October 10.

It will be one of the first events with John Fitzgerald, port director for Grimsby and Immingham, as chairman of the region.

Mr Esler is an award-winning television and radio broadcaster, novelist and journalist.

His latest book, due to hit the shelves next month, focuses on lessons that can be gleaned from leaders in how they tell stories, and will be the subject of his speech to the area’s business bosses, and their guests.

For more information about the dinner, which is frequently well represented by the South Bank and features a drinks reception within Parkinson Court, home to the famous Marks & Spencer archive and art gallery, e-mail katya.menhennet@cbi.org.uk or visit http://yorkshire-annual-dinner.eventbrite.com

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A FURTHER £4-million of investment across the region this last quarter has seen the total funds issued by Finance Yorkshire climb to £23-million.

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Alex McWhirter, chief executive of Finance Yorkshire, said: “We are looking forward to building on these figures and helping more companies achieve growth in the coming months.

“We urge established and early stage companies to continue to speak to us to see if Finance Yorkshire can help turn their ambitions into a reality.”

Supported by the European Union, it has attracted £30-million investment from the European Regional Development Fund, £15-million from Yorkshire Forward’s Single Programme, and £45-million match funding from the European Investment Bank.

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INNING work closer to home and a launch into e-commerce are diverse strategies ensuring a fourth decade of trading gets off to a solid start for a Grimsby company.

Teneo UK could grow the small team by more than 40 per cent in the next 12 months as the three divisions distributing labelling and packaging solutions nationwide continue to evolve.

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30th year. His father was European managing director for Paxar, a US business later known as Fasco, but after suffering a heart attack he was bought out.

The “golden handshake” provided the funds to start Tach-It UK, supplying tagging equipment.

That was 1986, and three years later Mr McAndrew joined, having worked in the motor industry, first selling cars then car parts. He introduced heat sealing and bag opening and closing equipment. In 1992 he employed a man from the labelling industry who managed to make Tach-It a UK distributor for Toshiba, with barcoding in the early days of entering the

We are celebrating 30 years and for 25 of those we have got in a car and gone somewhere else Derek McAndrew

mainstream. Mr McAndrew said: “We are celebrating 30 years and for 25 of those we have got in a car and gone somewhere else. The majority of our customers, well over 50 per cent, are miles away.

Then we started to get some work locally, the likes of Havelok, Five Star and Cheek House, and now we are doing quite well in the town, and looking at how we can increase the profile further.

“It began with the recession, we looked at what we were doing locally, and what is in the area.

“Now we have increased sales within a 50-mile radius by 20 to 25 per cent, whereas nationally it has grown by 4 or 5 per cent.”

Locally, 75 per cent of the work is in food, while that is 40 per cent nationwide.

Mr McAndrew said clothing still accounts for about 25 per cent of end use, with general manufacturing and contract packers taking the balance.

Last year Teneo, renamed in 2007, bought a company in Northern Ireland, Currie Labelling Solutions, with Chris Currie then joining the

business as sales director.

Now it has entered e-commerce.

“Getting that ready was a huge project,” said Mr McAndrew.

“Maintaining it, staying on top of it, may well lead to growth in terms of more people. We are looking in the next six to 12 months to bring a tech person and two sales people on.”

There are three principal divisions, tagging attachments, initially focused on the garment industry, but now catering for increasingly different sectors, including pineapples for Morrisons and Fyffes-branded fruit.

The second area is packaging-based heat and vacuum supplies, with the third labelling and printing systems for in-house use by clients.

Currently a team of seven are employed, with field sales, then distribution and administration based in Jasmin House on West Marsh Industrial Estate’s Ayscough Street.

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LEP Business Live is Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership’s annual summit and networking event, which takes place on Friday, October 21, at The Epic Centre, Lincolnshire Showground.

Organisers want to celebrate achievements and potential while updating delegates on the progress made.

It will feature exhibitors, guest speakers and business networking, with zones corresponding to some of the LEP’s most important priorities,.

Ursula Lidbetter MBE, chair of the Greater Lincolnshire LEP, will be hosting the event, said: “We live in very exciting times

for Greater Lincolnshire.

“We are consulting with businesses and residents about whether devolved powers and an elected mayor for Greater Lincolnshire are a good idea.

“We are also in talks to attract even more Growth Deal funding from government for major infrastructure projects, we are launching a Water Management Plan for our area, and we will soon be setting out a new transport

strategy for Greater Lincolnshire.

“We’ve got lots of good news to communicate to business leaders in our area and we hope that many of them will take the opportunity to come and talk to us in October.”

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Month in Review Able Marine Energy Park snub from Danish giant

UNIQUE small business is helping to plot a coup for the independents, from Grimsby.

Red Herring Games has been named as one of 100 small businesses being used to champion the sector ahead of Small Business Saturday on December 3.

No stranger to success, with former Dragon and retail magnate Theo Paphitis a fan, Jo Smedley’s company is closing in on a decade of trading.

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OFFSHORE WIND: Dong Energy will NOT use Able Marine Energy Park to build out the £6 billion projects it is bringing to the Humber.

Timescale and justifying investment in the £450 million development after a review suggested existing ports can cope with capacity, has led to the North Killingholme option being dropped by the Danish giant.

It is a bitter blow for the Able team, as the huge Hornsea zone sits on the Humber’s doorstep, with the company held back with parliamentary and legal challenges throughout a prolonged consenting stage, with Associated British Ports the main objector.

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Michelle Ovens Wellowgate, as it continues to wow with murder mysteries and event management services in the UK and abroad.

The company provides entertainment from dinner party groups to live events.

Delighted to help lead the charge to independents, Mrs Smedley said: “We are continually innovating, designing and exploring new options and new technologies to create new styles of experience.

“We started with no capital investment, the business has grown and is continuing to grow and we now own high street premises. We have a team in our shop, over 15 authors who work for us, and actors who work ad-hoc as we need them for events.”

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PATIO PERFORMANCE: Jo Smedley, managing director of Red Herring Games.

Christie’s 125th birthday celebrations, and can also provide “death to order” by customising an existing game in its catalogue or writing a bespoke murder mystery game.

Small Business Saturday is already the UK’s most successful small business campaign. Now in its fourth year, 2015 saw £623 million spent with small businesses across the UK on the day, an increase of £119 million or 24 per cent on the previous year.

The campaign trended at number one in the UK on Twitter on the day with more than 100,000 campaign-related tweets being sent.

More than 75 per cent of local councils supported the campaign,

giving considerable national reach into local communities.

Free to participate in, any small businesses can get involved – from one-man bands, through to a high growth office, and from tradesmen to social media gurus. In addition to the big day, the campaign also delivers help and advice alongside opportunities to connect with other small businesses.

“The British public has a great affection for small businesses and we continue to see that grow year on year,” said campaign director Michelle Ovens. “Small Business Saturday is an exceptional example of collaboration and co-operation with small businesses teaming up in communities around the UK. “Although the campaign focuses

on one day, the goal is to have a lasting impact on small businesses by changing mind-sets, so that people make it their mission to support small businesses all year round. Most people in this country own a small business, work for a small business or know somebody who does, so supporting a small business on Small Business Saturday is absolutely personal.”

Small Business Saturday was originally founded by American Express in the US in 2010, and it remains the principal supporter of the campaign in the UK. The Federation of Small Businesses and Enterprise Nation are also on board. For more information or marketing materials, visit www.smallbusinesssaturdayuk.com

EDUCATION: A digital creative company is going for gold after collaborating on the production of an online guide to keeping female Olympic athletes healthy in Brazil and beyond.

First Media, based in Louth, was chosen to work with Worldmark Films and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to produce an interactive e-learning course on health and well-being for the likes of Jess Ennis-Hill, Jo Pavey and Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

Trialled by the IOC, it was launched to the global athletics community at Rio 2016.

Bristow under pressure SECTOR: REDUCED activity in oil and gas markets is continuing to impact heavily on Humberside Airport owner Bristow Group.

The American business reported operating revenue down 19 per cent, from $440 million (£336m) to $356,000 million (£272m) for its first quarter.

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From Undercover Boss the corridors of power HANDOVER: With predecessor Roy Butcher.

Clugston Group chief executive Stephen Martin, one of a select band of successful, charming and popular characters to settle in northern Lincolnshire – not once, but twice – has this past month been headhunted by the Institute of Directors. David Laister joins him to look back on a decade, career and life, of an extraordinary individual who brought the very best out of early adversity.

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I wasn’t looking to leave, I wasn’t in, and then on a construction site. He recalls searching for a job, it wasn’t even the working night shifts then day shifts back-to-back as the only breadwinner in the best time!”

That’s right. We’re less than two months on from the birth of his second child, George, a period when match sticks for the eyelids are one of the most useful tools a father can get his hands on, regardless of the trade or profession.

But you don’t get to choose when opportunity knocks, and knock it has.

Director general of the Institute of Directors is a grand title, Pall Mall will be a great office address, and Mr Martin sees it as a great time to thrust himself on the capital for a first time.

He is to lead the organisation’s work with Government and industry.

“People have said to me ‘you are doing a great job, why would you want to leave?’ There is always a bigger challenge, no matter who you are and what you do. Over the years I have been approached for jobs, this was that job, the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for someone like me.

“I am probably the first to get it out of the ‘Westminster Bubble’, the corporate communications set, I am a real-life current business person, living it, breathing it, and enjoying it.”

Enjoyment is clear, he is one of the bubbliest business leaders I’ve ever had the privilege to spend time with. A next generation Wynne Griffiths, switching from fun and frolics to absolute focus in an instant. As all the best do, he listens as much as he talks, he remembers well and respects opinion.

Family values are imperative too. Found and nurtured in the Clugston Group, as they undoubtedly have been and will continue to be with the Martins.

“That’s what sets us apart; culture, family values and working relationships. It really is like a family here and it has genuinely been a difficult decision to leave,” he said.

Born in Northern Ireland, his father was a bread delivery driver, who would get up at 4am to ensure shops had their supplies in time to open. In the holidays he would ride alongside him.

“It taught me hard work, you couldn’t be late for shops opening.”

There were far greater concerns in Belfast than waiting a few minutes for fresh bread though. The Troubles were raging in the early Seventies and before his fifth birthday more than a dozen people had died as a result in his home city, with shoot-to-kill warnings, CS gas and rubber bullets deployed.

The Martins decided to move to England, crossing the Irish Sea to Blackpool for safety.

But shortly afterwards the protective patriarch was killed in an industrial accident while working for an engineering firm. It was a second tragedy in a few short years, as Stephen’s older sister had died when he was aged just two.

“I was nine or 10 years old, and my Mum decided that, now bringing up three children on her own, she would move back to Belfast,” he recalled.

“My Mum really had a hard life. I had to become a leader in the family, I had no choice.”

It was exasperated by severe burns inflicted when her night gown was caught by an open fire. “She was in a lot of pain, treatment was different back then, she put up with it.

“She taught me to persevere through the struggles, how to make the best of a situation.

She has been an inspiration to me in terms of the struggles, and teaching me, bringing me up properly.”

He worked in a local butchers and Woolworths during the summer to bring money

family.

A strong believer in role models, and no stranger to the mentoring role himself, he found his in his Uncle Ken, a director of a construction firm in Northern Ireland. “I looked at him, he was successful, he had a company car,” he said. A quantity surveyor, Mr Martin’s mind was set.

He want to Ulster University, not only becoming a quantity surveyor, but going on to become chartered, and then a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

After graduating, his first role was with the Property Services Agency in Northern Ireland, a government department.

With The Troubles ongoing, it wasn’t the comfortable existence you could now imagine, particularly with a personal pursuit for knowledge taking him into fatigues.

“It was challenging times as I was in the Territorial Army... in Northern Ireland... while working for the government. You couldn’t wash and hang your uniform on the line, you had to check under your car every day for bombs, but the reason I joined was to learn about the army.

I had seen a lot, I wanted to know how people did what they were told, so consistently, so well,

saw maintenance on the Great Western route taken back in-house. “I always look back and think I did it too efficiently because they then took the whole country back in,” he said.

He was offered a job with the National Rail equivalent early into the new millennium, but declined, and despite the offer of a couple of positions in the capital, while studying his MBA at London Business School, he took a first chief executive position with Barhale, a civil engineering company. It served predominantly water and telecoms industries out of Walsall in the West Midlands.

Within a few years Clugston Group was looking to replace retiring Roy Butcher.

So what attracted him, other than a return to North Lincolnshire, where he had lived in Bottesford before?

“It was the family feel. I knew a bit about the business, and that is what attracted me. Also, the group of companies, the variety, and it was a family business with a reputation. I thought I would fit in well and make a difference, and it would be a good experience for me. The property industry was also something I had never been in before.”

Now he has Yorkshire Property Entrepreneur of the Year on his CV, one of a clutch of awards that range from that and the Northern Lincolnshire Business Person of the Year 2010 Stephen Martin to accolades bestowed by the organisation he is entering at the top, the Institute of Directors.

“I remember getting the shock of my life with against all odds.” the property award,” Mr Martin said. “We were He was honoured with Champion Recruit in there for a good night, maybe some project 1990, and there was talk of Sandhurst. Had he recognition!” It ended with a live interview on accepted it could be a different department to stage.

Business Energy and Industrial Strategy that would be hearing from him now, but it wasn’t While he got the plaudits, he is quick to for him, he had satisfied his curiosity. underline he is by no means the sole reason for the success, although the workforce clearly Four years out of university and an respect him. The figures demonstrate an opportunity came up in England, with CMR impact too. In the 10 years prior to his arrival, Electronics in Scunthorpe. He joined as Clugston was running an average loss of commercial manager, with no experience in £263,000. When he leaves later this year it will telecommunications or security, the specialist have generated an average of £2.6 million profit fields. a year.

“I enjoyed it, I learnt a new industry.”

That has been a decade that has witnessed the He also met his wife, while helping oil majors worst recession in living memory, after which respond to the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster with the separating of working platforms and living he delivered three successive record years.

“It isn’t me. I’m the leader, the figurehead, but accommodations offshore. It also saw him in reality it is the people here, they make the inside most Category A prisons in the UK, difference. They all have real quality, all do before the business was sold on to American fantastic jobs and a lot of them have been with firm Westinghouse. us for a very long time.”

“I knew of Clugston, but I didn’t work with Referring to two current examples, he added: them,” Mr Martin recalled. I became a “How many people can say someone is retiring committee member for Lincolnshire’s after 50 years! We also have new apprentices Chartered Institute for Building, and Bob Culliford was another member. I was aware, but too, they are young, enthusiastic and keen to turn up, help and support. They are doing a our paths never crossed”. great job.”

From there, he moved to Kvaerner Metals in They can be found a couple of miles from his Sheffield, in a procurement, estimating and St Vincent House office in the Brigg Road quality control manager role, travelling the distribution division. world, before another move to rail specialist Amey in Bristol.

“We have a tremendously focused team. David In the wake of the 1999 Ladbroke Grove rail Heath is an amazing manager down there with crash he was tasked with overseeing the fresh, strong ideas. He has got into new change in rail infrastructure management that markets, he has got my support and

I am the leader, the figurehead, but in reality it is the people here, they make the difference.

They all have real quality, all do fantastic jobs and a lot of them have been with us for a very long time

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to prominent figure in - an incredible decade!

It is genuinely an opportunity to do something big on a national level, and after the Brexit vote it is an exciting time Stephen Martin

encouragement but he is the one running it and delivering it. He has got us in to fuel tankers and now we are in the top 10 fuel tanker businesses in the UK from a standing start in 2013.

“That is an example of a company, nearly 80 years old, entering new markets. Another is energy from waste projects. We have built up a lot of experience, and now we are seen as one of the top companies.”

Property management is another recent string to the increasingly flexible Clugston bow, having previously built and sold on developments, it now strategically retains some.

Construction remains by the far the biggest element, and projects such as the Needle Eye Bridge across the M62, the Arco building in Hull – often mistaken as the KC Stadium by travelling football fans and the energy from waste centre in Leeds are three that spring to mind immediately for him.

Then there’s the continuing theatre work within Grimsby’s Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, where the final shot of his Undercover Boss television documentary was shot.

That concept – immersing yourself within a workforce to fully understand the business – now features in several best-selling management books. “It is now delivered in training, and it was great for getting the brand out there as well as a fantastic experience for me personally,” he said.

It was a brush with celebrity status that Mr Martin has made something of a hobby of following, at least those who truly deserve the tag.

He is an avid live music fan, and ‘The Boss’, Bruce Springsteen stands out head and shoulders. He has seen the icon more than 60 times, and has even met him in his home city, while with his mother.

“I had never seen anyone like him before; live in concert it is like a religious experience,” he enthused. First seen in 1988, his last show was at Wembley two months ago.

Inbetween the two, he had the chance meeting. “My favourite hotel in Northern Ireland happens to be the same as his, and he was sat at the bar as I was there for a meal with my Mum,” he said. He chatted, and happily posed for photographs as they bumped into each other again. Bizarrely, local legend Van Morrison – who lived two streets away from the Martins in Belfast – with the immortalised Cyprus Avenue between – was also in that same hotel bar.

“Cyprus Avenue is a beautiful tree-lined street full of big houses. It was an inspiration to me and Van Morrison too!”

The attraction of fame started prior to music, although you’d be surprised to think much came before. Blackpool’s seaside resort status brought the stars out, and an early encounter with Paul Daniels and the Carry On cast is a joyful memory from his early English days.

He is even a member of the Magic Circle with close skills honed. But music is the passion, and he holds dear signed copies of the two biggest selling albums of all time, Michael Jackson’s Thriller and AC/DC’s Back in Black, teenage releases for a child of 1966.

So now the question ‘What Do You Do for Money Honey’ has got him ‘Wanna Be Startin’

PRINCE CHARMING: Raising a chuckle from Prince Charles at a Prince’s Trust event at Harewood House.

MY HOME TOWN: Mrs Martin with ‘The Boss’.

CELEBRATION: Toasting 75 years with Clugston Group chairman John Clugston, left, and guest speaker Gyles Brandreth.

Somethin’ new, and a first job in London.

“It is genuinely an opportunity to do something big on a national level, and after the Brexit vote it is an exciting time,” he said.

“With Clugston, it has been the longest I have ever stayed anywhere, and I did not think I would be here for this length of time. It proves just how much I have enjoyed it.”

GREAT BRITAIN: Then Prime Minister David Cameron hears the fast growth tale of Clugston.

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UST as the world’s newest cars grab the attention in Geneva, Grimsby is rapidly becoming the go-to place for offshore wind farm work boats.

Another month, another debut, and August has seen Hull-built MMS Crusader welcomed to the port.

With the quaysides featuring the names Centrica, Dong Energy, E.on, MHI Vestas and Siemens, it is understandably the place to be seen.

Indeed, Port of Grimsby East has gone from early pioneer to offshore wind farm operations and maintenance hub, and it

is only getting better.

Scores of interested parties toured the vessel last week at the invitation of the owners and Grimsby Renewables Partnership, the organisation bringing together local companies, inward investors and major developers in the burgeoning industry.

MMS managing director Rob Langton crossed the Humber, well aware of the first port of call on the river’s role.

“It is a next generation work boat and we have brought it to Grimsby as this is where we

WELCOME: MMS Crusader and MMS managing director Rob Langton are greeted in Port of Grimsby East by Roger Smith, left, chair of GRP, and Chris Holden. Right, Port of Grimsby East chief executive Martyn Boyers and Mr Holden on the bridge, while MHI Vestas service manager Matthew Paterson is at the fore of the vessel, where the crew transfer activity takes place, with a container stowed behind.

see it operating from,” he said.

Plans were drawn up for the 26m vessel in 2012, and it is the first of several aluminium catamarans proposed.

There is lots of potential interest at the moment, with Crusader having Round Three capability,” Mr Langton said, eyeing up the emerging future of the industry with larger farms built further off the coast.

“It has been built as a multi-purpose vessel, it certainly isn’t limited to a crew transfer. It can act as a supply boat, carry fuel containers, dive gear, there are a whole raft of

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His children officially launched it in Hull earlier this month, at the 28-year-old company’s Alexandra Dock base.

But it is Port of Grimsby East where the business is likely to be conducted.

Roger Smith, chairman of Grimsby Renewables Partnership, said: “It is great to see. Once again we have a state-of-the-art vessel owner keen to come to Grimsby and ply their wares.

We can give them a great opportunity

to meet all the local businesses in this port, including the farm operators.

“All the major offshore wind suppliers have had a look round, now it up to those individuals to speak with the vessel owners, but it underlines the business potential here.

“Grimsby is the operations and maintenance centre of the East Coast and with the development yet to come in the North Sea I think it will continue to be.”

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“I try to engage with people on all levels and make them feel part of the bigger picture, helping them realise they can affect the outcome of everything they do. Integrity, honesty and openness are important to me,” said the Yorkshire and Humber Living Wage Award winner of 2015.

She is also proud of the British made products, believing it gives the edge when it comes to quality.

Of the recent EU Referendum decision, she said: “I think we need to accept the result and get to work on securing our future as an independent country, focusing on the right negotiations that are going to help us be competitive and fuel our exports.

“Britain has a history steeped in steel-making and can produce exceptional products which cannot be rivaled anywhere

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“We have done an excellent job with locally produced food and British meat but we need to try and think about everything we buy and make ethical and considered decisions that secure the future of our country.”

She pipped leading figures from National Grid, Schneider Electric and the Royal Academy of Engineering to the title.

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INAL plans are being made for the laying of 350,000m of cabling along a 38km route around North East Lincolnshire to ‘plug in’ Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm.

The onshore route has been mapped out for some time, but with contractor now appointed in J Murphy & Sons Ltd, next month sees the start of the works, a key element in the project timeline.

It provides part of the ‘hidden link’ from the £25 million North Killingholme sub-station, where work began in January, to the sea wall, where Scunthorpe’s AMS No-Dig will ensure safe passage to the offshore cabling.

That then leads out to the first phase project, 120km off the Yorkshire coast, where the array will cover an area of approximately 407 sq km.

Once completed it will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world.

Processes currently ongoing for the first Round Three project to grace the area includes refining the construction process and finalising formal consents with the local planning authorities and other statutory bodies.

Areas of focus for the team include sensitivity to local ecology and archaeology, ensuring access to public rights of way are managed and practical details such as traffic management, equipment storage and the location of welfare facilities for the contractors.

The cable crosses farmland, roads, rail crossings, canal, river crossings and ditches, overhead and underground services. These will be crossed using either the trenching method or horizontal directional drilling. That method will be used at

Fuel terminal 2016 date for Immingham biomass PORTS: The new £130-million renewable fuels terminal at Port of Immingham is expected to be up and running after the summer.

Drax chief executive Andy Koss said he was looking forward to the opening of the facility with ABP later this year.

It comes as Drax Group announced a £50 million fall in profits.

The group's EBITDA figure – the measure of profitability typically used by companies that invest in assets which depreciate over time – for the half-year was down 42 per cent at £70 million, from £120 million at the same time last year.

But Mr Koss remained optimistic, saying the fall was in line with the market.

High profile departure HIGHS AND LOWS: The Hornsea cable route, left, and Duncan Clark, above, who is heading up the Hornsea project. approximately 50 points along the route to minimise disruption to the local communities and to keep the local infrastructure running as nor mal.

Duncan Clark, programme director for Hornsea Project One at Dong Energy, said: “Hornsea Project One is a huge infrastructure project that will be able to generate clean, green electricity for well over one million UK homes for decades to come. The onshore cable will run underground along its entire route and installation is a vital part of the construction process. We are very pleased to be working with Murphy on this.

“Dong Energy is committed to using

UK suppliers whenever possible, and Murphy has an excellent track record of working with us to safely construct offshore wind farms.”

At North Killingholme, where Balfour Beatty is on site with the sub-station link to the National Grid, first steps to prepare the site for the main phase of construction are almost complete.

Mayor earthworks and excavation to form the site footprint, the removal of surplus soil and the addition of two layers of drainage have been the focus. The construction of a 3m high precast concrete retaining wall to the eastern boundary of the site is also complete.

Innovation in operations and maintenance

GOING UP IN THE WORLD: Technicians at Westermost Rough using the helicopter.

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WHILE Hornsea presses on, Dong Energy’s Westermost Rough has completed a first year since being handed over as an operational wind farm.

Rob Sampson now leads on the 210MW project, an innovator on several levels.

He addressed Grimsby Renewables Partnership’s annual conference held this past month.

“Westermost Rough is the first wind farm in the world to have a 6MW turbine and the first wind farm in he UK to have a helicopter. Dong Energy is delivering on innovation,” he said.

“From an operations and maintenance perspective everyone delivering for Westermost Rough is from the Grimsby or Hull area.

Not only are we delivering innovation, but we are delivering with local people.

“We are the first in the UK to use a helicopter, and we have completed 1,100 hoists in a first year, with 350 flying hours. We have used it a lot since the

beginning of June 2015.”

He told how initially the technicians were apprehensive, but after doing a lot of work on site, now love it.

It is understandable, while they have to climb 10 to 20m, and work in confined spaces within large portions of the world-leading 177m high structures, it is a different proposition being winched down from getting on for 200m above. And while the platforms they are hitting are getting bigger, to the unitiated it looks like a daunting process, as a video shown to the room underlined.

But once mastered, there are considerable benefits.

“A journey out takes 12 minutes compared to 90 minutes. We can get out there fast, fix the turbine, and get that back up and in service,” Mr Sampson said.

Currently operating the 27m MV Discoverer and 18m MV Supporter vessels to reach the 35 turbines off the East Yorkshire coast alongside the helicopter, he

gave a taste of what will come as Race Bank joins the portfolio in Royal Dock.

“We are expecting operations and maintenance handover to part happen this time next year, and we are growing in size,” Mr Sampson said.

It is not just the team, and the award-winning building too. Larger vessels with accommodation, gyms and recreation space are being commissioned. “It is a game-change for us. From a safety perspective for the guys and gals out there, we can get on a turbine walking to work, with a self-levelling platform.

Efficiency-wise it means much more time on a turbine.

“It is a long term, 25 year view. The pipeline of projects in this area is heavily off the Grimsby coat, we are happy to be part of it and doing it in Grimsby.”

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PORTS: Grimsby and Immingham port manager Mike Sellers has left Associated British Ports.

Mr Sellers had served the port giant for 20 years, taking on the role at the UK’s largest ports complex just over 18 months ago.

He began his maritime career as a supervisor with Northern Cargo Services in Hull before taking a job with ABP Short Sea Ports in East Anglia, returning to the Humber as deputy port manager in Hull, working under Matt Jukes.

In January 2014 he was appointed into the role just vacated, as his predecessor, John Fitzgerald, moved into an enlarged Humber-wide role.

Simon Bird succeded Mr Fitzgerald last September. He said the right appointment will be made in due course.

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T IS that time of year again when food lovers across Lincolnshire are asked to judge the county’s best growers, producers and hospitality businesses.

Yes, this year’s Select Lincolnshire Food, Drink and Hospitality Awards are now open.

“The anticipated annual awards recognise and reward the people and businesses behind Lincolnshire’s billion pound food and farming industry”, said Gillian Richardson, business development manager for Select Lincolnshire for Food.

“Celebrating Lincolnshire’s finest food is a pivotal event in our busy calendars, and we’re looking forward to rewarding winning local businesses with the acknowledgement they deserve.”

One of the most delightful features and competitive categories of the awards is the People’s Choice Award, giving consumers, local chefs, cooks and shoppers, the chance to vote for their favourite local food business who they feel are worthy of an extra-special prize.

“In Lincolnshire, fresh local produce has a special place in people’s hearts,” Gillian said.

“We’re lucky to be living in a county where quality fresh produce is a massive part of our community and culture, as it’s something that everyone can get involved in whether that’s cooking, dining out, attending food events or buying quality products at the many local farm shops or markets dispersed across Lincolnshire. Fresh local produce is a centre topic for Lincolnshire – bringing people

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THE outcome of the EU Referendum will feature at Humber Seafood Summit with a special panel convened to discuss the subject.

Representatives from every sector of the UK seafood industry will take part in an hour-long special debate which will be chaired by Seafish chief executive Marcus Coleman.

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Food, Drink and Hospitality Awards marks an exciting occasion for all food organisations within Lincolnshire, and we couldn’t be more pleased to be organising the awards this year.”

Lincolnshire Co-op is once again sponsoring The People’s Choice category. Winners will be announced at the final, this year taking place on October 11 at Lincoln Minster School.

“I’d like to invite everyone to cast their vote on the Select Lincolnshire for Food website, and help us find the most rewarding business worthy of the People’s Choice Award,” added Gillian.

As well as The People’s Choice award category, there are 14 other categories waiting to be won.

They include Tearoom of the Year; Pub of the Year; Restaurant of the Year; Hotel of the Year; Self-Caterer of the Year; Bed and Breakfast of the Year; Caterer/Venue of the Year; Education/Teaching establishment of the Year; Producer of the Year; Wholesaler of the Year; Retailer of the Year; Grower of the Year; Business Award.

Every person who votes will be entered into a free prize draw to win one of five Lincolnshire Cookbooks, worth £14.95 each.

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Grimsby’s hosting of World Seafood Congress in 2015.

Registration is open, with a Seafood Fayre evening networking event at Humber Royal Hotel on September 26, ahead of the conference at The Pier, Cleethorpes, on September 27.

To book, e-mail Julie.Snowden@seafish.co.uk or call 07876 035736.

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David Holmes was named Apprentices’ Apprentice of the Year and Gregory Shepherd took Apprentice of the Year at the ECITB Grimsby Institute End of Year Apprentice Awards Ceremony.

Jacqui Robinson, head of marketing at Apprentice Employment Agency, said: “The awards demonstrate the high standard and talent of the apprentices we place with employers, representing ‘best in class’ and showcasing the skills and attitude that truly adds value to any business.”

Both young men are part of the team that keeps the leading seafood business operating, supplying supermarkets and other retailers with fresh and frozen seafood.

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REGIONAL director of a key partner in the Grimsby-launched Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Seafood Training Network has told of the enormous strides taken by those serving the public on a daily basis.

Craig Buckley opened his first fish and chip shop at the age of 21.

A new entrant to the original bastion of fast food – and a rarity at that age having not followed a family line – in 2011 was named National Fish Fryer of the Year.

It saw him invited in to the National Federation of Fish Friers Ltd as a guest trainer, and over the past five years he has become increasingly involved.

Speaking at Grimsby Seafood Village, Crewe-based Mr Buckley said: “Training is a huge thing to help push the industry on.

“Over the past ten years the sector as a whole has become much more professional. Businesses have had to evolve. Gone are the days when the lady would be in the back having a cigarette before serving.

“It is becoming much more professional, and that is what is helping fish and chips shops strive today. The number of people eating fish and chips has definitely grown over he last five to ten years. We all love our fish and chips.

“We believe that is the way forward to push the industry on, and that’s why we are here to push industry on.”

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New services welcomed at Laceby Crossroads RETAIL: A new £3 million service station near Grimsby has welcomed its first customers through the forecourt.

The Laceby Lodge Services, situated at the A46 and A18 Barton Street roundabout, features a Shell filling station, Spar supermarket, Subway, Greggs and Insomnia Coffee.

The opening of the service station signals a welcome investment to the area, with the site, formerly taken up by the Little Chef restaurant, having stood abandoned for around 20 years.

Between 40 and 50 full and part-time jobs have been created as a result of the development.

AF Blakemore has brought forward the site, having invested six years ago. It was officially opened on Saturday.

Rolling out red carpet TEACH ’EM YOUNG: Craig Buckley, right, and a guiding hand at last year’s British Fish Craft Championships.

Other partners include Seafish, the industry authority, with its English headquarters in Grimsby; Grimsby Seafood Village’s dedicated training school, led by Ivan Jaines-White and Grimsby Institute Group.

Mr Buckley said: “Fish and chips is a great industry, it is full of passionate people and it ranges from people turning over £50,000 to

£70,000 to £1 million, which is big business. We help act as a voice to help protect, to help educate and to help grow.”

Mr Buckley pointed to allergens legislation, salt issues and marketing and promotion as ways in which the NFFF has acted in recent times.

The NFFF runs a facility in Leeds, where counter staff are

trained. While teaching vital frying skills, it also guides industry representatives away from anything from soggy batter to slip hazards, combustible scraps to VAT issues. ● The British Fish Craft Championships return to Cleethorpes later this month, this year at The Discovery Centre, Kings Road, on Sunday, August 28.

RETAIL: Hot on the heels of a first accolade at the Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards, Grimsby businessman Myles Shaw has seen his Carpet Runners UK firm shortlisted for THREE national gongs.

The Freeman Street e-tailer wowed judges back at Grimsby Auditorium in May. Now it is in the running for Amazon Digital Business of the Year Award at the 2016 Lloyds Bank National Business Awards, as well as Best Home & Garden, DIY and Tools Award and the Small Business of the Year Award at The e-Commerce Awards.

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ESPITE weakening sales and exports in the second quarter of 2016, chemical and pharmaceutical companies are continuing their positive outlook in the midst of significant post-Brexit concerns.

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They have also welcomed the inclusion of ‘industrial strategy’ in the Whitehall’s business remit.

The Chemical Industries Association Q2 member company business survey found that looking to the next 12 months 89 per cent feel research and development investment will either remain the same or increase, with 87 per cent of businesses confident exports will either remain the same or increase, and 80 per cent believing sales will remain the same or increase. While some investment is expected to take a hit from Brexit uncertainty, three quarters of companies will maintain or increase capital investment expenditure, while 71 per cent say that employment levels will remain the same or increase.

The survey, conducted after the UK vote to leave the European Union, also highlighted the worries of uncertainty over the future relationship with the EU and the exchange rate as some businesses reign in investment.

On the continuing positive side, members felt there were opportunities for growth through expanded production capacity, new products coming online and other operational improvements.

The lower value of sterling is also expected to boost exports, a vital driver of growth for the UK’s leading goods export sector, although as a consequence import costs will increase.

Steve Elliott, chief executive of the Chemical Industries Association, said “It is right we acknowledge that we are in uncertain times while the country exits the European Union, but our survey shows that there is still confidence that the UK can be a good place to do business.

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views of our business leaders will further support the wish for all of manufacturing to invest in the UK and the Government will do all it can to make it even better for companies to invest here.”

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a new government, and with it a new business department.

Mr Elliott said: “The recognition of industrial strategy in a cabinet minister’s job title is hugely significant. What may seem like a small point of detail is a welcome signal to businesses planning for the future.

“We have long campaigned for greater clarity and commitment from Government on industrial strategy. The shape of the new Government and the inclusion of energy as well as the explicit

naming of industrial strategy in the Business Department’s responsibilities marks an important start. What we now need are policies that reflect this understanding.

“I congratulate the Prime Minister and her new team on their new jobs and responsibilities. Our sector looks forward to working across government with ministers, civil servants, advisors and other stakeholders from all sides of opinion to contribute to a new industrial future for our country.”

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THE industrial training facility at HCF Catch delivered a new practical course this month, aimed at helping aspiring process operators to improve their chances of gaining entry into the industry.

The Introduction to Plant Process Operations gives delegates real practical training on a fully functional process plant without real industry risks.

The five-day course is aimed at delegates with little or no experience who are looking for a career in chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and renewables industries.

Matt Goodwin, technical trainer at HCF Catch, said: “HCF Catch is proud of the Introduction to Plant Process Operations course. The delegates started the course with little or no experience. By day three, they were running the plant independently. The course exceeded all expectations and we are looking forward to running it again.”

On the first day of the course, delegates become familiar with the process plant. Tasks include locating pumps and valves, through reading the piping and instrumentation diagram – essentially the road map of the process plant’s pumps, valves and pipes.

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It proves to be critical as the week unfolds as delegates are tasked with planning routes to transfer liquid from one plant location to another.

Mechanical maintenance tasks which include isolating and locking valves to stop the flow of liquid, to carry out maintenance checks, follow,

substance in the process tanks as a hazardous liquid and work under COMAH regulations, mirroring a Humber Bank site.

A process plant operations team is made up of a number different job roles and the course gives delegates an understanding of how they combine on plant and in the control room.

The control room is the nerve centre of the operation where critical decisions are made.

Instructions must be given out clearly to the process operators on-site via radio communication. The process operators on the plant are responsible for opening and closing valves, starting and stopping pumps and working in all weather conditions to ensure the task is achieved. During this first course there was rain and strong winds which made radio communications somewhat difficult to understand. Although this may seem minor, communication is critical and having this Impressed delegate training early at Catch prepares delegates for the real thing. Locally, many of the plants with risk assessment and plan of action, known where these roles are required are exposed to as a method statement, completed ahead. the estuary’s often blustery conditions.

Although the process plant at Catch uses The team at Catch likes to include the water – one of the beacon training facility’s occasional surprise for delegates, for instance, making a particular valve leak. This gives unique selling points – all delegates treat the

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ODAL Training will soon be opening its doors. Until now businesses and their employees have had to travel to access this specialised skills training.

Now it’s available in Immingham.

Not only will it help businesses in this area benefit, but Modal Training will serve companies from across the UK and internationally.

Multimodal logistics plays a key role in the Humber, connecting businesses in the region with the rest of the UK and beyond, via road, rail, air and sea. Modal Training will be the first in the UK to offer integrated, multimodal logistics training, as well as a full range of support services.

Modal Training’s new £7 million centre of excellence will be located in a 5,696 sq m bespoke designed facility, equipped with state-of-the-art simulators for training maritime crew, truck and crane drivers.

Patrick Henry, managing director, said: “Modal will deliver realistic training in a wide range of settings.

The first phase of work is currently

SIM CITY: The Kongsberg maritime simulator, coming to Modal Training. underway and will include the learning resource centre, with its ICT suite, classrooms and seminar and conference facilities, followed by the installation of simulators, as well as a live rail track centre.

“It will also include warehouse operational training and working at height training to support the

renewables and energy sectors in the region.”

Modal Training has recently made its first investment in simulation – a full suite of advanced ship, offshore vessel, engine room and radar simulators from Kongsberg Maritime, the global leader in marine training

technology. The equipment, which includes a detailed 360 degree modelling of the Humber, will be used to support the delivery of advanced training courses for maritime professionals and businesses.

“The simulators will enable Modal to offer training that effectively replicates the working environment for a wide range of maritime roles, including bridge crews, navigators, maritime engineers and Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) operators,” Mr Henry added. “Each part of the simulator system can be operated independently, or be interconnected to provide full vessel operation exercises for an entire crew.”

A schools initiative includes driving the creation of the first regional version of the board game Business on the Move.

Currently used in schools throughout the UK, the game is designed to educate and inspire a future logistics workforce free of charge.

You can now contact the Modal team on 01472 311222 ext 1184.

course for new process technicians at facility delegates the experience of how to deal with the unexpected.

The course is delivered in such a way that delegates continually develop on their practical experience from the previous activity. The final practical assessment is to develop a product, which involves heating the liquid through a heat exchanger; dosing a catalyst into the plant by wearing the correct PPE; testing the PH levels of the solution and finally extracting the finished product into containers to be shipped to the client.

One delegate said: “The course was brilliant and Matt Goodwin made it enjoyable and easy to take in. He was extremely supportive and always willing to answer questions and explain anything.

His instructions and this course have helped me decide that a career in process is what I want to do.”

All the feedback from delegates was impressive.

The next Introduction to Plant Process Operations course will start on Monday, September 26 and will be delivered regularly after that. For more information, call 01469 552828 or visit www.hcfcatch.com

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lead the charge for the Humber as its ports cluster is a key economic driver not just for the north, but for the entire UK. “As the North’s gateway to Europe and beyond, ABP’s Humber ports have a major role to play,” said Mr Bird. “No other northern port region is better placed to meet the economic agenda laid out by It follows the appointment of Brigg and Goole MP Andrew Percy Transport for the North: focussing to the role of Northern Powerhouse on offshore and renewable energy and advanced manufacturing.

Minister.

“Transport for the North Speaking to a group of business recognises the role of the Humber leaders and local authority ports in meeting both agendas and representatives, Mr Bird stated the importance of improving road, that an agenda largely driven by rail and barge infrastructure to the North West would require “a ensure it fulfills this role. concerted and collaborative effort on the part of business and local “No other region provides the authorities across the Humber to same international connectivity, ensure we achieve the best possible with concentrated container and outcome for the region”. roll-on roll-off capacity across the estuary to meet the needs of Assembled guests at ABP Port House, Hull, included Labour peer northern industry and manufacturers.

Lord Prescott and chief executive of Hull City Council Matt Jukes, “Immingham, for example, is ADDRESS: Simon Bird speaks to civic guests from the Humber region. who once ran the Hull and Goole capable of handling the largest ports, as well as many ward bulk vessels on the East Coast and Powerhouse Business Summit, councillors, local mayors and is well placed to support growth in amongst many other sectors.” held as part of Humber Business council officials.

The speech followed his industrial development in energy, Week in June at University of Hull. involvement at Humber Northern They heard how ABP intended to construction and agriculture,

Call to reverse cuts to at-sea firefighting as decade’s statistics analysed THE maritime professionals’ union Nautilus International is urging the Government to reverse cuts to at-sea firefighting services after new research revealed that ship fires are the biggest threat to safety in European waters.

A study published by the Finnish Transport Safety Agency shows that almost 800 ship fires occurred in European waters between 2004 and 2014 – 10 per cent of which were classified as “serious”.

The largest percentage of ship fires and explosions occurred on cargo ships, with around one quarter of incidents taking place on cruise ships and passenger ferries.

Six per cent of fires on passenger-carrying vessels result in fatalities or serious injury every year, which emphasises the importance and necessity for rapid action, and the “decisive role” of crew drills.

Nautilus general secretary Mark Dickinson said: “The union had strongly campaigned against the cuts in the UK’s at-sea firefighting capacity. The Government needs to pay serious attention to this new study and realise just how necessary it is to have a specially trained team to provide immediate external help to firefighting vessel crews.”

Analysis of 570 of these incidents showed that crew members needed external support in around one third of fires and the report highlights the importance of the specialist Maritime Incident Response Group (MIRG) team to assist seafarers in dealing with emergencies, including fires, chemical hazards and rescues.

However, the UK government withdrew funding in 2011 – claiming that demand for the service was too low to justify the cost. It was launched in 2006 following a campaign by Nautilus and the Association of Chief Fire Officers following long-running concerns over the decline in the number of fire brigades capable of delivering emergency support at sea.

CONCERNS: Mark Dickinson, above, and Russ Gorbutt, left, believe more needs to be done to avoid fires at sea escalating like the Greek cargo vessel Mariana did back in 1998, while making the jounrey between Romania’s Black Sea port of Costanza and Gibraltar.

At one stage before MIRG was launched, only nine of the 39 fire and rescue services around the whole of the UK had the capacity to provide services to shipping.

“The reasons why MIRG was created in 2006 remain valid today,” he pointed out. “Ships have been getting bigger, carrying more passengers than ever before, as well as hazardous and often complex cargoes. At a time when crewing levels have been reduced significantly, it is essential that seafarers are given the back-up and support of properly trained specialist teams to handle the huge challenges that can arise in emergency situations.”

Captain Russ Garbutt, a key figure at Hull and

Humber Chamber of Commerce, and a former master of the North Sea ferry Pride of York, said: “Not only did the availability of these specialist firefighting crews reassure you as a seafarer, they also provided us with our own training to help us combat the fires. Having said that, they were the professionals and our abilities couldn’t match theirs.”

The most serious incident in recent years was the December 2014 blaze onboard the passenger ferry Norman Atlantic, in which 11 people died, and several more injured. Researchers said the value of using specialist MIRG teams were clear, supporting crews in decision making and assessing safety.

Mr Dickinson added: “In this day and age, incidents on this scale just shouldn’t be happening. This report highlights just how important the roles of Maritime Incident Response Groups are. Both the industry and passengers need to know that their safety is taken seriously by authorities, and boosting at-sea firefighting resources is the first step to that.”

Earlier this month a 17,000-tonne drilling rig ran aground on the Western Isles. Fortunately no personnel were on board the rig and there was no risk to life, but an emergency towing vessel had to be dispatched, demonstrating the dangers of operating offshore.

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HRIVING Clugston Distribution has added eight apprentices to the 40-strong team as the growing division builds to support 450 vehicles.

Servicing and maintaining both the Clugston fleet and third party vehicles on Brigg Road, four will take part in the Renault Training Scheme while another four will remain in the business.

Those linking up with the manufacturer will spend 60 days a year for three years at the French giant’s national training establishment in Coalville, Leicestershire.

The apprenticeship scheme is seen as a way of solving a major recruitment issue.

Nigel Graham, fleet manager, himself an apprentice 26 years ago, said: “Currently in the UK, and certainly around here, there is an acute shortage of qualified technical staff.

The only way is to make your own.

“We rely on school-leavers, those up to 20 years old, and we try to give them a chance. With vehicles becoming increasingly technical, with a lot of electronics on them, we also need those with a high degree of schooling, particularly maths and English. Many do hit the ground running, which is impressive.”

A theme that has been noted, working with local education providers is a tendency for heads to be

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TEAM LINE-UP: Dan Smallwood, former apprentice now in a junior management role, left, and Nigel Graham, fleet manager, right, with apprentices, from second left, Shane Kophazy, Kieran Smith, Jack Hobbs, James Margetson, Jordan Cutler, Lewis Snowden and Perry Irwin. turned by car maintenance, despite positive role models like Guy Martin working in the “heavy” side of the industry on the South Bank.

Mr Graham said: “People think they are just big and smelly, but these vehicles are more advanced vehicles than a light vehicle, there are no surprises how they

work, technology is the same, they are just bigger.

“We have started to look for car mechanics and put them into our in-house training, converting them from light into heavy vehicles, and that is what we have done again this year.”

More than 300 applications were received,

and it is understandable why. Within Mr Graham’s team, former apprentice Gareth Kirk, is now a master technician and shift supervisor, and has been with the company for 13 years, while Daniel Smallwood and Jason Bell had both been through the Renault scheme. Daniel is part of the junior management team, while

Jason, crowned apprentice of the year in his time, is now a fully fledged HGV diagnostic technician.

Former North Lindsey College pupil Shane Kophazy, 17, changed from a plumbing course to join Clugston Distribution.

“I hope to work my way up, and I feel like I am in good hands,” he said.

Growth sees team enter top 10 for fuel logistics CLUGSTON Distribution has announced a 5 per cent increase in turnover to £16.1 million, with profits totalling £400,000 for the 2015-16 financial year.

The company’s success can be attributed to a clear strategy on being a high quality tanker operator, while specialising in the five key areas of fuels, bulk powders, bulk food, steel and its commercial vehicle workshop activities in partnership with Renault trucks.

Since launching a new strategy in 2012, Clugston Distribution’s revenue has increased by 63 per cent. Earlier this year the company invested £1.2m in further developing its tanker fleet capabilities and now has 20 fuel tankers on the road alongside its cement and bulk food tankers.

It is a move which has seen it enter the top 10 fuel logistics companies in the UK. David Heath, director at Clugston Distribution, said: “The 2015-16 financial year has been one of the company’s most successful.

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Almost 12 months ago, I took over the reins as the Chair of Humber Bondholders. It was the eve of Freedom Festival and there was a real sense of optimism in the air. Freedom didn’t disappoint. And neither have the months that have followed as our region has embraced opportunity like never before.

We’ve seen an unprecedented level of investment across the Humber region with billions of pounds being committed – be it Dong Energy’s offshore wind farms, Centrica’s overhaul of gas turbines, Hull University’s new student accommodation, KCOM’s accelerated fibre roll-out, Wren’s rapid expansion, Wykeland Beal’s redevelopment of the Fruit Market or Siemens and ABP’s continued investment around the Humber estuary. These and many more key projects across our region are creating thousands of jobs both directly and indirectly.

We’ve heard much talk about the Northern Powerhouse, frustratingly much of it centred to the west of us. But who could have foreseen the changes to the political landscape we’ve experienced in the last few weeks. We are now in a much stronger position. Not just because our own Andrew Percy is now the minister responsible for the Northern Powerhouse but because the Humber region was a clear supporter of Brexit, speaking out as a disenfranchised community. Central government will be at pains to engage and reconnect with this region. Now is our time to speak up and be heard. Our location makes us a major economic contributor and a gateway to the Northern Powerhouse. Not only do we face northern Europe, we are mid-way between London and Edinburgh, making us a critical transport and logistics hub. We are a vital energy provider and we have the UK’s busiest port complex.

We are the “Energy Estuary” but aside from being a pioneering energy provider – energy is inherent in everything we stand for as a region. From the progressive nature of investments and regeneration being seen, to the energy that radiates from our developing cultural offer. From the cross-spectrum of industrial sectors driving UK economy, to the strength of our export success and the vibrancy of our people. The Humber’s resurgence is as clear to see as the confidence instilled in the businesses that are thriving here.

We are creating a richer economy through the development of a knowledge-based economy that offers businesses the ability to foster creativity and innovation and through our thriving education sector, we are ensuring the next generation of talent is relevant for our businesses today and in the future.

And as we’re on the cusp of Hull’s celebratory year of culture, we’ve enjoyed a tantalising teaser of what’s in store with the much acclaimed Place des Anges and Sea of Hull events.

Our role as Bondholders is to continue to support all this activity in the proactive promotion of our region. We will sell the benefits – no other region has the assets we have - and ensure we have consistency of message when telling our story, not just regionally but nationally and internationally. All our members are ambassadors in their own right but we will continue to provide the opportunity for them to be part of the bigger picture. As our membership continues to grow, we look forward to strengthening our united voice.

I look forward to seeing what we can achieve together in the next 12 months.

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Those with a wage bill of more than £3 million will pay an apprenticeship levy, and while it can be recovered for provision, if plans are in the pipeline, it will be worth getting to grips with it sooner rather than later.

Government guidance has just been issued on how it will come into effect.

The Federation of Small Businesses is actively embracing apprenticeships too. Mike Cherry, national chairman, said: “Smaller businesses are taking

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The Stallingborough-based company comprises a team of 10 consultants delivering high hazard training, assessment and competence management to some of the largest companies in the UK and abroad.

Alan Oxborough, the lead consultant and business and training manager at RTS, said: “We work with a diverse range of clients from the oil and gas sector, through chemical processing industries to power generation while also providing consultancy and training in occupational health, safety and the environment.

“What we focus on is competency in the high hazard sector, and ability to perform safety critical operations, demonstrating adherence to regulation and the requirements of an organisation.

“This is underpinned by a robust competence management system supported by assessment, internal verification and quality assurance; ensuring safe site operation is vital, and therefore so is the training and verification process supporting this.

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Alan continued: “Our personal backgrounds and those of our consultants are founded within industry, including, upstream and downstream oil and gas, power generation and chemical processing. Having worked within these sectors, we have hands on experience; we’re not just talking from a book, but delivering real world understanding.”

John Reynolds, managing director said: “We believe in developing a strong ongoing relationship with our clients, from managing blue chip organisations’ training needs, to individual learners looking to their own professional development by attending our open courses.”

A;am added: “The last three to four years have seen continued expansion, driven by a need from within industry and the regulatory requirements placed on our clients.

“We pride ourselves on delivering quality, never compromising and frequently delivering bespoke to a client’s needs.”

For your company training and competency requirements, call RTS on 01469 552846 or visit www.reynoldstraining.com

EXPANSION UNDERWAY: Alan Oxborough, Karon Reynolds, centre administration manager, and John Reynolds, of Reynolds Training Services Ltd at HCF Catch, Stallingborough.

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The phase out does not affect all halogens however as low efficiency non-directional varieties will still be available until they are phased out in 2018.

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EEKING fresh opportunity, while ensuring it continues to deliver a first class service to existing customers, is paying huge dividends for a leading North East Lincolnshire business.

Sign Of The Times has established itself as one of the best known and most reliable signage, print and promotion companies in the Grimsby area, and its success has been built on reputation and quality in a whole variety of areas – while continuing to expand its customer base.

A move to its larger premises at the former Humber pub building, on Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby in 2013, has been a fantastic success SIGN OF THE TIMES: The business has established itself as one of the best known and most reliable signage, print and promotion companies in the Grimsby area.

story – a high-profile site, which has only helped raise the profile of the business as a whole.

Owner Michael Clarke has nothing but praise for his staff and customers, who are together responsible for the growth of the business over the last few years and predicts an optimistic future.

Michael puts the success down to creating a one-stop shop to cater for all of our customers requirements, and this certainly seems to be a winner.

He said: “The response and feedback we have had from all our customers has been nothing but good. My main aim is to meet and excel all of our customers' requirements and with a great team of staff behind Sign Of The

Times, we are looking forward to a very bright future.”

Hard work, determination and enthusiasm are the qualities behind all those involved in the business — and such attributes are apparent when the company looks to continue its expansion plans.

While signage remains at the very heart of its operation, Sign Of The Times is continuing to seek new opportunity and has recently seen an increase in one area of the business, which has led to a major investment.

For the business has now expanded further into producing embroidery on clothing, having recently purchased a multi-head embroidery machine, to increase output.

While always offering such a service, the new machinery has seen that become a growth area.

Mr Clarke added: “In recent months we have made a concerted effort to extend the clothing side of our business. With the growth as it is we will be expanding and looking to purchase another machine in the next six months.”

The company has also looked at offering the service to local educational establishments, with four schools taking up its services for the embroidery onto its uniforms and it is expected that more will join over the next year.

“We have been amazed by the growth we have had in this area,” Mr Clarke commented.

“Of course, when dealing with any customer, you have got to get it right, but schools especially are very specific in what they want.

We want to get it right and not let any of our customers down.”

Among the school uniform items are polo shirts, jumpers and t-shirts, as well as book bags, these all have the schools logos on, to compliment them the company also have a range of trousers, skirts, coats et – all quality garments for those who want something a bit better quality than from a local supermarket.

Delivering a quality service in this area, as in any, is the message that is being delivered by Sign Of The Times, and that message is being spread by existing customers.

“We place a big emphasis on the quality of our service and we continually strive to make our products better all of the time,” added Mr Clarke.

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SPECIALIST advanced first aid training course has now been developed between Humber-based HFR Solutions, Centrica and Trauma Resuscitation Services Ltd. The clinically-governed work is for organisations operating in remote locations and within the offshore renewables sector, as a response to heightened risk for offshore workers due to the distance from land.

HFR, the community interest company launched by Humberside Fire & Rescue, has brought it forward as greater emphasis is required by operators on first aid, emergency care capabilities and the provision of more advanced lifesaving skills.

It has been developed with first response care experts, remote rescue specialists and those working in the renewable energy sector to ensure that it is carefully tailored for those working in the most demanding environments, the course sets the standards for the delivery of advanced first aid training to the offshore wind sector.

Rob Granger, lead instructor at HFR Solutions CIC, said: “It has been recognised that health and safety legislation and basic first aid training is insufficient, should an incident occur where a casualty needs to be stabilised and receive first aid and pain relief offshore.

This new course bridges that gap, delivering best practice training that upskills first aiders to advanced first aiders and increases their competence levels for handling such circumstances.”

HFR is one of the few training providers with the expertise to deliver.

It allows highly-experienced instructors to train delegates to administer on-site pain relief, medicine and prescription drugs at offshore and remote locations and support the provision of medical equipment.

Leading operators Centrica, Dong Energy and Statkraft have confirmed that HFR Solutions

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Tracey Nielsen, health safety and environment engineer at Dong Energy said: “It is good to be exposed to advanced trauma and immediate emergency care training. The course was delivered in an excellent manner and we were made aware of how to react and treat victims in traumatic situations.”

Stephen Adams, operations manager at Centrica Renewables, said: “The time taken to respond to a trauma incident offshore has

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NORTH Lindsey College and HCF Catch are launching an engineering academy next month and are looking for 15 passionate learners to undertake an intensive 24-week programme.

The first intake will be given the opportunity to develop some basic engineering skills in the industry environment at the Stallingborough centre, and to develop core

always been a concern. The skills learned on this course will enable a quicker response time in the field and an increased chance of preserving life in the event of a major incident.”

Ross McMillan, operational lead for Statkraft at Sheringham Shoal added: “The training will enable me to manage a serious situation calmly and methodically based on the algorithm and practical skills given, hopefully enabling speedy treatment to those in remote locations. The course delivery was excellent and although I hope I never have to use it, I gained a great deal of skills which I can maintain due to the e-learning and clinical governance package.”

Growing a skillbase

employability skills which employers look for in young people.

The programme for those aged between 16 and 24, will be mix practical and classroom learning and travel expenses will be covered, with sponsors assigned from industry.

For more information call Sharron Eskesen, business development officer, on 01469 552836

LEADING employers throughout the Humber region are waking up to the opportunities offered by apprenticeships when it comes to replacing their aging workforces.

Major businesses set out to recruit around 100 young people as Humberside Engineering Training Association (HETA) held open days in Scunthorpe and Hull.

Malcolm Joslin, chair of the HETA board, said there because after completing NVQ is more to be done but levels two and three I was asked employers are planning if I wanted to do a degree.” ahead.

Becky, who lives in Grimsby, He said: “A number of works at Stallingborough in an employers who I’ve spoken administrative role, liaising to are recognising the with employers, apprentices challenges of aging and adult learners. After workforces and the need to completing her NVQs she joined take a long term view to get Eve studying part-time at the the apprentices in now as a University Of Hull for the long term investment. business management degree “Recruiting a regular She said: “It was hard work intake of apprentices over a for both of us, working full-time number of years is a good at HETA and then going to Hull for evening lectures and some way to build up the Saturdays as well as completing workforce. There is a lot of assignments around all of that. long term thinking going on.

But we helped each other I would still like to see more through everything and we had females applying, and so fantastic support from HETA.” would the employers.”

Eve added: “We are friends Iain Elliott, chief executive outside work so we travelled to of HETA, stressed the need Hull together and supported for employers to act each other, texting each other at urgently and use the midnight as we helped each apprentice route as part of PROUD: Eve Ridley and Becky Smith. their succession planning. other out!”

Graduating together: Heta’s apprentice pals TWO women who joined Humberside Engineering Training Association together in 2009 have emerged as living proof that apprenticeships can lead to a university degree.

South Bank graduates Eve Ridley and Becky Smith supported each other through seven years of study and followed their apprenticeships by studying business management at the University of Hull.

Iain Elliott, chief executive of HETA, said: “This is a fantastic achievement by Eve and Becky and everyone at HETA congratulates them on their hard work and their reward which is completely deserved.

“It is also something which shows that young people can take a different route to academic success as they are considering their futures, and that apprenticeships have a

very important part to play.

“We work very hard to make young people, their parents and employers aware that traditional sixth forms and colleges are not the only path to a university degree course. Eve and Becky are not the first trainees to gain a degree after starting their working careers with HETA, and they will certainly not be the last.”

Eve, who lives in Bottesford, works across HETA’s sites at Scunthorpe and Stallingborough as a training and development advisor, liaising with employers to try and secure sponsorship for the apprentices.

She said: “I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do but I knew I wanted to go straight into work rather than go off to university.

The administration apprenticeship at HETA gave me the chance to do both

He said: “There are a number of changes being planned to the apprentice programme. The UK government wants to recruit three million apprentice by 2020 and this year may be the last opportunity for employers to recruit a fully funded learner, so the message is talk to HETA now!”

The open days attracted more than 300 young people to Forest Pines Hotel and the KCOM Stadium.

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RIMSBY-based lifting, renewables and netting company, Hammond and Taylor Superlift has appointed Michael Gough as the new operations director.

years in senior commercial positions in the Aberdeen oil and gas market, and the previous seven years as managing director of the UK operations of Gunnebo Industries.

Commenting on the appointment, It is a move focussed on aligning Hammond and Taylor’s finance the company to grow its market director, Sonja Genney, said: “We share and increase its profile in are delighted that Michael has the markets it serves. agreed to join us at a time when we The company, established in 1952 wish to take our business to the next level in terms of our growth and acquired by the present plans. owners in 2011, is a manufacturer and distributor of all types of “He brings an extra dimension to lifting equipment and rope and our knowledge base that can only netting products, as well as a lead to a wider and increased provider of safety-critical services perception of our quality, abilities and inspections to the lifting and and competitiveness.” renewables sectors.

Hammond and Taylor was It operates across North East initially launched on Grimsby Fish Lincolnshire, the Humber and Docks, moving to purpose-built beyond. premises on Great Grimsby Business Park a decade ago.

Mr Gough joins the company with a wealth of industry Mr Gough said: “I have known knowledge having spent the last six Hammond and Taylor for many

WELCOME: Michael Gough, the new operations director at Hammond and Taylor Superlift, with finance director Sonja Genney. years and have always held them in the highest regard for their uncompromising approach to quality and safety and their extreme professionalism.

“It is up to me to ensure that the company is correctly positioned to convey those messages to a much wider

audience and I am relishing the challenge ahead, in that regard.”

The company has been raising its profile recently, playing an active part in Grimsby Renewables Partnership, the public/private organisation that acts as a conduit between local companies, inward investors and the large offshore wind farm developers.

is no miracle HR tool A role aiding apprenticeships

FIRST VISIT: Jayne Prentice, of Scotts Miracle-Gro, with candidate Joshua Jackson and his dad Andy.

Lindsey Oil Refinery, ABP, Phillips 66, the NHS, Smith & Nephew and RB. Jayne Prentice is human resources business partner at Scotts Miracle-Gro, a debutant at the open days. She was looking for two young people on multi-skilled engineering apprenticeships which will involve working at sites in Howden and Hatfield She said: “We came to HETA because they have a really good reputation in this area and because apprenticeships are a really good resource

solution. There are some very talented people here who we hope to be able to attract to our apprenticeship scheme.”

Mr Joslin added: “The open days deliver two-way benefits.

It makes a real difference for the young people to actually talk to the potential employers and really understand what sort of skills they want and what sort of job opportunities they have.

“It’s also a fantastic chance for the employers to really have a first sense of what these individuals have about them.”

FRIENDLY FACE: Ashley Stuart.

ASHLEY Stuart has joined The Apprenticeship People, based in Victoria Street, Grimsby, as area sales manager.

The company, which trades as In2wrk, operates across the north, delivering a Government contract to place office-based apprentices with growing companies, with the view to securing permanent positions.

He is one of a team of six dealing in all office roles, including business administration, customer service, hospitality and catering, as well as social networking and IT. In2wrk focuses on 16 to 24-year-olds with A to C grades in maths, English and ICT, recruiting candidates, finding companies and assessing through the training.

“Most get a full-time position and recognised NVQ to at least Level Two,” Mr Stuart said. “I am looking forward to attracting some strong candidates for the businesses that are doing well out there.”

He has worked in recruitment previously.

CHIEF executive of RenewableUK, Hugh McNeal has welcomed a new executive director to the team, as his northern Lincolnshire-born deputy, Maf Smith, switches focus, while remaining in position.

Emma Pinchbeck, pictured above, is the new face in the senior management team of the leading trade body, joining from WWF-UK where she is head of climate change and energy.

Previously she has worked in consultancy across the energy and financial sectors as well as working for the Sustainable Energy Association.

Of the role, Emma said: “Renewable energy is on the cusp of a transformation, from being valued as key to the fight against climate change to also being recognised as the engine room of our economy. I firmly believe that the technologies of the next industrial age must reach their potential – for business, for society, and for our planet.

“I am excited to join RenewableUK and help drive this transition.”

She will lead the organisation’s vital policy and communication work and takes up the post in mid-November.

As part of a restructure, Mr Smith, pictured right, will take on events, membership and programme delivery.

RenewableUK is behind some of the huge exhibitions and conferences that take place across the UK, with the latest, Global Offshore Wind, in Manchester in June. It was there Triton Knoll offshore wind farm and Siemens’ blade facilities on the Humber were given top billing to the industry.

Mr McNeal, who took on his role in April, said: “I am delighted that Emma will be joining us. Her impressive track record of working across political, business and campaign groups and delivering cross party support on climate and energy gives her unparalleled insight into how we demonstrate the clear offer of wind, wave and tidal technologies to the UK. “I’m also very pleased that Maf Smith will be staying on to lead work on developing our business and member services and applying his significant experience to this important part of our work.”

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It’s equally at home in rural Lincolnshire as it is turning heads in towns and cities, making it a versatile choice.

But with the current seventh generation model in its 12th year on sale, Toyota has decided that this is the year to introduce a new version of the best-selling one-tonne pickup truck of all time.

The new model for 2016 is, unbelievably, even tougher than its predecessor with a redesigned frame and body structure coupled with enhanced 4x4 capabilities and a strikingly re-designed interior.

New Hilux is bulkier than before with a longer and wider body and one of the largest load bays offered by any double-cab pickup. It’s also stronger with redesigned floor ribs on the load bay, a reinforced header panel, stronger link-type tailgate hinges and heavy duty steel plate brackets.

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Greater efficiency is supported by a smaller engine, but despite the reduction the smaller engine, which puts out 148 bhp, produces more torque than the current 3.0-litre engine. Plus, an electronically controlled 4wd system with selectable modes adds to the improved off-road capability.

The changes, however, don’t compromise comfort or durability with the new Hilux benefiting from a 20 per cent increase in torsional rigidity of the new chassis and SUV-like ride comfort.

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CUNTHORPE cardboard manufacturer CorrBoard UK Ltd has agreed a £5.5 million funding package as it seeks further growth, with bosses enthused by the “powerful position” it is elevated into.

The business, which started production two years ago, has secured an invoice discounting package which will also improve the working capital of the £30 million turnover operation.

CorrBoard is consortium-owned by seven similarly aligned packaging businesses and their operational partner, US based Corrugated Synergies International (CSI). The plan was first conceived in October 2013, launching nine months later with a 50-strong team.

Now 80 people are employed on Normanby Enterprise Park, manufacturing a range of corrugated fibreboard sheet grades that are used for packaging and displays.

The deal, with Bibby Financial Services, has doubled previous available funds, as it borrows against orders placed.

Nick Kirby, consortium member and chairman of CorrBoard, said: “In the past we would often be under pressure to turn around orders for our customers in two to three days but we would have to wait seven to eight days

ON A ROLL: Manufacturing underway at Corrboard, Scunthorpe.

for our suppliers. With CorrBoard we have been able to cut this down to 24 to 48 hours, providing a fast and reliable supply into the UK market.

“Since bringing the business to life two years ago, our growth has been to plan, but earlier this year we recognised that to meet further potential in our business, additional funding was needed from a more

innovative and flexible provider.”

The company has a weekly capacity of three million square metres, with fulfills much of the UK demand.

Mr Kirby said: “We needed a corporate financier that could offer both experience and flexibility, and this is why we chose Bibby Financial Services.

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Mini MPV the Nissan Note will cost from £33 a week, plus VAT, while your pupil can drive you away in compact crossover the Nissan Juke from just £41 a week, plus VAT. To make sure your motoring lessons are headache-free, the most prudent choice is a contract hire package that includes full service, maintenance and tyres.

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“Having finance in place that matches the flexibility we’ve worked hard to achieve is a powerful position to be in, and it helps us to take advantage of opportunities that

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CorrBoard was recently granted permission to add a 500kw anaerobic digestion plant to fuel the operations while also exporting to the National Grid, a move that will create a further 25 jobs.

Commenting on the funding partnership, Andrew Darling, corporate manager at BFS said: “CorrBoard UK is a fantastic business with a unique management structure.

Configuring an invoice discount package of this nature is extremely complex so combining our experience and knowledge of the sector with our relationship-based approach was crucial.

“There were a number of challenges that we had to overcome but the key to making this deal successful was getting under the bonnet of the business and understanding how both it and the consortium work. One particular area that we accommodated was increasing the threshold on the sales ledger that any one of the consortium could make up at any one time.

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Month in Review £1.6m major regional road contract delight CONSTRUCTION: Scunthorpe-based firm Specialist Surfacing has secured a £1.6 million contract to carry out improvements to a major regional road.

The company will deliver surfacing repairs and road improvements on the A1079, which connects York with Hull.

The four-month contract with East Riding of Yorkshire Council will start this summer.

Freshney flushed with pride RETAIL: The team at Grimsby’s Freshney Place Shopping Centre can feel flushed with pride, after the £180,000 toilet investment was opened.

The complex, which includes mother and baby feeding room, was opened with the ceremonial cutting of a toilet-roll ribbon, by the first customers. ● Month in Review items have previously been reported on by either the Grimsby or Scunthorpe Telegraphs and/or www.humberbusiness.com.

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Scunthorpe delivery is most welcome at Dalzell WAGONS WELCOME: The first delivery of 1,500 tonnes of slab steel from British Steel’s Scunthorpe works, arrives by rail at the Dalzell Plate Mill in Motherwell, Scotland.

Below right, Jon Bolton, former director of Long Products for Tata, now heading up Dalzell, and inset, Peter Hogg.

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HE arrival of 1,500 tonnes of slab from Scunthorpe’s British Steel plant has brought closer the reopening of the iconic Dalzell plate mill in Scotland.

Around 60 staff are already engaged in preparations to reopen Dalzell, with a further 40 expected to join the workforce before the site starts to produce plate again. About 70 per cent of the initial wave of recruits are Received by rail in Motherwell, it former employees returning to their old came in preparation for the restart of jobs. steel plate production by Chief executive is Jon Bolton, another set of new owners, former director of Tata Steel’s Liberty House Group, next Long Products division in month.

Scunthorpe.

It re-establishes a supply He said: “This is a significant chain broken when production milestone for the plates ceased at the mill in December business in Scotland, but also last year. positive news for the UK steel British Steel’s commercial sector as steel once again is director, Peter Hogg, said: “We manufactured in British Steel’s are delighted to be supplying Scunthorpe site to be rolled in our slab to Liberty and their Scotland. It is pleasing to watch Dalzell plate mill. the plant gradually coming back to life as more people arrive on site and “Everyone at British Steel is pleased particularly pleasing to welcome young the mill is reopening. Its return to apprentices to the team.” action is good news for the wider British steel industry.”

Plate steel from the plant is used by a wide variety of industries, including Liberty acquired the Scottish works from former owners Tata in March, two ship building, heavy vehicle manufacture, construction and wind months before Greybull completed the purchase of the long products division. power generation.

They then began the complex process of Liberty’s executive chairman, Sanjeev Gupta, said the delivery was the rebuilding the business.

beginning of the fulfillment of a promise to the local community. “We said we would revive this historic steelworks and that is exactly what we are doing,” he said.

Fishing fleet urged to help in ‘historic year’ SEAFISH is calling for vessel owners and skippers to participate in its annual economic survey of the UK fishing fleet.

Researchers are collecting data on fishing and vessel costs in order to build an up-to-date picture of the UK fleet’s economic perfor mance.

The results, to be published in 2017, are intended to help industry and policy makers better understand the socio-economic consequences of changes in fisheries

management measures and the wider financial climate.

Following the historic Brexit vote and the first year of the landing obligation for some key species, it is an especially crucial time to gather data on the economic performance of the UK fishing fleet.

All vessel owners can benefit directly from participation by requesting a free financial performance benchmark report which allows comparisons with the average performance of other

similar vessels.

Steve Lawrence, economics project manager, said: “Thanks to the participation of several hundred vessel owners, the economics team at Seafish has been able to accurately represent the economic performance of the UK fishing fleet for a number of years.

“Only with the continued support of the UK fishing industry can we keep up this hugely valuable exercise. We would encourage skippers and boat owners from across

the country to speak to our researchers and complete the survey so that we can present the most accurate picture possible.”

The survey is supported by the national federations and local associations around the UK. All information provided is treated as confidential and no individual vessel figures will be revealed in any report.

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Foodie fun will be a live event for a full family

spotlighting the region’s world class food & drink supply chain

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STELLAR LINE-UP: Steven Bennett, Annie McKenzie and Colin McGurran.

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ITH an amazing programme of live cooking demonstrations from home-grown stars of the Great British Menu, Masterchef 2016 and a highly rated host chef, our Live Local Lincolnshire Food and Drink Festival is certainly whetting the appetite.

Coln McGurran, Annie McKenzie and Steven Bennett will be doing what they do best for your indulgence this autumn, with nationally renowned chef Steve Warpole joining the trio to compere the event, as he did at last year’s International Food Exhibition.

Descending on Oaklands Hall Hotel, Laceby, on October 2, the festival will offer four live zones with something exciting for everyone, and is brought to you by Business Telegraph, The Journal and www.humberbusiness.com.

Michelle Lalor, editor of the Grimsby and Scunthorpe Telegraph, the business behind the brands, said: “We’re excited and thankful for the support that we have received so far to help make this event something very special for this region!

“It will be a free event for the public, and we are working with sponsors alongside our business brands and will be producing a focussed food supplement which will be out especially for Humber Seafood Summit and this Lincolnshire-wide celebration.

There are still some opportunities available and we’d love for Humber businesses to get behind this culinary celebration.

“A seat in the cooking zone will be well sought-after I am sure, but there are so many other things happening which will bring the family together.

This event will definitely combine two of our favourite

things ‘food and fun!’.”

There will be cheese and wine tasting in the Live Learning zone as well as a range of Lincolnshire produce and craft stalls. Food is Fuel will be the theme of the Live Activity zone and will be focussed on health, wellbeing and nutrition.

Entertainment will be live from the balcony of the venue, with some of Lincolnshire’s finest musicians playing us through the day.

For the children there is already a Scamen’s sponsored egg race and to support St Andrew’s Hospice, a Design an Egg Head craft corner and a Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook student special.

Keep your eyes “peeled” for updates in coming weeks.

To get involved or to register your interest, call Becky Darnell on 01472 806999 or e-mail becky.darnell@grimsby telegraph.co.uk.

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He has made a number of television appearances from UK Food to ITV, including a 10-part series for Discovery Home and Health called Kids Fit Squad.

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New era dawning for the South Bank’s Ramsden retailing family T

HE third generation to lead Grimsby’s proud Ramsden Group is overseeing a seismic transformation, as 70 years on from its foundation it continues to evolve at pace.

With events coming together by circumstance rather than design, every element of an increasingly agile business is being developed as opportunity and necessity collide.

And while the loss of the superstore earlier this year marked the end of one era, managing director Nick Ramsden has outlined how it will emerge as a larger employer, and a stronger operation by the year end.

With exciting plans for a flagship convenience store at Fiveways being finalised under its own control and a recent return to wholesaling in Hull after a 25-year absence, more jobs are being created than have been lost.

“It has been a huge couple of years for us, and it is continuing,” said Nick.

Last year saw a reorganisation of the business, with export specialist Ramsden International, headed by elder brother Sean, separated out of the group, and Nick becoming the majority shareholder in the remaining wholesale and retail arm.

Together with their dad they are all directors in the respective business, all holding a stake.

But crucially, outwardly facing, a decade’s work on the Cleethorpe Road site was reaching a critical point, with longstanding concerns over the food offer – once a trailblazer ahead of the supermarket invasion – compounded by increased pressure from other toy retailers and the rise of online shopping.

“Ramsdens Superstore has been an ongoing project since 2006,” said Nick, referring to a speculative inquiry from a discount retailer being received. “We thought about it, we had a great food hall, but it was too big for an independent, and we didn’t wish to go head-to-head with any of the top five.

“If we got out of food, with a partner – a discount retailer – we could see we could slightly redevelop the site and it would work.”

A developer was brought in, Wykeland, and interest from another discounter was received, only for the economic outlook to dip. Retail was changing, they could see that, but high street banks slowed lending and it was not the right time to proceed with the original plan.

“Toys has always been a big, big part of our business, but this was also being affected by new competition.

The superstore had started to show a loss year on year and while the strength of the group enabled us

It is a name that resonates across business in northern Lincolnshire.

In Grimsby, a retail force since post-war Britain picked itself up and shook itself down. In Scunthorpe, a driving force behind the launch and initial growth of convenience sector supporting Nisa.

David Laister reports.

BRUSH WITH SUCCESS? Ramdens’ new addition a the Home Interiors store.

Described as a novel yet logical move.

OPEN PLAN: Work progresses on Ramsden Group’s new Fiveways store in Cleethorpes.

business. Ramsdens has always had a discounter reputation, but I think Home Interiors has raised the profile.

We have tried to appeal to a younger RETAILING IN THE generation, first time buyers for BLOOD: Dudley example, and it is a good part of the and Nick Ramsden. business, it has done particularly well and we hope decorating will boost manage this pressure we took the business is flourishing, with a new turnover too.” decision to close the superstore. If we concept now in place, introducing While that is further up Cleethorpe were to carry on for one, two, three decorating alongside furniture.

Road, walking a few hundred yards years, it would have needed a huge “ It is an interesting one. It is not a down Park Street and work has now amount of money spending on it. model we can find out there, where begun on a statement convenience There was no light at the end of the paint is sold alongside beds and sofas, store. tunnel, unfortunately, and we had to but there is logic to it, and there is a “Fiveways is a great location, with make the decision to close the doors.” lot of positivity about it. great potential, and we have quite The next step will be to demolish as “We have a good name in decorating, ambitious plans to redevelop the site.” negotiations continue with three and it does make sense that when At 2,999 sq ft it maximises floor neighbouring businesses, who it is decorating you’re likely to be buying space allowed before Sunday trading hoped will be accommodated in the furniture. There is no model on the legislation kicks in, with plans to new development. high street, no furniture store with a relocate the Post Office service from “There is a lot of interest out there,” big decorating department, but we are the superstore, and add a Subway Nick said. “We’d like to see something having a go at it, being serious about franchise. it, and seeing how it develops. happen in the next 12 to 24 months.”

Not only is the retail opportunity an “Interiors is a good part of the Further up the road though, and exciting prospect, it will also give the huge wholesale operation, under the DeeBee brand, first hand feedback of the environment they serve.

“It will give our core staff great knowledge of the challenges our customers face,” enthused Nick. “If we are in there we can fully understand it.”

A total of 27 jobs are being created, with seven transferring from the superstore, and six staying on from the former shop, which traded as a Today’s, the member group DeeBee is part of.

“We did talk about branding it Ramsdens, but it would be a bit hypocritical because we are pushing Today’s,” said Nick. “That will be a flagship store. It is a test, but we have END OF THE LINE: Closing day for the renowned toy department, and how the Cleethorpe Road site could look when got to do it. It is a new concept for our redeveloped. own staff, and I think it is going to be

a really successful part of the business.

“Convenience is a big growth market.”

It is a second step on the convenience property ladder too, with Ramsden Group recently investing to create a new store in a central Grimsby location, supporting entrepreneurs keen to work in retail.

“We deal with a lot of independent retailers and know a few who are really good operators and run convenience stores very well,” said Nick. “When the banking crisis happened banks were very reluctant to lend money to new businesses. We were speaking to retailers who wanted to expand, wanted to buy new shops, but either didn’t have the expertise or the cash.”

One retailer was just off Farebrother Street in Grimsby and saw an opportunity.

Ramsden Group bought the property, renovated it and set up a long lease, bringing in the existing customer on a supply agreement.

“It has become something of a flagship store, where we take other prospective customers too,” said Nick.

“We have got to keep innovating and developing. This model works, and we are looking to do one or two a year, to build on the property portfolio.

“That will be one site we own the freehold for, and one we are going to operate, if we can prove this works, either by developing and leasing the site or running it ourselves, there are opportunities there.”

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Deal done for expansion land as go-ahead is given for large ‘phase four’ training centre P

SHAKE ON IT: Launching phase four, from left, David Gelder, head of architecture for Engie, Mr Talbot, Councillor Wheatley and Mike Hedges, regional director for Engie. Below left, how it will look and where it is located on site.

LANNING consent has been granted for a new 1,430 sq m training workshop to be constructed at the region's beacon facility HCF Catch to meet the growing demand for skilled staff for the energy, chemicals and engineering sectors.

North East Lincolnshire Council, working in partnership with the Stallingborough facility and Engie, has secured almost £3.9 million to expand the training provision.

The funding includes a £1.75m grant from the gover nment’s Local Growth Fund via the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership.

The new facility will increase provision for apprenticeships, helping local people to access long-term careers in these and other sectors, and will be built and ready for the 2017 September student intake.

David Talbot, chief executive of HCF Catch, said: “We are very pleased to be working in partnership with North East Lincolnshire Council and Engie to develop the facilities.

“As the need for greater numbers of highly skilled workers increases within the region it is imperative that at HCF Catch we have the resources to deliver what industry needs.

“The new training centre, along with the expansion of the site footprint, will enable HCF Catch to meet these needs.

“We look forward to continuing to partner with the council and Engie to deliver the project and to see the building delivering the highest quality training for our region by Autumn 2017.”

The proposed development was first announced as the 10th

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Funding has also enabled the council to purchase the nine acre site adjacent to the current Catch facility and deliver the necessary highway and utility infrastructure to prepare the site for future development.

The land will provide further capacity for the expansion of the Catch and attract investment from businesses seeking to co-locate. As reported, AIS is looking to establish sea survival training there, while efforts continue to land the National College for Wind Energy.

North East Lincolnshire councillor Peter Wheatley, cabinet member for regeneration, skills and housing, said: “This is great

news for the local workforce.

By increasing the volume of apprenticeships and courses delivered at Catch, we will create a larger pool of local, skilled labour to aid the recruitment and training process for offshore wind developers and operators.

“Working with the local colleges and a number of Humber-based training providers Catch will be able to deliver a full suite of operational, health and safety training programmes required by the industry.

“This new development will bring together major offshore wind developers and operations and maintenance providers to drive the content and quality of training provision.”

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Commercial Property ATTENTIVE JOB: Qudos Homes’ completed Blue Bell Court development in Barton.

Civic pride award brings kudos for fledgling housebuilder Qudos A

FIRST major development for North Lincolnshire-based house builder Qudos Homes has brought further accolades.

former Blue Bell pub into 12 attractive homes known as Blue Bell Court.

“The former Blue Bell pub building is highly regarded and has a prestigious grade two listing.

Barton upon Humber Civic “It is a significant building Society has bestowed its within our town and we were annual award on Blue Bell delighted that Qudos Homes Court. have made such a prestigious It follows success earlier this and attentive job of its year at the South Yorkshire redevelopment.” and Humber Local Authority Qudos’ development director, Building Control Building Tom Strawson, said: “We are Excellence Awards, hosted on delighted to receive a further the home turf of Forest Pines accolade for the development Hotel. which is a pat on the back to The award is presented to a all the hard work that has been person or company which has undertaken by our company. made a significant “I personally have a great contribution to the built deal of pride for Barton, environment within the town having been brought up locally over the past year. in the village of Ulceby and Richard Clarke, chairman of having visited the town all of my life.

Barton upon Humber Civic Society, said: “We are “Barton is an exceptionally absolutely delighted with the attractive underestimated fantastic transformation of the market town which boasts a

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“Blue Bell Court is located within the town’s preserved conservation area and it gives me great pride to develop an important building which has provided a positive contribution to the street scene.”

The development which was sold by the Barton Lovelle Estate Agency branch was all sold “off plan” prior to completion.

As reported in May, Blue Bell Court won the Best Small Housing Development at the LABC bash.

Mr Strawson added that the company had recently started work on a project in Scawby and hopes to be able to make some more exciting development plan announcements shortly.

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CIVIC PRIDE: Tom Strawson receives the Barton Upon Humber Civic Society Annual Award for 2016 from Richard Clarke, chairman of Barton Upon Humber Civic Society.

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Serving the Region’s Business & Commerce Prime Leisure, Restaurant / Bar & Retail Opportunities

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Grimsby - Units 1- 4 Hainton House £6,000/£8,400 Per Annum

GRIMSBY’S Cartergate office development has been subtly revealed as the external works concluded.

The impressive town centre

build is being delivered by Lincolnshire’s Gelder Group for North East Lincolnshire Council.

Leading regional law firm

Wilkin Chapman will be the tenant.

It is due to be completed later this year, with occupation likely in the new year.

Material price concern

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ONCERNS over the rising costs of construction materials could be exacerbated by a weakening currency following the EU referendum result, a leading organisation has warned.

gather pace.

We’ve already heard accounts of timber and brick costs rising, and a number of sources have A recent survey has shown said that that two-thirds of construction even steel bosses predict material price prices have inflation. risen since Brian Berry, pictured, chief the vote. executive of the Federation of “Combined with the Master Builders, said: “Following the EU referendum, continuing skills shortages, which puts upwards pressure the plummeting value of on wages, the costs associated Sterling has further with running a small complicated an already construction firm are on the difficult situation for small construction firms. There has rise. Too many are already been intense pressure over the operating on razor-thin margins and are forced to past couple of years on material prices, as demand for tender at prices which barely return a profit in order to projects has picked up again. remain competitive.”

With the dramatic fall in Mr Berry said it leaves little currency value, however, we’re capacity to absorb dramatic concerned that the trend towards price inflation will price rises.

He added: “It is important to note that this survey (for the second quarter of 2016) was conducted prior to the referendum and shows that SMEs were consolidating their recovery, with demand in the private sector continuing to pick up. If this wavers, as suggested by recent ONS statistics showing that the construction sector is now in recession, then the Government must do everything in its power to reverse this situation and get Britain building again.

“A significant programme of publicly-funded capital investment in crucial areas such as housing and infrastructure, along with a renewed focus on improving public procurement processes for SMEs so that they can benefit from these opportunities, would be enough to hush any whispers of a post-referendum recession.”

Airport pods prove hot property ENVIRONMENTALLY sustainable ‘workpod’ office units at Robin Hood Airport are selling fast with sales completing on three units.

The British Association of Sport Exercise and Medicine (BASEM), a membership organisation for doctors and healthcare professionals, has acquired two adjoining units covering 3,200 sq ft at the development and is due to relocate its head office to Fountain Court in September from the centre of Doncaster.

The organisation plans to open a training centre at its new headquarters to deliver courses for its medical professional members.

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The newly refurbished retail/office units of between 960/1344 sq ft (89.3/124.9 sq m) will provide, modern single storey accommodation fitted to high specification at shell finish including; loading facility to the rear of the premises with the shop front facing Hainton Avenue, close to the busy junctions of Freeman Street and Frederick Ellis Way Grimsby - scheduled for completion summer 2016.

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Prominent corner two storey retail/warehouse premises with excellent development potential of approximately 1599 sq ft (148.6 sq m), located on the portsides busy thoroughfare of kings Road with direct links to the A180. The accommodation is situated within a mixed use location of traders and residential occupiers alike, although would be suitable for various uses , subject to the appropriate consents. Available For Sale with offers in the region of £79,000.

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Luddington - High St £90,000 An extensive former public house on a site of approximately 0.83 acres, located on the B1392 within the heart of the picturesque rural village of Luddington North Lincolnshire, lying between the towns of Scunthorpe and Goole that has undergone part conversion to the ground and upper floors, providing a two bedroomed apartment with space for a further residential dwelling to the first floor.

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Grimsby - Various From £5 Per Week FLYING OUT THE DOOR: Fountain Court at Robin Hood Airport. sq ft by the entrance to the Doncaster airport.

Financial planning specialist Woodruff Wealth Management has also purchased a 1,450 sq ft workpod unit and is now based at Fountain Court.

The scheme was shortlisted for the 2016 Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Awards. Previously owned by the Ministry of Defence, the Doncaster International Business

Park site was home to RAF Finningley’s parade ground and barracks before the air base was closed and redeveloped as Robin Hood Airport in 2005.

The project is part-financed by the European Union and has attracted £2.49 million of EU funding from the Yorkshire and Humber ERDF programme 2007-13.

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A variety of brick built lock up garages and store/lock up facilities situated with various central Grimsby locations and within easy access to all main thoroughfares and the A180 motorway network.

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HEN voiceover artist, Liz Drury decided to go along to the launch of the Scunthorpe 4Networking Business Group in March, she didn’t expect to find such a powerful business tool.

At that first meeting she met up with Naomi Johnson of Retford-based Purrfectly Animated.

She provides clients all over the country with hand-drawn animation videos with voiceovers.

Within a week Liz had provided Naomi with a voiceover and by the end of the month they had worked on three projects together, including one for another member, Ginger E-Marketing in Lincoln.

Liz, who is based at Ulceby, and has leant her voice to some major brands having been coached in the US, said: “I have worked on some great projects but really

wanted to extend my customer base to enable me to take my business to the next level.

“4Networking has just blown me away in how successful my membership is, being on the team locally is just another benefit.”

Now she is part of the organising team in Scunthorpe, where they meet at The Wortley House Hotel, and regularly networks with 4N members around the country.

Members benefit from the ability to attend any meetings across the country, while there is also a website and forum – another tool she has been using to contact members who might be interested in her services.

She is thrilled with the results, which have also included meeting suppliers, including branding and website developer Digital Spotlight, of Redbour ne.

LAISTER’S Last Word

BY DAVE LAISTER

Un-able to hide disappointment at the Hornsea lost opportunity

DONG GONE: The world-leading offshore wind farm developer will not be investing at Able Marine Energy Park, North Killingholme.

MEETING OF MINDS: Naomi Johnson, left, of Purrfectly Animated, Liz Drury and Marie-Claire Colman of Ginger E-Marketing.

A new dawn for South Bank’s retailing family ● Continued from page 24.

Part of Ramsden Group for 55 years now, it has trebled in the past six years.

“A big side of this business is delivered, having started off purely as cash and carry,” said Nick.

Now 90 per cent of the trade is ordered in and dispatched to corner shops, newsagents, post offices and – for the past few years – pubs, with wine beers and spirits all supplied, from Northampton to Scarborough, across to York and Leeds.

Loyalty between store and wholesaler has been boosted by an early partnership forged with the provider of electronic point of sale equipment to shops, easing ordering, stock flow and pricing.

That was 10 years ago, and since then the independently operated Re-Scan Epos has been acquired and brought into the Ramsden Group. It has gone from 40 customers to more than 300, with work done for wholesalers in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

“We were one of the first to partner with an EPOS provider, it creates a huge amount of loyalty,” Nick said. “It makes life so much easier.”

Ahead of the summer we also saw a return of a north bank wholesaler.

“Dad traded from Hull 25 years ago, then sold the business but retained the property,” said Nick. Until recently it was leased to a company specialising in lamination. “Hull is a significant opportunity. We still think there is an opportunity in cash and carry in the UK, and the more successful models are serving big urban conurbations. Over time we may migrate some of our distribution from Grimsby to Hull if we’re bursting at the seams here. It gives us more scope.”

A total of 6,000 lines are available in the 70,000 sq ft warehouse, where 27 people are employed.

“It has been a big investment for us.”

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RETURN: Nick Ramsden at the new Dee Bee Cash & Carry in Hull.

They are also embracing the nostalgia of return.

“A lot of convenience stores remain in families for years, managers now remember going there with their parents, and we have had some great feedback,” said Nick.

It all means that from employing 164 people at the end of the last financial year, 188 are now in place, and potentially more than 200 come the end of the year. The redevelopment of the superstore clearly offers third party employment too.

Nick, who has been group managing director for eight years now, started in the business when he was 15, working

in toys. He completed a business management degree in the town, and while doing so worked across the group.

“My Dad always said if I wanted to manage the business I had to understand it all,” he said.

“We have a great team here, a lot of people have a lot of experience, and I feel I’m in my prime too. I have a good few years of hard work in me to grow the business some more.” ● This article first appeared in a special publication charting 70 years of Ramsdens serving the local community as the shutters came down on the Grimsby superstore.

ANTICIPATED for almost as long as it had existed, the official termination came this month.

It had become more a moratorium of misunderstanding than a memorandum of understanding that bound Able Marine Energy Park and Dong Energy together.

Doubts were cast privately as early as October following the July announcement, with a strategic figure behind the deal leaving the Copenhagen headquarters.

By February, and the prickly tone of the perennially calm constituency MP Martin Vickers in a special Westminster debate underlined deep-seated concern.

The review was born, all was held off in anticipation of it, and the MoU fell with the justification from the Danish party to the agreement that an industry-wide review of ports found current capacity could cope.

A kick in the teeth for the team on the Tees that had so diligently assembled that ‘big space in the right place,’ having been dragged through a political and legal challenge of dubious merit and business community angst.

Attrition it seemed, knew no bounds in the converted Billingham power station executive chairman Peter Stephenson, director Neil Etherington and team work from.

And it appeared justly rewarded as it emerged as one of THE headline makers of a summer of positivity from Dong last year.

Inauguration of Westermost Rough, financial sign off for Race Bank, basing Race Bank in Grimsby, signing the MoU with Able UK and taking control of all four Hornsea phases made for a red hot summer.

You could argue four out of five isn’t bad, but this was a big one.

The magnet for the supply chain to come to the South Bank of the Humber. It still could be of course, we have Dogger Bank and Triton Knoll in the background, yet to commit to ports, producers and operations. Connected by RWE and Statkraft, the joint venture at Triton Knoll is half the consortium for Dogger Bank. There remains hope.

But Hornsea, with the location just out of the Humber approaches and Dong already a significant investor, felt right.

Mr Vickers went as far to suggest there was perhaps a moral obligation given the subsidies and the support for a business still toasting a successful flotation on

NASDAQ Copenhagen. But it is clearly a commercial decision, and in the same way I don’t think much more Government intervention can be justified or indeed asked for, I don’t think location can be forced.

The £6 billion pledge by 2019 does remain, Dong assures us, as for me, should a majority percentage of local content required in all major infrastructure projects that take from the public purse. Enforcing this could be one good thing to come from Brexit.

So what now, and what in the future? Able UK has kept counsel.

Dogger Bank and Triton knowledge is part speculation, and part recap of interest expressed in the area.

But what is out there?

On a slightly higher plane this month, from the world’s leading scientists at Harvard came promising news about energy storage. Combined with renewables it brings us closer to the holy grail of sustainability, taking something that fluctuates in frequency, and making it a constant. I’m led to believe such feats require large, flat spaces near water – for cooling – and National Grid connections.

Where is Hornsea’s near 5GW potential connecting? North Killingholme. Just over the fence from Able Marine Energy Park.

There’s no doubting Able can play the long game, they’ve been investing in the Humber since just after the turn of the millennium.

They are also specialists at marine installation decommissioning. Even if Centrica’s first ventures off the Lincolnshire coast live out the 25 year initial expectations, that will take us to 2032. For anyone wondering why 2032 may ring a bell, it is the year that North East Lincolnshire’s bold economic plan takes us up to... with a positive vision of 10,000 to 13,000 new homes, with many of the jobs anticipated along the river. Could it be that what comes down is where Able’s future lays, and not what goes up?

There is an incredibly strong track record with vessels and oil rigs.

Why not offshore wind farms, turbines, substations, foundations etc...

Hopefully any change of use required won’t be so furiously fought on the planning front.

Alternatively of course, it could become a general port facility, and that would certainly put the cat among the pigeons.