NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE THE PLACE TO DO BUSINESS

However you find yourself here, whether for a short business stay, a holiday or looking to work here permanently, we are pleased to welcome you to ‘our place’, North East Lincolnshire, an area we are immensely proud to represent in our role as the local Chamber of Commerce. We hope this excellent Guide will give you a good insight into the businesses we are proud to work alongside.

We live in an interesting area. Its diverse geography has encouraged many different sectors, industries and drivers. Much of our industrial strength lies in our associations with the wider Humber area but if our economic head and driver is the Humber then our cultural and historic heart remains in a rural and agricultural Lincolnshire. We now embrace both regions to help grow and develop our towns and village.

One constant throughout the centuries has been our magnificent Estuary, the River Humber. From fishing to advanced manufacturing it acts as a key point of economic energy, quite literally now, as here in Grimsby we have become the operational and maintenance hub of a growing UK renewables and wind farm industry. We are witnessing a green industrial revolution in the UK and North East Lincolnshire is the spearhead. As part of its Cluster Sequencing Process the government has shortlisted 15 projects from across the East Coast Cluster to negotiations. That includes two projects from Zero Carbon Humber companies, both of which could play a key role in making the Humber the world’s first net zero industrial region by 2040.

We are witnessing a green industrial revolution in the UK and North East Lincolnshire is the spearhead. As part of its Cluster Sequencing Process the government has shortlisted 15 projects from across the East Coast Cluster to negotiations.

We are proud of our rich maritime heritage and of course the Port of Grimsby is synonymous with fishing in a history spanning many centuries back to the Middle Ages. That history continues on today with a thriving Fish Market based on Grimsby Docks and we are proud to play our part in contributing to the £784-billion that fishing brings to UK GDP. With the largest private sector seafood employer Young’s based in the area, employing 2,700 local people, our relationship with fish and seafood looks set to continue on unabated.

Of course much of our current Estuary activity centres round the deep sea Port complex of Immingham operated by ABP which has seen huge investment over recent years. Immingham handles 46 million tonnes of cargo every year. Together with Goole, Hull and Grimsby, ABP’s other Humber ports, it provides a gigantic portal connecting the UK with business throughout Europe and beyond. Did you know the Port contributes over £700 million to the economy annually?

Of course North East Lincolnshire is also home to many industries in chemical, pharmaceutical and allied industries. Indeed we are at the centre of a major concentration of process industries which in the wider region employ around 20,000 people in 400 companies.

There is no doubt that we live in unprecedented and challenging times. A global pandemic, increased fuel prices and a global energy crisis, have led to crises in confidence and nervousness in trading not seen since the 1970’s. The Chamber has been working with local businesses for over a century through thick and thin and we continue to be proud to do the work we do to help keep the cogs of business turning and ensuring our local businesses get the representation and help they deserve. We’re particularly proud of our work in international trade. In North East Lincolnshire we are based in the ABP Port Office on Grimsby Docks. The iconic Dock Tower is our ‘go to’ view out of the window. Just wonderful – even on grey days! Also out of the window we can see that Grimsby Docks is experiencing a huge renaissance with the old ‘Kasbah’ area of the docks being regenerated and attracting many cultural and arts businesses to operate there. This is actually just one small part of our huge Town Centre regeneration which will see a refreshed area emerge.

The Visitor Economy is vitally important to us, generating in normal times around £0.5-billion per annum to the economy.

The Visitor Economy is vitally important to us, generating in normal times around £0.5-billion per annum to the economy. Cleethorpes is an iconic seaside resort and its beach has been deemed the most ‘instagrammable’ in the whole country. Of course us locals always knew this but so nice to be able to share our beautiful place with the rest of the country. 2022 saw Grimsby launch a Viking Falfest for the town. We hope this will become an annual event so keep an eye on www.discovernel. co.uk to find out what’s happening in this neck of the woods and for a chance to meet with Grim the Viking! We hope to become your ‘go to’ destination. We certainly hope you will enjoy doing business here.

Please read on through this Guide and find out more about this special place of ours and its businesses. Happy reading!

Anne Tate

For further info on the Chamber and its activities please contact Anne on 01472 342981