New pilot vessel, the TRENT, has joined ABP Humber’s fleet at the port of Grimsby. An investment of £1.2 million, the TRENT is the second in class, Orc design 171, to be delivered to the Humber as part of ABP’s…
Humber Freeport has signed off a total of almost £25m of investment for projects to stimulate growth and create hundreds of jobs across the region. The projects include major new facilities that will accelerate the decarbonisation of the Humber, which…
Associated British Ports (ABP) historic buildings at the Port of Grimsby are being brought back into use as part of a programme of renovation works. Twelve buildings have initially been earmarked for requiring urgent works. This list of buildings and…
Corporation Bridge will no longer reopen in December 2023 after its condition has been found to be much more severe than originally expected. Multi-disciplinary bridge works specialist Spencer Group was appointed contractor for the works in November 2022, with works…
Construction is starting on a significant new production line which will double capacity at Mitsubishi Chemical UK in Hull. The investment, which runs into hundreds of millions of pounds, is in response to demand for SoarnoL™, the company’s brand name for…
Construction is starting on a significant new production line which will double capacity at Mitsubishi Chemical UK in Hull. The investment, which runs into hundreds of millions of pounds, is in response to demand for SoarnoL™, the company’s brand name for…
Work is expected to start later this month on the construction of new business units after planning permission was received for the project which could create up to 50 jobs. The development at the Humber Bridge Industrial Estate, Barton on…
Laws introduced to permit longer semi-trailers combinations up to 18.55 metres on GB roads – 2.05 metres longer than standard size Longer lorries expected to bring £1.4 billion boost for the UK’s economy – supporting productivity, saving 70,000 tonnes of…
Ideal Heating has submitted plans for a new £10m research and development facility at its UK headquarters in Hull. The UK Technology Centre will play a key role in developing and testing low carbon heating solutions, such as air source…
Work is due to start on site at Riverhead in Grimsby next week (Monday 20 March) to create a new open space in the centre of town. Since the hoardings went up, the main contractors have since been secured, and…
Hull’s historic Spurn Lightship has returned to Hull Marina on Thursday 9 March. Preparations to move the lightship got underway from 6am and left Dunston Ship Repairs on William Wright Dock at 6.15am, making the short journey to Hull Marina….
Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) accounts for 18% of the UK workforce but the sector is facing perhaps its greatest challenge with an estimated 20% of the workforce retiring by 2026 resulting in a shortage of skilled engineers and driving…
Exciting times ahead for cinema is predicted by family firm planning Grimsby expansion. (artists impression shows the reinvented western end of Freshney Place with the cinema (back right) A BRIGHT future for the big screen has been predicted by the…
Bureau Technical Services, a Hessle-based provider of technical services to the global energy sector, has launched a new arm of its business to offer Statutory Engineering Inspections to the City of Hull and Humber region. Until today, organisations in the…
The planning application for a new market hall, a cinema and other leisure facilities at the Western end of Freshney Place has been approved in today’s Planning Committee. Cllr Philip Jackson, leader of the Council, said: “This is good news,…
PLANS for a football ‘hub’ on land in Grimsby have been finalised, thanks to an injection of money from the Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation. A bid for £1.5m to the Football Foundation to support the new…
Seven years of transformational development at Hull’s game-changing tech campus is continuing with construction underway on the final office building. The net zero building is the final phase of leading developer Wykeland Group’s @TheDock complex in Hull’s vibrant Fruit Market…
If you’ve been to Grimsby port recently, you’ll have seen lots of work going on to help renovate and restore historic buildings. There are various programmes of work going on, with funding from public and private sources as part of…
Plans to transform Riverhead Square in central Grimsby will go before Councillors at the Cabinet meeting next week. The remodelled area is being funded as one of the projects included in the Town Deal, the money for which was secured…
Work is under way on construction of a £5.5m engineering training centre which will play a key part in the drive to attract further investment into a transformational development site south of the Humber. Humberside Engineering Training Association (HETA) is…
Loaded with an 80 Tonne transformer, the Collett Team head to South Lanarkshire destined for Harting Rig Wind Farm Substation. Appointed by Fracht UK, Collett were tasked with providing a transport solution to deliver the 80 Tonne cargo the 230…
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has issued an update on proposals for the Goole Hub, following the closure of the public consultation. Over 500 responses were received, and all have been considered. In response to comments received, the Goole Museum…
Contractors are set to start the latest round of demolition as part of a £7.5 million project to overhaul North East Lincolnshire Council’s Doughty Road depot. Work at the Grimsby town centre site started in January this year and will…
Harrison Leisure Ltd., the Bridlington-based hospitality group, has purchased the freehold of The Old Floral Pavilion Leisure Complex, securing the future of the Grade-2 listed iconic Bridlington seafront building as part of a multi-million pound acquisition and refurbishment investment. Michael…
