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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A new report published today by the Offshore Wind Industry Council shows a surge in the number of people working in the UK offshore wind industry, and a substantial increase in the billions of pounds of private investment which the…
A global logistics provider has acquired a UK shipping specialist to further enhance its worldwide service provision and secure a new strategic location in Europe. Pentagon Freight Services, the world’s leading privately owned logistics provider to the energy industries, has…
Two colleagues who have spent 30 years between them in the glazing industry are now looking forward to a bright future after deciding to become window film stars themselves. Steve Oxley and Neil Shearsmith launched Solarfrost Ltd during 2021 and…
Work has started on the creation of another unique wildlife site, “Novartis Ings” on the south bank of the Humber which will provide industrial opportunity along the South Humber Bank in the decades ahead. As previously reported, Novartis transferred a…
A family-run manufacturing company, which has served Sheffield for over 50 years, is hoping to tune in to a new phase of growth after securing grant funding from the South Yorkshire Business Productivity Programme. Blake UK designs, supplies and manufactures…
Grimsby-based manufacturing company, looks to create eight new jobs and target multi-million-pound growth after securing a loan from alternative lending provider Finance For Enterprise and the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF). Operating from Grimsby’s Enterprise Village, Smartflow Couplings now specialises in…
A Sheffield-based digital marketing specialist which opened its doors just a month before Britain entered into its first national lockdown is celebrating its second anniversary by relocating to new, larger premises, and has appointed its second member of staff, following…
A specialist business services provider is on track to see its turnover increase from £22m to £30m over the next three years after securing grant funding from the South Yorkshire Business Productivity Programme. Elecomm, which is headquartered at Beighton Link…
Hull-based green cleaning company Bio-D has announced its relocation to a new 32,000sq. ft site after seeing a significant rise in demand for its range of eco friendly cleaning products. Located at the Marfleet Environmental Technology Park on Hedon Road, Bio-D has invested…
A landmark office building in Beverley, East Yorkshire, is now a bustling hub of business and learning following a successful restoration, remodelling and refurbishment programme. Minster House forms part of the market town’s thriving Flemingate centre and has been sympathetically…
Pet food manufacturers in Lincolnshire are starting to reap the rewards of investing £5 million in their business, despite the challenges of Covid, with signs of rising sales boosting hopes of more job opportunities. Grove Pet Foods built a new…
Group expands footprint to strengthen mission critical services for schools, trusts, charities and businesses IRIS Software Group (IRIS), one of the UK’s largest providers of payroll and HR software, is today announcing it has acquired Dataplan, a leading specialist in…
A leading digital retail marketing agency has become the first occupant of a new building in the heart of Hull’s growing tech quarter. Summit Media is now operating from new offices in the second phase of the pioneering Centre for…
Plans for a 25-acre development of retail, leisure, food and drink, community and health space and new homes in Hayfield Green near Auckley – ultimately creating more than 1,100 jobs have been approved. Doncaster Council’s Planning Committee has today (12…
The newly formed Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) has today unveiled its first ever strategy for the region – the Economic Growth and Workforce Wellbeing Strategy – outlining a clear mission and vision for the economic …
A Rotherham-based healthcare and industrial manufacturing company has successfully signed up five new international distributors across Europe and South East Asia since their Queen’s Award win for the Marsden Patient Transfer Scale. The presentation of the award was made to…
More than 30 young people are beginning exciting careers with holiday homes market leader Willerby following the biggest recruitment of apprentices in the company’s 75-year history. More than 350 applications were received for a broad range of roles and 34…
