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Freeport East has opened up two new funds for applications, with a combined value of up to £800,000.
The Freeport East Clean Growth Fund is dedicated to providing financial assistance to local businesses operating within the clean energy sector and Freeport East's other target sectors. The Freeport East Innovation and Skills Fund will build access to opportunities, particularly in underserved communities.
The funds will benefit the Freeport East region, which c incorporates ...
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Freeport East says a new report from the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) will help accelerate upgrades to UK port infrastructure to support commercial-scale floating offshore wind.
The report focuses on port infrastructure issues and proposes ways to increase Government funding.
Offshore wind is critical to achieving the UK Government’s Net ...
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Freeport East, the government Connected Places Catapult and Clacton Coastal Academy hosted an industry day in Clacton in late February. It showcased the wide range of careers in the freight and logistics sector and aimed to dispel misconceptions and inspire young people to consider exciting career opportunities.
Since 2014, freight and ...
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Freeport East has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Australian-based, storage firm, Rux Energy to store, distribute and supply of low carbon hydrogen within the UK and export it across the world. Rux Energy has created unique nanoporous advanced materials and innovative carbon-composite tanks to improve the safety and ...
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Freeport East could become a centre for transport decarbonisation, according to a study published on 12 September. According to the report, unveiled at London’s International Shipping Week and also due to be presented at the World Hydrogen Congress in Rotterdam in October, the freeport site, which encompasses the ports of ...
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Freeport East has unveiled a £800,000 programme of support to help small businesses get young people into green energy
Support will be split into two areas. The Freeport East Clean Growth Fund is aimed at providing financial help to local businesses working in clean energy and Freeport East’s target sectors. The ...
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Freeport East, one of the new English freeports, has appointed Steven Wilson as head of innovation. He will lead engagement with universities, colleges, R&D centres, large and small businesses and public and private funders and investors to build an innovation cluster to support local businesses and communities the freeport region, ...
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The Freeport East Gateway 14 site has gained detailed planning consent for its first unit. It will be occupied by home, garden and leisure products retailer The Range and create an estimated 1,650 jobs. Gateway 14 Ltd is wholly-owned by Freeport East partner Mid Suffolk District Council. Work on the ...
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Freeport East has appointed Steve Beel as its first permanent chief executive. He brings over 20 years’ experience across a range of infrastructure sectors in the UK and overseas, and most recently as been a British diplomat in Zambia with the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. He was earlier ...
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