INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION BY RACONTEUR.NET #0524 04 / 06 / 2018 INVESTING ON THE HUMBER POWERFUL PARTNERS IN WIND OF CHANGE IS SPACE RACE IS SET TO 02 NORTHERN REGENERATION 04 POWERING RECOVERY 11 ROCKET ON HUMBER 02 INVESTING ON THE HUMBER RACONTEUR.NET 03 NORTHERN POWERHOUSE BREXIT INVESTING ON THE HUMBER Powerful partners in Octovision Media European connections from the Humber ports Distributed in northern regeneration Research partners Hull and the Humber have a central role to play in achieving the aims of the Northern Powerhouse pupils, giving children across Hull, CONTRIBUTORS GEORGE OSBORNE the Humber and Yorkshire the opportunity to learn about energy reating a Northern and the careers available within HAZEL DAVIS GEORGE OSBORNE Powerhouse, linking up the sector. It is a fantastic com- Freelance business writer, Former chancellor of the the great towns and cit- mitment to the next generations she contributes to The exchequer, now editor Times, Financial Times, of the London Evening ies of the North to create Photography Holmes Neil and one that companies of all sizes Ca whole greater than its individual across the Northern Powerhouse The Daily Telegraph and Standard, he is chair of The Guardian. the Northern Powerhouse parts, requires us all to come together are replicating. Partnership. behind a common goal, increasing I want the skilled workforce of the contribution the North makes to the future to be able to stay in the BRIAN GROOM FRANCES ROBINSON the UK economy. Only with the sup- north of England, contributing to Marketing Humber Bondholders Freelance journalist, he Freelance journalist, port and buy-in of our civic leaders, the local economy and stimulating has held senior positions working for publications civil society and businesses of all an increase in productivity. What I imports or exports and boost trade, based in Brigg supplies thousands at the Financial Times, including Politico, The including UK business Spectator and CityMetric, sizes will we truly achieve the ulti- want to see is young people explor- if granted,” she says. “But it is not of coff ee shops nationwide. The and employment editor, she covered the European mate goal of rebalancing our coun- ing skilled jobs from coast to coast, as straightforward as imports drop in sterling means “you’re more political editor and Union for The Wall Street try, and creating better lives for the and from the Scottish borders to being tariff free.” competitive abroad and exports are Europe edition editor, Journal in Brussels and 15 million people of the North. South Yorkshire and Cheshire. For example, Grimsby is one of 30 per cent of sales in our coff ee and was Scotland on European Central Bank for This project cannot simply be Clearly, this cannot be done with- the world’s leading locations for business”, he says. Sunday editor. Bloomberg in Frankfurt. about the major cities. There are out a world-class transport network seafood processing. According to Hornsea-based Heald, manu- great things happening in places like 250ft-long Siemens wind turbine capable of linking the great towns Grimsby Seafood Village, 80 per facturers and installers of hostile MARK HILLSDON What does Brexit Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, blade weighing 28 tonnes on and cities of the North. Northern cent of the UK’s seafood products vehicle mitigation systems, the Contributor to The Newcastle and Sheffi eld. But the display in Hull city centre Powerhouse Rail is a transforma- are manufactured there. As Ms roadblocks, barriers and bollards Guardian, BBC Countryfi le and BBC Wildlife Northern Powerhouse must be more tional project that links Liverpool Onn points out, the majority of fish frequently seen at border crossings magazines, among than just urban regeneration; we and Hull with high-speed trains. It mean for Humber? imports coming from Norway and and similar sites, has a similar pos- others, he writes on a have to reinvigorate those places the UK and the largest decarboni- complements the huge investment Iceland arrive by road from other itive attitude. range of subjects from with a rich heritage and history in sation project in Europe. It supplies in High Speed 2, which we commit- ports for processing. “Therefore, “I think whatever happens we sustainability to sport and making, building and innovating, 7 per cent of the country’s electric- ted to when I was in government, The Humber region voted to leave the European Union and one of the biggest issues will be may feel a bit of pain initially, but health to wildlife. Education, skills, exporting northern expertise and ity needs, including 15 per cent of linking the North with the Midlands about making sure there are lim- in the end it will work out fi ne. We goods all over the world. The decline connectivity, creating its renewable power, and a host of and the South. It would reinvigorate businesses now await the outcome of Brexit negotiations ited delays at EU member state are a resourceful nation and savvy that many of these communities fell new industries – system support services. Half their communities, slash journey times checkpoints and a streamlined businesspeople,” says managing into over many decades is now being power generation units have been and vastly increase capacity. process for authorisation docu- director Debbie Heald. “A lot of our reversed. All our towns and cities this is the Northern upgraded from burning coal to use Cutting journey times for com- mentation,” she says. exports are outside of the EU, so must play their part in that. Powerhouse I sustainable biomass in the form of muters and families from Hull to ABP sees the potential, particularly hopefully will not be aff ected.” I set up the Northern Powerhouse compressed wood pellets. Leeds to 45 minutes, or to Sheffi eld says David Leighton, ABP group Conservative MP Rishi Sunak, author for Humber International Enterprise Yorkshire and the Humber is a net Partnership (NPP) in 2016 as a non- envisaged when we When I visited last July, I saw fi rst- in under an hour, would have a huge FRANCES ROBINSON head of corporate affairs. “If the of the Centre for Policy Studies report Park, just outside Hull. “It’s one of benefi ciary of EU funds. For exam- profi t organisation to enable the created the concept hand the impact the power station impact on labour markets, job pros- French authorities in Calais chose The Free Ports Opportunity: How the largest port development sites ple, the Humber Local Enterprise North to speak with one voice and has on the local economy. Crucially, pects and leisure travel. It is the con- pstairs in Hull Maritime to implement disproportionate Brexit could boost trade, manufactur- in the UK, a huge area of develop- Partnership, which helps attract Publishing manager Head of production highlight the opportunities across 3,650 jobs depend on Drax through- nectivity the Northern Powerhouse Museum, exhibits recall new checks on cargo, this could ing and the North, outlines plans for ment land next to deep water,” says investment to the region, received Richard Hadler Justyna O'Connell the region. On our board we have out Yorkshire and the Humber, their deserves and must be delivered by cargo ships docking from cause serious disruption. a free port, an area inside a country Mr Leighton. “If we can draw a line £79.6 million from the European some of the area’s biggest employ- fact that the Northern Powerhouse impact generating £419.2 million this government. I am sure it will be. Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town “There’s an opportunity there for geographically, but considered out- around areas of land like this at UK Regional Development Fund and Consulting editor Digital content executive ers, those who run great universities generates 41 per cent of the UK’s elec- for the local economy. I met one of Education, skills, connectivity, Uand Bombay, and Scandinavian the Humber to help businesses that side for customs purposes. ports and give them free port status, European Social Fund for the Gren Manuel Fran Cassidy and our transport, a world-famous tricity, this is a sector that can deliver their apprentices, Alice Gill, who had creating new industries – this is the steamer routes. Hull’s global con- are anxious about the risk of disrup- Free ports “are flourishing all it just adds to the UK’s armoury in period 2014 to 2020. The region’s Production editor Design economist, and we are strictly cross- jobs, growth and increased produc- recently graduated from the four- Northern Powerhouse I envisaged nections reflect both the chal- tion at Dover, to help recalibrate and around the world, except in the terms of attracting new investment, universities also benefi t from Benjamin Chiou Betty Callabritto party, with Labour council leaders tivity for the North. NPP board mem- year Drax apprenticeship scheme, to when we created the concept. And lenges and opportunities the secure their supply chains.” EU”, Mr Sunak wrote. “Post-Brexit particularly in manufacturing.” research funding. Grant Chapman and a Conservative metro mayor bers Siemens and Drax are at the become a qualifi ed craftsperson at Hull and the Humber must be at the region faces as it negotiates the ABP has invested £50 million to they could play an important role Richard Corbett, Labour MEP for “The big question is how much of Managing editor Kellie Jerrard Peter Archer Samuele Motta working together for the North. heart of this. the power station. Along with many heart of this Northern Powerhouse choppy waters of Brexit. double container handling capacity in signalling Britain’s openness to Yorkshire and Humber, says: “The a hit our public fi nances are going Cities like Hull must be at the fore- Under the leadership of other northern companies of all sizes, for it to succeed.