Your privacy and cookies | Contact us | Accessibility | Listen to our website | Text size: A - | Original | A +
Hull City Council
You are here: Home > Council and democracy > News and social media > [ Press releases ]
News and social media
 Web links
Hull City Council twitter profile

Press releases

Our latest press releases are available below. You can also search our archive of press releases. To keep up to date with our latest press releases, follow our news feed on twitter or subscribe to our RSS feed.

Twitter logo Follow our news feed (@Hullccnews) on twitter (link opens in a new window)
Subscribe to our RSS news feed Subscribe to our RSS news feed

Media enquiries

If you are a member of the media and have a press enquiry, please contact the media relations office on 01482 300 300.

Press Releases In Business


Green Port Hull reaches new milestone - 13/12/2011
The Green Port Hull initiative has reached another key milestone after Hull City Council anticipates the receipt of a planning application for the wind turbine manufacturing plant at Alexandra Dock.

Now the pre-planning period has wound down, other work is being stepped up around skills and training, supply chain and property with the recent announcement of £25.7m Regional Growth Fund (RGF) bid and two rounds of enterprise zones for the area.

Hull City Council is continuing to work with partners to build a local supply chain, create a skills development programme to create a highly skilled workforce and attract further investment to the city region.

Portfolio Holder for Economic Regeneration and Employment Councillor Steven Bayes said: "This key milestone marks hard work by partners to get us to this point, and also the work to be continued to gain the maximum benefits to the region from any investment in Green Port Hull.

"With the RGF bid, Enterprise Zones and the excellent partnerships we have developed, we have every available tool in the toolkit to build a supply chain, develop the right skills in the region and attract investment to the region to help make the Humber the UK centre for renewables.

"By aligning parts of the second enterprise zone, made available after proposals to make 900 highly skilled workers at BAE redundant, and bringing together a skills and training package, we also want to offer hope for those facing uncertainty with their jobs."

As part of the work on skills, the council is working in partnership with Job Centre Plus. This has included the secondment of Debbie Rose from Job Centre Plus to the Green Port project team and skills working group

She said: "We are looking at how upskilling and specialist skills training can help to create a capable workforce to meet the challenges of the new industry creating as many opportunities for people in the region as possible. We are also looking at following this up with Apprenticeships and other training to continually feed the industry with workers to create as many opportunities as possible locally."



<< Previous Press Release Next Press Release >>
<< Back to Press Releases In Business

Comment on this pageComment on this page

Go back a pageBack  Go to top of pageTop  Print this pagePrint

Advertisements

The display of third party advertising on this site is not an endorsement or recommendation of any advertiser’s goods or services. The council accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of the advertisements nor the quality of the goods or services supplied.

 
 

Search this site for...

Find my nearest...

Please enter your postcode

I want to...

Services

Hull City Council, Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, HU1 2AA

Sign up for council news and updates Subscribe to our RSS feedFind out about our Twitter profilesFind out about our Facebook pagesVisit our flickr photo streamYouTube

All Information © Hull City Council  2013