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THE need to support Grimsby's world-renowned food processing cluster was stressed to a government minister who visited the area yesterday.
Greg Clark, the Minister for Decentralisation, held talks with local business leaders, MPs and council bosses to find out more about the opportunities for economic growth in North East Lincolnshire.
... Localism Act to grant most of the key advantages on designated areas themselves. "Councils don't ne...
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HUMBER Enterprise Zone launching Minister Greg Clark has told how the strength of the area's successful bid lay in the estuary becoming a "powerhouse" for the wider region. Describing it as a "great day for the area," the Government's figurehead for decentralisation then underlined the quality of careers that will become available as part of the pending renewable energy revolution. s
In North Killingholme yesterday, as local teenagers collected A- level results, Mr Clark met with executives at Able UK, the company bringing forward the huge Marine Energy Park that makes up the substantial part of the enterprise zone. He talked with MPs and North Lincolnshire Council leader Liz Redfern on the river bank, and said: "The South Bank of the Humber has suffered a few blows over the past year a...
... here and need to talk about the advantages of the area in terms of this fantastic facility (A...
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BRITAIN officially crept out of its double dip recession in the third quarter of this year.
However, most commentators accept that this was largely due to the "Olympics effect" - the principal beneficiaries being London and the South East.
... banks, thus ensuring the huge economic advantages of working together across the largest trading est...." Lord Heseltine's solution is decentralisation, a renaissance of local government and the devolut...
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THE campaign to secure the electrification of the Great Western Mainline as far as Swansea has been given a boost after Transport Minister Norman Baker said he was "open to talks with the Assembly Government about the future shape of railway services in Wales".
Mr Baker made the comment in response to a question by the Post during a Westminster briefing on the Government's new rail command paper.
...: "There has already been some decentralisation through the Welsh Assembly Government, which alrea...But to date I am not clear what the advantages of electrification would be personally. "We have g...
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The organisation tasked with kick-starting the region's economy is asking for business's ideas as it gears up for its annual meeting in Bath.
The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) will be able to pitch its concerns direct to the Coalition Government when it holds its AGM at the Assembly Rooms on Tuesday, November 15 from 9am-1pm.
... Clarke, who is the Minister for Decentralisation and Cities. The LEP's chairman, Colin Skellett, sa..."We have a lot of advantages that should enable us to meet those targets, and w...
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...[0011] This system enables decentralisation of amplification, and permits the amplifier to be ... each architecture was known to have advantages and disadvantages. Indeed, in the common general k...
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Bob Meier , energy and renewables senior manager at Francis Clark, examines the will behind green energy FINANCIAL MATTERS Renewable energy has now been high on the political agenda for decades but while talking about the opportunities and advantages it affords is one thing, creating the political will and an economic model that attracts investment with the prospect of real returns, is another.
The bigger picture sees the long-term prognosis for energy bills remaining pretty grim, compounded by real pressures arising from environmental commitments and energy security concerns.
...This decentralisation of the energy markets is opening up many aspects o...
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FINANCIAL MATTERS Renewable energy has now been high on the political agenda for decades but while talking about the opportunities and advantages it affords is one thing, creating the political will and an economic model that attracts investment with the prospect of real returns, is another.
The bigger picture sees the long-term prognosis for energy bills remaining pretty grim, compounded by real pressures arising from environmental commitments and energy security concerns.
...This decentralisation of the energy markets is opening up many aspects o...
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Vive la revolution! These words were once, I am reliably informed, uttered by Eric Pickles the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. This is the same Eric Pickles who recently directed 12 cities to consult with their electorates over the question of electing a mayor, saying that the move was part of a wider approach to "put communities back in charge".
The question of an elected mayor is nothing new, of course.
...The forthcoming Decentralisation and Localism Bill should spell out in more detail ..., and there are many clear- cut advantages to having them. They are open and transparent. Loc...
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... promoting the largest degree of decentralisation of management consistent with the proper discharge..., to all the rights, privileges and advantages and all the liabilities and obligations arising fr...