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Freeport East is making over £980,000 of funding available to businesses and education organisations in the East of England.
Two new funds aim to offer support to small and growing businesses and strengthen opportunities for innovations and green jobs.
The Freeport East Clean Growth Fund offers financial assistance to local businesses operating in clean energy other target sectors, such as green hydrogen, agritech, engineering and digital.
The Freeport East Innovation and Skills Fund ...
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Freeport East’s Hydrogen Zero Emission Maritime (HyZEM) project is to receive £1.44 million from Innovate UK and a similar sum from Australia's Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
HyZEM focuses on developing low-carbon green hydrogen technology for high powered workboats. The partnership was facilitated by Freeport East and ...
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Freeport East has appointed Jacinda Love as communications and marketing manager. She was previously marketing manager at Invest Essex and she has worked with local authorities, business support providers, inward investment organisations and media agencies on communications and marketing strategies.
The Freeport has also appointed Karthik Durgaprasad from Essex County ...
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Turkish sustainable building products firm Assan Panel will put its first UK manufacturing facility at Gateway 14, part of Freeport East. It will create around 100 jobs in Stowmarket and bring an investment of up to £45m. The new plant is scheduled to go into operation by Autumn 2025.
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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 ...
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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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