freeport-east
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, centred on centred on Felixstowe, Harwich and Ipswich region and position it for greater inward investment and skills opportunities.
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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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