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Ports bidding for Freeport status will face a real challenge in submitting the detailed proposals that the Government is asking for, says the UK Major Ports Association as the process got under way on 16 November. Chief executive Tim Morris said that this was a particularly difficult for operators who are working hard to keep pandemic impacted supply chains moving while preparing to mitigate the impact of Brexit border disruption. ...
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Ports bring £9.7 billion of direct value to the UK economy, 115,000 direct jobs within the sector in 2018 and 431,000 in the wider supply chain plus 277,000 through wider spending - a total of 822,000 - according to research commissioned by the British Ports Association and UK Major Ports Group.
Each job is 55% more productive than the UK average, according ...
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