North East Lincolnshire Business Guide.

In 1999 NEWLINCS entered into a 25-year Integrated Waste Management Contract with NELC which has since been extended to 30 years to manage all the municipal household waste arisings in North East Lincolnshire.

NELC itself has retained the responsibility for collecting waste and recyclable materials from householders and delivering it to NEWLINCS, who are then responsible for the treatment, disposal and recycling of the following types of waste:

■ General residual household waste placed in dustbins

■ Recyclable materials collected as part of the NELC triple box kerbside collection scheme (Glass, Paper and Cardboard, Cans and Plastics, Green Garden Waste)

■ Recyclable materials and general household waste from the Community Recycling Centres (Grimsby & Immingham)

95% of NELC’s Household Waste is Recycled or Used to Generate Energy

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Foreword

Welcome to our Business Guide for North East Lincolnshire.

We are grateful to the firms for their support in making this publication happen.

It gives another opportunity to promote the towns of Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Immingham and the wider South Humber area.

This is a great place and we are incredibly proud of what we can offer investors.

A £67-million Town Deal – the first of its kind in the UK – provides a host of business opportunities and is a huge vote of confidence in the area’s ability to deliver.

Our central location on England’s east coast gives fast access to UK and, via our ports, international markets.

A £42-million South Humber Industrial Investment Programme is creating new development opportunities, including incentivised Enterprise Zone status.

Combined with attractive land values and a highly skilled, cost-effective

labour force, it adds up to Britain’s best industrial base.

However, South Humber offers so much more than a fantastic place to locate a business.

We are fortunate to enjoy the benefits of Cleethorpes, a busy seaside resort undergoing a multimillion-pound transformation.

To the south and west are the picturesque Lincolnshire Wolds (below) and its popular villages.

Outstanding education is offered in the primary, secondary and further education sectors and, with first class leisure facilities plus a healthy, clean environment, this is a terrific place to live.

North East Lincolnshire Council is determined to do all it can to support business and drive the growth agenda. Our inward investment team is ready and waiting to show potential investors around. Please visit www.investnel.co.uk for more information.

Cllr Philip Jackson Leader, North East Lincolnshire Council

North East Lincolnshire Fact File

Home to the UK’s largest port complex –Grimsby and Immingham

Food industry, including top UK brands, worth more than £2.5bn

UK centre for offshore wind operations and maintenance

Seaside resort of Cleethorpes helps attract more than 10 million visitors annually to the borough

50+ years of process industries, including chemical

One of only 26 Housing Zones in the UK

Top 5% in the UK for broadband speeds

Less than 20 minutes drive to Humberside International Airport

All of England’s major conurbations are accessible in less than 4.5 hours by HGV

Why North East Lincolnshire?

Britain’s best industrial base

North East Lincolnshire is on the south bank of the Humber estuaryand its diversity makes it a great location.

Grimsby and Immingham are the largest port complex by tonnage in the UK, with direct access to the North Sea.

But North East Lincolnshire also includes the seaside resort of Cleethorpes and the picturesque Lincolnshire Wolds.

Our industrial base is equally diverse.

Grimsby, with its proud fishing heritage, is home to the UK’s largest cluster of seafood storage and processing facilities.

Green energy will play an important part in its future.

The port is pivotal to the UK’s offshore renewable industry in the North Sea, being home to a major operations and maintenance (O&M) cluster of international companies.

A great place to invest

Combine the above with affordable housing, outstanding schools and colleges and terrific leisure facilities and North East Lincolnshire adds up to the place to invest.

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South Humber is also the UK’s most exciting ‘challenger location’ for expanding advanced manufacturing companies.

We have:

•Fully-serviced, development-ready sites with Enterprise Zone financial incentives

•Accessible land - from 0.25 acre upwards – with up to 64% savings versus competitor locations

•Fast road access to England’s major manufacturing locations (4.5 hours’ drive time)

•Specialist skills training centres, such as CATCH Ltd, Modal Training Centre and Humber Maritime College.

Britain’s Best Industrial Base

A £42m project is delivering major industrial sites, infrastructure and employment.

The South Humber Industrial Investment Programme (SHIIP) is focused on six Enterprise Zone sites, totalling 189 hectares (467 acres).

Working in partnership, North East Lincolnshire Council and delivery partner ENGIE are delivering SHIIP over a period of five to 10 years.

SHIIP is focused on one of the UK's most attractive location propositions for industrial companies, in sectors including advanced manufacturing, offshore renewables, food manufacturing, ports and logistics and land-based power generation.

The development underway as part of SHIIP includes:

•120ha of strategic mitigation land; •2.5km of new adoptable highway; •489,000sqm built floor space;

•195ha of developable land, 60ha of which is serviced.

It is delivering relevant site infrastructure, extensive ecological migration sites and a new port connector road between Grimsby and Immingham.

The new link road, due to complete in late 2020, will cut journey time between and to the ports of Immingham and Grimsby and also open up vital development sites that lie within the Enterprise Zone.

The strategic mitigation land (pictured) is the only purpose-built site of its kind in Europe.

On the wildlife front, this innovative approach will save investors time on planning while respecting the Humber Estuary’s Site of Special Scientific Interest status.

A change of use from arable fields to mitigation areas has created a quality habitat for Special Protection Area (SPA) birds.

Associated works include two water storage lagoons, shallow scrapes and ponds, bunding, a bird hide, footpaths, car parking, cattle and timber fencing, culverts and bridges.

The programme, combined with the enhanced capital allowances offered by the site’s Enterprise Zone status, provides a unique port-centric development opportunity.

The strategic mitigation land, created as part of the South Humber Industrial Investment Programme and the only purpose-built site of its kind in Europe.

THECENTREFOR PROCESS, ENERGY, ENGINEERING &RENEWABLESKILLS

CATCH has excellent facilities

CATCH operates the world-renowned £12 million training facility in North East Lincolnshire that offers industry authentic training and assessment without the risks associated with processing hazardous materials.

CATCH boasts impressive facilities including a live three-storey process plant with control room, bunded tank farm, process simulator, Skills Enhancement Centre, access zone, CompEx zone and confined space entry zone, as well as engineering workshops and classrooms.

CATCH has room hire

From training days to corporate conferences, we have a range of fully furnished and serviced rooms, workshops and units available for hourly, daily, short and long-term hire including an onsite cafeteria for breaks and lunches, with refreshment facilities throughout the site, along with ample parking and easy access.

Opportunities with North East Lincolnshire Council

CATCH and North East Lincolnshire Council are working together to meet the growing demand for skilled staff for the energy, chemicals and engineering sectors.

Working together

Giving a collective regional voice between a number of Humber bank industrial sites and their contractors.

Skills development

Actively involved in developing skills and qualifications programmes both regionally and nationally.

Maintenance

Concom supports your supply chain audit requirements ensuring contractor compliance with industry standards.

Giving back

Supporting the process, energy and renewable industries in the Humber region.

“We look forward to continuing to partner with the council to deliver the highest quality training for our region.”

David Talbot, CATCH CEO

Enterprise Zones

South Humber offers large-scale, port-adjacent development opportunities, with Enterprise Zone incentives and significant cost advantages for investing businesses.

The South Humber Enterprise Zone sites are:

Stallingborough (64ha)

Incentives: Fully serviced site. Enhanced capital allowances; £2.6million intervention in site infrastructure to create a business park.

Planning status: Outline allocated for B1 (business), B2 (general industrial) and B8 (storage and distribution).

Humber Gate (21ha - pictured below)

Incentives: Enhanced capital allowances, on site effluent treatment, on site power station, port new road link due to complete in 2020.

Planning status: Allocated for B1, B2 and B8 employment development.

Queen’s Road (10ha)

Incentives: Enhanced capital allowances. Planning status: Allocated for B1, B2 and B8 employment development.

Grimsby Automotive Park (pictured above)

Incentive: Business rate discount. Planning status: Allocated for B1, B2 and B8 employment development.

Imm-port (20.3ha)

Incentive: Business rate discount. Planning status: Allocated for B1, B2 and B8 employment development.

Portlink 180 (32ha – pictured right)

Stallingborough – under offer, subject to planning.

Development opportunity

Europarc III

45 acres, just outside Grimsby, running alongside A180 and designated as a Food Enterprise Zone.

With freehold and leasehold options, design and build are available.

Development plots up to 250,000sqft sit close to current site occupiers Morrisons, Hain Daniels, Seafish, 2 Sisters Food Group, Auto Trail and Ultimate Packaging.

Grimsby Automotive Park Enterprise Zone

Humber Gate Enterprise Zone

Greater Grimsby Town Deal

“Towns should be able to demonstrate that they can work collaboratively with local business and civic leaders to develop innovative solutions and attract private investment. We are working with a range of local partners to explore new approaches, including on a pilot Town Deal with Grimsby.

“Grimsby is looking to a new economic future as it adapts to industrial change. There are strong prospects in the energy industry – the Port of Grimsby is increasingly seen as a destination of choice for offshore wind and operations maintenance – and in port related logistics and manufacturing, chemicals/ petrochemicals and food processing.”

Industrial Strategy White Paper 2017

Town Deal leads way

The Greater Grimsby Town Deal is a £67-million joint package from the Government, council and Humber and Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnerships, designed to unlock development opportunities.

It aims to deliver 8,800 new jobs and build nearly 10,000 homes by 2032, with projects already underway.

A Heritage Action Zone will see the historic Kasbah on Grimsby docks transformed into a creative hub in a project supported by Historic England.

On Garth Lane in the town centre, riverside buildings which have been empty for decades are being transformed into a new Youth Zone and educational base.

The South Humber Industrial Investment Programme (SHIIP) and the UK’s largest Enterprise Zone –189 hectares across six sites – are incorporated into the Town Deal.

Businesses are providing further investment and employment as a result of it.

One example is Ørsted, which has created hundreds of jobs at the UK’s largest operations base for offshore wind.

The Town Deal, mentioned in the Industrial Strategy White Paper (left), sees North East Lincolnshire Council committing £35m and the Government a further £30m, plus £2m for the above link road, to support regeneration plans.

A link up with Homes England is helping provide new houses across the area.

Great Ambition

That change is being overseen, challenged and supported by the Greater Grimsby Board.

The Leader of North East Lincolnshire Council Cllr Philip Jackson said: “The Board has the credibility, experience, knowledge and passion to support our ambitious plans for local and inclusive growth.

“The Board and the Council are making sure the regeneration conversation is one that links jobs, housing, skills, culture and heritage – a place offer.

“Local leadership and partnership, supported by a Board of the willing is having a demonstrably positive impact.

“We are setting our sights high for Grimsby.

“Our ambition is to make real changes to the town long-term, so that children growing up here know they can achieve great things, and are inspired by the place they live in.”

For further information about the Greater Grimsby Town Deal, go to www.investnel.co.uk

£6m investment into a Grade A office facility in Grimsby town centre

Our Heritage

The £3.7m Heritage Action Zone project is breathing new life into Grimsby.

The five-year scheme, led by North East Lincolnshire Council and Historic England, is at the heart of the ambitious Town Deal.

The Heritage Action Zone is seeing premises on the docks and town centre given a new lease of life for business and community use.

Historic England in the East Midlands is providing an estimated £620,000, with the rest coming from North East Lincolnshire Council and partners ENGIE,Associated British Ports (ABP) and Humber Local Enterprise Partnership.

The Kasbah, on Grimsby’s fish docks, was designated as a Conservation Area in 2017. Owners ABP, together with North East Lincolnshire Council and Historic England, are looking to exploit a living local tradition of producing smoked fish, and develop the area as a centre for artisan food.

Historic England will provide support and advice to the Great Grimsby Ice Factory Trust and partners to look at possibilities for the creative re-use of the Ice Factory, an important building at risk which stands at the gateway to the Kasbah.

The Heritage Action Zone will also promote re-use of historic buildings along Alexandra Dock.

These include Victoria Mills, where the council has spent more than £2million

on urgent repairs, including grant-aid from Historic England.

Towards the town centre itself, further projects focus on repair and re-use of vacant listed buildings, such as the Cooperage – converted into high quality apartments - West Haven Maltings and Haven Mill, and creating open space for events and activities around St James’ Minster.

Research on Grimsby’s historic buildings will ensure they receive deserved recognition and enrich local museums and archives.

Residents and businesses will find new opportunities to benefit from their local heritage, and visitors will discover a warmer welcome and a rewarding experience in Grimsby.

Resort Regeneration

A £7.2million programme of works is giving Cleethorpes a fresh look.

Popular shopping and cultural areas have been transformed by the funding.

High Street, Sea View Street and Alexandra Road have been transformed by the public realm works. On Sea Road, the former Waves pub and public toilets are being demolished to make way for a new development. This project has been supported with £1m from the Government’s Local Growth Fund, secured by the Humber LEP and part of the Government’s commitment to the Northern Powerhouse.

Public art is being introduced on the North Promenade while new events, including the national award-winning Cleethorpes Festival of the Sky, have attracted world-class arts and culture and additional visitors into the resort.

The funding has come from a range of sources. CoastNEL, a partnership

between the council, businesses, arts, heritage and tourism groups, was awarded £3.8million from the Coastal Communities Fund.

This was complemented by a further £0.5million investment through the National Stations Improvement Programme (Network Rail), the Railway Heritage Trust Fund and the Council to create a new cycle hub at Cleethorpes train station.

National Lottery Heritage Fund has also awarded Cleethorpes £1.9million, with an additional £1million contribution from the council put towards a Townscape Heritage programme.

This funding will be used to conserve and enhance historic buildings in areas of Cleethorpes with grants of up to 80% available to property owners and tenants.

Visitor numbers to North East Lincolnshire, which top 10-million a year, have helped the economic impact of tourism hit £622m.

Julia Thompson, Chair of CoastNEL said, “The Coastal Communities Funding is a unique opportunity to help us build on the wonderful seaside traditions of the past and future-proof Cleethorpes for generations to come, a great place for investors, existing businesses and residents as well as visitors.

“It is wonderful to see this award build on the wave of confidence in Cleethorpes and the enthusiasm of residents and businesses to make a difference and support the regeneration of our area.”

For more information, visit www.investnel.co.uk/ cleethorpesregeneration

Key Sectors

South Humber is home to leading clusters in highgrowth industry sectors.

Energy, manufacturing, food, logistics and process industries provide expanding or relocating companies with access to specialist, value-adding knowledge, skills, training, supply chains, infrastructure and business services.

•Ports and logistics

•Offshore renewables

•Food processing

•Advanced manufacturing

•Chemical and process industries

•Land-based power generation

Many great names have become an important part of local life. The UK’s number one seafood company, Young’s, has its global headquarters in Grimsby. The likes of Innogy / Triton Knoll, Ørsted, E.ON and Siemens have significant bases.

These companies benefit from well-functioning and overlapping supply-chains.

With around 500 food-related firms and hundreds of logistics and engineering businesses, there are always plenty of opportunities.

For ambitious companies, North East Lincolnshire offers a platform for growth, innovation and partnering with market leaders.

Start-up businesses can access the expertise and support of global players in a way that would not be possible in a large city.

Tremendous opportunities in the field of renewable energy, especially offshore wind and bioenergy, are creating the green collar jobs of the future. Not for the first time in its rich history, the Grimsby area is benefiting from its coastal position.

Whether it is leading the world in cutting-edge research or developing

innovative packaging and storage solutions, North East Lincolnshire is at the heart of new opportunities across a range of sectors.

Offshore renewables

Grimsby has emerged as a key player in the renewable energy revolution with potential to become the UK capital of the offshore wind industry.

Our vision is that by 2032, South Humber will be nationally and internationally recognised as the UK’s leading region for low-carbon energy and the UK capital of the renewable energy industry.

Focused on the Port of Grimsby, the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) hub includes Ørsted, Siemens, E.ON, RES, MHI Vestas and C Wind.

It is the closest O&M-suitable port to the huge Hornsea wind farm and provides direct access to other North Sea energy zones, European markets and UK offshore wind ports.

South Humber’s key advantages for offshore renewables O&M companies include:

•High technical skills levels versus Great Britain averages, including specialist offshore competencies

•Incentivised, development-ready, Enterprise Zone sites, and sites within port estates

•Substantial land costs savings: -20% versus Liverpool and Newcastle

•International sea freight connectivity via the neighbouring port of Immingham

•Global air connectivity via Humberside Airport’s multipledaily hub-feeder service to Amsterdam Schiphol

UK centre for offshore wind operations and maintenance

Service operations vehicle The Edda Passat SOV in front of Orsted’s Race Bank offshore wind farm © Ørsted

Food processing

South Humber is home to the UK’s leading cluster of food and seafood manufacturing, processing and service companies.

The area combines direct access to UK and international markets with an extensive food industry ecosystem –a skilled sector workforce and services including plant engineering, cold storage, logistics, training and research and development.

Specialist areas of expertise include food safety, legislation, labelling, refrigeration, packaging and traceability. These value-adding advantages are complemented by substantial property cost savings and incentivised, development-ready Enterprise Zone sites, creating a unique location opportunity for expanding food manufacturing companies.

South Humber’s key advantages for food sector companies include:

•The UK’s leading concentration of specialist food sector workers: 5 x the Great Britain average as % of total

•Fully serviced, developmentready sites, including within port estates, with Enterprise Zone financial incentives

•Massive land cost savings: up to 42% versus competitor locations in Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire

•Fast access to UK food production areas and consumer markets, from a north-south central location, within one HGV driver shift (4.5 hours’ drive time)

•Direct port access, providing comprehensive sea freight connectivity to European and global markets

Major companies thriving here include:

•Young's Seafood – Europe’s leading seafood firm has three production sites and is headquartered in Grimsby

•Country Style Foods - a modern craft bakery company that works closely with leading retailers and food service companies

•Hain Daniels GroupManufacturers of chilled soups using the New Covent Garden Soup Company brand, supplying all major retailers

•Morrisons - Chose Grimsby as the location for its first fish processing facility and continues to expand

•Icelandic Seachill - Major Icelandic-owned frozen and chilled seafood supplier, home to one of the UK's fastest growing food brands - Saucy Fish Co, a UK "Cool Brand"

Humber Seafood Institute

•The £5.6 million Humber Seafood Institute was the first of its kind to open in the UK and is home to the Seafish Industry Authority and Morrisons. The Institute provides incubation and managed workspace units; new product development kitchens; chemical and environmental laboratory facilities; and microbiological laboratories.

Chemical & Process Industries

From chemicals to biotechnology, South Humber is at the centre of a major concentration of process industries.

The diverse sector includes petrochemicals; commodity and speciality chemicals; composite materials; pigments and paints; and pharmaceuticals.

North East Lincolnshire is part of the second largest chemical cluster in the UK.

With world-class companies such as Solenis, Tronox, BOC and Lenzing Fibres in the area, as well as the Humber Refinery on the doorstep, the sector is worth in the region of £6bn.

Hundreds of specialist construction, engineering, logistics and other service companies provide a vital supply chain.

CATCH, the Centre for the Assessment of Technical Competence – Humber, is a unique £8-million training facility for the process industries.

It simulates authentic environments for training and development without the associated risks of handling potentially dangerous substances at high temperatures and pressures.

The growth in advanced materials and composites is a major opportunity for the process industries and has particular significance given the area’s role as a key hub location for renewable energy.

Food industry, including top UK brands, worth more than £2.5bn

Ports and logistics

North East Lincolnshire is home to a UK-leading logistics cluster, benefiting from a strategic location and direct access to the country's busiest ports complex.

Logistics firms already here serve offshore renewables, food and advanced manufacturing sectors.

The ports of Immingham and Grimsby – the UK’s largest by tonnage, handling around 12% (46 million tonnes) of the UK’s cargo - deliver comprehensive freight handling, warehousing and cold storage solutions.

Transport connectivity is excellent, with a central UK location and frequent sea freight services enabling fast access to UK, European and global markets.

The port is operated by Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK's largest and leading ports group.

The port has seen major investments in recent years and now has specialist terminals capable of handling large vessels up to 366 metres in length. Companies joining the cluster can benefit from a large, established logistics workforce and specialist services including logistics education, training and research.

However, in South Humber, these value-adding benefits are combined with potentially massive land cost savings versus competitor UK logistics locations.

South Humber’s key advantages for logistics companies include:

•Three times the Great Britain average logistics workforce (as % of total)

•Incentivised, development-ready, Enterprise Zone sites at Grimsby and Immingham ports

•Significant land cost savings: -65% versus Midlands ‘golden triangle’ hubs and -40% versus Yorkshire hubs

•Access to 40 million+ UK consumers and the UK’s major industrial centres within 4.5 hours’ HGV drive time

•International sea freight connectivity from Immingham, including Ro-Ro and Lo-Lo, with frequent feeder services to the Rotterdam hub

Short-Sea Shipping

Being just 200 miles from the global logistics hub of Rotterdam, many logistics operators use Immingham for ‘short-sea shipping’ solutions.

This involves international shipments going into Rotterdam and smaller vessels bringing in cargo on the final leg of the journey into Immingham.

This puts goods right into the heart of the UK and minimises road transport. This type of shipping is environmentallyfriendly and cost-effective.

The place for just-in-time

The area is well suited to the ‘just-intime’ culture of modern industry, by being able to provide high quality, well developed and easily accessible storage and distribution services.

General quayside warehousing is available, together with a wide range of covered storage facilities. Extensive high-quality paved open-storage areas are available.

Training

Immingham’s Modal Training Centre is a centre of excellence for maritime, logistics and safety training. It incorporates Humber Maritime College and further details are available from W: modaltraining.co.uk; T: 44 (0)1472 428449.

Advanced manufacturing

South Humber is the UK’s most exciting ‘challenger location’ for expanding advanced manufacturing companies.

The area’s combination of fast access to UK and international markets, a highly-skilled technical workforce, substantial labour and property cost savings and development-ready, incentivised Enterprise Zone sites, rival the UK’s established advanced manufacturing locations – and in fact frequently surpasses them.

South Humber’s key advantages for advanced manufacturing companies include:

•More workers in the key ‘skilled metal, electrical and electronics trades’ category than Coventry, Derby or the Great Britain average (as % of total)

•Fully serviced, development-ready sites with Enterprise Zone financial incentives and large power supplies

•Massive land costs savings – up to 64% versus competitor locations including Lancashire, Birmingham and Coventry

•Fast road access to England’s major manufacturing locations, from a northsouth central location, within one HGV driver shift (4.5 hours’ drive time)

•Direct port access, providing comprehensive sea freight connectivity to European and global markets.

Land-based power generation

South Humber represents a unique opportunity in the UK for investment in land-based power generation facilities, including refuse-derived fuel (RDF).

At present, the UK exports more than 2.5 million tonnes of RDF per year to Europe, with the Humber ports handling almost one-third and Immingham the largest share.

With supply chains and logistics solutions already in place, South Humber is ideally located for investing companies seeking profitably to fill the UK’s energy recovery capacity gap, utilising these existing RDF supplies.

Additional benefits for companies investing in South Humber include a highly skilled technical workforce, tri-modal freight connectivity (road, rail and sea), large-scale sites with Enterprise Zone incentives, and significant land and labour cost savings versus competitor UK locations.

South Humber’s key advantages for land-based power generation investors include:

•An outstanding ‘process plant and machine operatives’ skilled workforce: 11.6% of total versus 7.4% in Middlesbrough and 7% in Newcastle and Liverpool

•Large-scale, incentivised, developmentready, Enterprise Zone sites with direct port and trunk-road connectivity

•Lowest 12%’ land costs in a comparison of England’s industrial Enterprise Zone locations

•Established RDF supply chains and logistics solutions

•Excellent UK and international freight connectivity, by road and sea

Land-based energy projects

Proximity to the UK’s largest port complex, Europe’s Food Town and the agricultural land of Lincolnshire, makes the area extremely attractive for green energy facilities.

A host of companies are involved in bioenergy and biomass projects in the area.

Opportunities in waste are of key importance. An example is the proposed Altalto Immingham Ltd waste to aviation fuel plant, a collaboration between Velocys, British Airways and Shell. For details, visit https://www.altalto.com/immingham/

Our small businesses

We have a thriving small business sector in North East Lincolnshire, many providing the key supply chain for our larger sectors.

There’s plenty of support for smaller organisations through our partner e-factor Ltd.

It offers one-to-one advice from qualified business advisors, business networks, workshops and events, support in sourcing finance and funding, links to the local supply chain and the unique Business Hive Club.

It also has commercial property available, all with excellent facilities and ongoing support in all aspects of starting or growing your business.

e-factor also provides business support services for North East Lincolnshire businesses through the Humber LEP’s Growth Hub or the Greater Lincolnshire LEP’s Business Lincolnshire Growth Hub.

E: enquiries@investnel.co.uk

T: +44 (0) 1472 242667

W: e-factor.co.uk

Business Support

Specialist team

The InvestNEL team will help find the site to suit your business, access funding and eventually welcome you to North East Lincolnshire.

Our friendly team will guide you through the process, from initial enquiry to moving in date and beyond.

In the area, there’s a wide choice of modern offices, business parks, industrial units and development land adjacent to major roads, a deep-water estuary and major docks.

We have the place you need, at the price you want.

Get in touch with the team and see how we can help you move into the UK’s best industrial base.

E: enquiries@investnel.co.uk

T: +44 (0)1472 326142

Funding support

The Investment Hub is a unique service for North East Lincolnshire businesses seeking growth and development opportunities.

We are a group of professional business referrers who know their way around grant funding, finance options, lending products and financial services and can look at ways of helping.

The Hub team can put you in contact with suitable commercial lenders including banks, finance companies, gap funders and peer-to-peer lenders.

We can help you understand which publicly-backed financial services are available and help you to discover finance options that you may be unaware of.

With more than 130 years’ experience in the sector, it is a free, impartial service you can trust.

Planning your move

North East Lincolnshire Council’s regeneration partnership with ENGIE has won Local Authority Team of the Year 2017 at the United Kingdom and Ireland’s most prestigious planning awards.

The Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI) Awards for Planning Excellence are the most established and respected awards in the UK planning industry.

The Investment Hub is open to enquiries from businesses of all sectors, however large or small, and to advisors or intermediaries acting on behalf of their client. We also welcome contact from investors who can offer financial support to businesses in our area.

If you think we can help you, get in contact. Importantly, there’s absolutely no obligation, and, importantly, no fee. We aim to respond to enquiries within three working days.

This is a non-profit-making and free service, supported by North East Lincolnshire Council to any business looking to expand or base themselves in the authority area.

E: info@investmenthubnel.org.uk

T: +44 (0) 7429 353375

North East Lincolnshire Council has been working in partnership with ENGIEfor almost eight years to provide planning services across Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Immingham and the surrounding villages and countryside.

Nick Raynsford, former planning and housing minister and Chair of the Judging Panel, said: “This partnership is a high-performing planning team with a ‘can-do’ attitude.

“Their ‘enabling not controlling’ attitude to development should be held up as an exemplar.

“Feedback shows their planners are transparent, proactive, pragmatic, objective and professional.

“They have some great ideas for best practice including paper free planning, commitment to staff development, joined-up working and face-to-face or telephone engagement rather than email.”

The local authority also provides all the regulatory services expected –from trading standards to food hygiene inspections.

“Property costs and land values across the area are up to 25% lower than in competitor locations.”

“Transparent, proactive, pragmatic, objective and professional”

Business Centres

Conferencing and meeting room facilities

We have a number of meeting rooms, training suites and conference room facilities situated around North East Lincolnshire available for between 5 and 100 delegates.

Our meeting rooms are available for all kinds of business occasions – why not choose a layout that fits your meeting:

•Boardroom – ideal for formal meetings

•Cabaret – around tables, great for working together in groups or for a more informal gathering

•Theatre – great for professional presentation

•U-shape – encourages discussion

Our rooms have free Wi-Fi internet access and a range of facilities which could include: LCD projector and screen, TV and DVD, access to a computer, flipchart, paper and pens.

All of our rooms can be hired on a half day or full day basis and there are five available to hire hourly, with prices starting at just £10 per hour for the room.

Refreshments can be provided for your event either by our on-site caterers or through corporate catering services.

All our business centres are conveniently situated with excellent transport links to the motorway, rail and airport, and include free car parking for all delegates.

Contact Details:

Reception - Europarc Innovation Centre, Innovation Way, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire,DN37 9T

Email: ic@nelincs.gov.uk

Telephone: 01472 326297 – option 2 then option 1

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How to get here

We’re set in the heart of the UK with direct access to Europe.

We’ve fantastic main roads leading to the ports and town centres. The M180 / A180 lead to Immingham and Grimsby from the west, while the A46 and A16 are the main routes from the south, going into the heart of Grimsby and Cleethorpes.

A direct rail route from Manchester Airport calls at stations including Sheffield, Doncaster (for the east coast mainline), Scunthorpe, Barnetby (Humberside Airport) and Habrough (Immingham).

We are 20 minutes from Humberside Airport, accessing the rest of the world via daily flights to Schiphol Amsterdam International, and less than an hour’s drive from Hull’s passenger ferry terminals.

T: +44 (0)1472 326142

E: enquiries@investnel.co.uk

We provide turnkey asset management solutions for offshore renewable energy projects, including construction, operation and maintenance, and decommissioning services.

Lincs

Lincs Inspire offer a range of flexible, multi-use spaces across their venues, accommodating up to 1,200 at the Grimsby Auditorium. Whatever your function we have a space to suit.

Equipped with HD quality, audio visual and specialist conferencing equipment | Fully catered options | Ample, free car parking

Other packages include: Team building activities | Training solutions (First Aid, Manual handling and more) | Corporate gym membership packages | Support for healthy employee campaigns.

For rates and availability email enquiries@lincsinspire.com www.lincsinspire.com

We also believe it’s important to support other local businesses, which is why we’re committed to using locally-sourced materials and services.

www.charworthhomes.co.uk

office@charworthhomes.co.uk

01652 659 072

If you’re looking for a unique new home, have land to sell, or if you’d just like to know more about us then please get in touch. 2019165

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Precision Engineering, Welding & Fabrication Services

We believe that all students should have the opportunity to learn, work and achieve within a safe, caring and engaging environment. We aspire to offer students the best possible opportunities available and celebrate every success, no matter how big or small.

We take a personalised approach to everything we do. Students are supported to exceed their expectations in every way. Students are supported, guided and nurtured during their five years in the Academy.

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Being a small, family-run business means we’re perfectly placed to give each client a bespoke, one to one service for their new home.

Charworth Homes is a familyrun home building company located in North Lincolnshire.

Whether refurbishment, fabrication or component manufacture, our well equipped workshops can offer you machines to suit your individual requirements and time-served engineers with the skill to be as versatile as the market demands.

For over 39 years, Blackrow Engineering have been providing high quality engineering and fabrication services worldwide. From our state-ofthe-art facilities on the Humber Bank we provide a range of engineering products and services across key sectors including food, petrochemical and pharmaceutical.

Our philosophy is one of partnership working with our clients. We look to deliver long-standing value to projects whether it is straightforward OEM installation or a complex custom turnkey project.

We take great pride in our flexible approach and ability to deliver ‘on time and in budget’ and to look for innovative solutions to any challenges we may face.

Estate Road 7, South Humberside Industrial Estate, Grimsby, DN31 2TP

phone 01472 889200

email: info@blackrow.co.uk

www.blackrow.co.uk

Have your people got the skills to drive performance and ensure the sustainability and growth of your business?

We provide bespoke training, qualifications and apprenticeships for new and existing staff. Leadership & Management, Health & Safety, Administration & Customer Service, Engineering, Construction, Digital Technology, Health & Social Care, Finance plus many more… If your business has less than 250 employees, you may be eligible to receive 100% funding for a wide range of bespoke and accredited training including apprenticeships. If you want to develop your skills or knowledge, or you are looking to develop your workforce and improve skills and productivity, please contact the business development team on 01724 281111 or email employertraining@northlindsey.ac.uk for further information and to take advantage of this funding.