Growing New Routes to Marketplace for our Progressive SMS’s Throughout Wales
As a part of a brand new collection targeted on the ambitions and alternatives of the Celtic Freeport bid in South Wales, Enterprise Information Wales spoke with Phil Jones, CEO of Enterprise in Focus in regards to the alternatives a freeport in South West Wales could have on SME’s throughout all areas of Wales.
In regards to the Celtic Freeport Bid
Celtic Freeport is an thrilling undertaking that may unlock the widest attainable alternatives for Wales by accelerating innovation and inspiring vital funding, whereas fast-tracking trendy expertise for brand new inexperienced industries and nationwide decarbonisation.
With growth websites all through Neath Port Talbot and Pembrokeshire, the Celtic Freeport will:
- Assist 16,000 new inexperienced jobs
- Generate £5.5bn of latest funding
- Speed up the roll-out of floating offshore wind and the hydrogen economic system
Background
In September 2022, the Welsh and UK governments invited proposals for a freeport in Wales.
The deadline for bids was 24 November 2022, with the profitable bid anticipated to be introduced in early February.
The Celtic Freeport bid was lodged on behalf of a public-private consortium whose companions embrace Related British Ports (ABP), Neath Port Talbot Council, Pembrokeshire County Council and the Port of Milford Haven.
