New Provide Chain Alternatives that may Create Continuity of Employment
As a part of a brand new sequence targeted on the ambitions and alternatives of the Celtic Freeport bid in South Wales, Enterprise Information Wales spoke with Nick Revell, Managing Director at Ledwood Mechanical Engineering concerning the recreation altering affect the freeport may have on the availability chain community and specifically the power to supply continuity of employment.
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In regards to the Celtic Freeport Bid
Celtic Freeport is an thrilling challenge that may unlock the widest doable alternatives for Wales by accelerating innovation and inspiring vital funding, whereas fast-tracking fashionable expertise for brand new inexperienced industries and nationwide decarbonisation.
With growth websites all through Neath Port Talbot and Pembrokeshire, the Celtic Freeport will:
- Help 16,000 new inexperienced jobs
- Generate £5.5bn of recent funding
- Speed up the roll-out of floating offshore wind and the hydrogen economic system
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Background
In September 2022, the Welsh and UK governments invited proposals for a freeport in Wales.
The time limit 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.
