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Search for business opportunities across the region and beyond.
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Beck View Road, Beverley, HU17 0JT
Enterprise Way, Bridlington YO16 4SF
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Carlisle Street, Goole, DN14 5DS
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The Inward Investment Team provides a free and confidential package of services tailored to individual business needs
Encouraging new and growing businesses within East Yorkshire
Humber Freeport Tax sites at Goole and Hull East offer a range of benefits
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Our planning team can help you identify and resolve issues prior to submission
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Invest East Yorkshire, Invest Hull and Visit Hull and East Yorkshire are proud to celebrate English Tourism Week (15-24 March 2024) highlighting our diverse, exciting and vibrant sector in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
This annual campaign raises awareness of the industry and the mission to champion Tourism as a key sector within the region.
Did you know?
In 2019, the UK welcomed 40.8 million international visitors, but this number drastically fell to 11.1 million in 2020 due to the pandemic. However, there was a significant recovery in 2022, with 31.2 million overseas visitors, marking a 388.7% increase from 2021. Overseas visitor spending also saw a rebound, with £26.5 billion spent in 2022, nearly returning to the pre-pandemic levels of £28.4 billion in 2019.
To support the rebound and help local tourism businesses gain some of that value, Invest East Yorkshire and Invest Hull are pleased to offer three complimentary online workshops tailored to Hull and East Riding’s visitor-oriented businesses. The workshops are designed to focus on marketing tools and techniques aimed at enhancing the visibility and awareness of businesses to their clientele.
The development of these workshops was conducted in partnership with Susan Briggs, a renowned figure in tourism marketing with over three decades of experience. Susan brings a wealth of practical, tested advice to each workshop, ensuring participants leave with definite action points and heightened confidence in marketing their business efficiently, avoiding unnecessary expenditure of time and money.
The workshops:
Make 2024 Your Best Year Yet – Marketing Essentials
11.00 am – 12.15 pm on Tuesday, 19 March
This workshop delves into improving every facet of your marketing efforts. Participants will explore which marketing activities are indispensable, strategies for time and cost savings, and how to craft compelling unique selling propositions, key marketing messages, and promotional tools, along with tips for achieving ‘lazy success.’ A Q&A session for marketing inquiries will conclude the workshop.
Increase Your Facebook Followers and Engagement
11.00 am – 12.15 pm on Thursday, 21 March
Aimed at invigorating your Facebook presence, this hands-on workshop demystifies the current best practices on Facebook. It’s designed to assist in augmenting your followers and fostering engagement, translating to tangible business results. The session promises straightforward steps that can be undertaken by any tourism or hospitality business manager/leader, without the need for technical expertise or ‘gaming the algorithm.’ A period for marketing-related questions will also be included at the workshop’s conclusion.
This workshop represents a unique opportunity for Hull and East Riding’s tourism businesses to gain insider knowledge and actionable insights from one of the industry’s leading experts.
Mailing mastery
2.00 pm – 3.15 pm on Thursday, 21 March
Building a strong mailing list and sending out impactful mailings is one of the most powerful, cost-effective marketing techniques you can use. It can help you increase loyalty, fill gaps in demand and avoid discounting. This short practical workshop will help you to develop a good list, grasp legal requirements, understand the kind of content that works best, and what to do to save time and build consistency.
There will be time at the end of the session for any marketing questions
Don’t wait! Book your place now: https://erycevents.evolutive.co.uk/event/search/
In today’s highly competitive contract bidding landscape, businesses in the East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull have a unique opportunity to sharpen their tendering prowess. A series of FREE bespoke online workshops are scheduled to offer invaluable insights and skills for securing contracts.
Brought to you by Invest East Yorkshire and Invest Hull, led by industry experts Gimlet Associates Ltd.
Kate Skillman and Nigel Denison from Gimlet Associates Ltd, in the past 12 months have enabled wins for clients exceeding £383 million and take pleasure in sharing their knowledge and experience of tenders and bid skills within the workshop environment.
Upcoming Workshops:
Practical Bid Writing Skills for Businesses
Date: Tuesday 30 April
Time: 10:00am – 11:00am
Location: Online, Teams
Details: Designed for those with some experience in tendering, this session focuses on practical bid writing skills. Attendees will explore techniques for effective word count management, presenting compelling bids, and preparing for high-scoring responses across various sectors.
Dealing with Social Value and Sustainability Questions
Date: Tuesday 25 June
Details: This workshop addresses the increasingly important topics of social value and sustainability in tenders. Participants will learn to integrate these values into their organisation, ensuring their bids meet and exceed evaluator expectations.
Winning More Work through Tenders workshop
Date: Tuesday 16 April
Time: 09:30am – 12:00pm
Location: ergo business centre, Bridgehead Business Park, Boothferry Road, Hessle, HU13 0GD
Details: TBC
Why Join Our Workshops?
These workshops are essential for East Riding and Hull business leaders/staff involved in the tendering process. They provide an interactive platform for learning from industry experts. The sessions are crafted to offer practical advice and strategies, making them perfect for enhancing bidding capabilities and success rates.
Join us to refine your bid writing skills, understand the intricacies of the tender process, and gain a crucial edge in securing contracts. These workshops are a step towards achieving tendering excellence.
Book Your Place Today
Don’t miss this chance to revolutionise your approach to bidding and tender submissions. For more information and to book your place in these insightful workshops, visit our workshop registration page
The Government has approved a freeport tax site in Goole, in a move which will stimulate further major investment within the Humber region.
The tax site, which forms part of the wider Humber Freeport, spans almost 500 acres of prime development land across two plots, separated by the M62 motorway, on the outskirts of the East Yorkshire town.
The proposed footprint for the Goole tax site was submitted for approval in August last year. Now the site has been officially designated, following review and approval by the Treasury and HM Revenue & Customs.
It means businesses investing within the tax site can benefit from a series of advantages, ranging from business rate and stamp duty land tax relief, to National Insurance support designed to reduce employment costs.
Humber Freeport Chair Simon Bird welcomed approval for the Goole tax site.
He said: “Designation of the Goole tax site is another major positive step forwards for Humber Freeport and our mission to drive economic growth, generate thousands of skilled jobs, support innovation and promote cross-sector collaboration. “We strongly believe our freeport proposition in the Humber is a compelling and unique one, with huge opportunities in decarbonisation, advanced manufacturing, chemicals and port-related operations. “We’re offering investors the opportunity to benefit from the Humber’s status as a global gateway, with easy access to mainland Europe and beyond via the UK’s busiest ports complex. “We’ve got the space to grow, the people, the skills and the world-class companies already here to support investors, making the Humber the perfect place to do business.”
He said: “Designation of the Goole tax site is another major positive step forwards for Humber Freeport and our mission to drive economic growth, generate thousands of skilled jobs, support innovation and promote cross-sector collaboration.
“We strongly believe our freeport proposition in the Humber is a compelling and unique one, with huge opportunities in decarbonisation, advanced manufacturing, chemicals and port-related operations.
“We’re offering investors the opportunity to benefit from the Humber’s status as a global gateway, with easy access to mainland Europe and beyond via the UK’s busiest ports complex.
“We’ve got the space to grow, the people, the skills and the world-class companies already here to support investors, making the Humber the perfect place to do business.”
Humber Freeport aims to capitalise on the Humber’s vital role as a strategic asset for UK Plc as Britain’s global gateway, by attracting large-scale inward investments creating thousands of new jobs.
Designation of the Goole tax site will support the delivery of one of the region’s largest investments.
Leading property developer Wykeland Group holds the long-term development rights to the 211-acre northern part of the Goole tax site and Wykeland has exchanged on a deal with Finnish tissue paper manufacturer Metsä Tissue.
Subject to planning approval, Metsä Tissue will invest hundreds of millions of pounds to create the UK’s largest tissue paper mill on the site.
The facility is proposed to be built in several phases over the next few years. It will create more than 400 jobs, with thousands of additional indirect jobs generated across the supply chain and in the local economy.
Dominic Gibbons, Managing Director of Hull-based Wykeland, said: “Confirmation of freeport tax status for the Goole site is excellent news for Goole and the wider Humber. “The freeport tax site benefits added to the attractiveness of the proposition for Metsä Tissue. “They also underline the appeal of the wider Goole site, paving the way for further large-scale development delivering economic growth, new jobs and wide-ranging community benefits.”
Dominic Gibbons, Managing Director of Hull-based Wykeland, said: “Confirmation of freeport tax status for the Goole site is excellent news for Goole and the wider Humber.
“The freeport tax site benefits added to the attractiveness of the proposition for Metsä Tissue.
“They also underline the appeal of the wider Goole site, paving the way for further large-scale development delivering economic growth, new jobs and wide-ranging community benefits.”
The southern part of the Goole tax site is owned by St John’s College, Cambridge, which has appointed HBD, part of Henry Boot, as Development Partner.
Goole has become a magnet for inward investment in recent years, with the freeport tax site designation underlining the appeal of a location with excellent transport links via road, rail and the UK’s premier inland port.
Siemens Mobility is at the forefront of the town’s rejuvenation, with an investment of up to £200m in a rail manufacturing facility, adjacent to the freeport tax site, where tube trains for London’s Piccadilly line will be built.
The manufacturing facility will employ up to 700 people, generating around 1,700 new employment opportunities in the supply chain, and is the centrepiece of a growing rail village encompassing manufacturing, servicing and research and development facilities.
The southern part of the Goole tax site presents an opportunity to create an integrated supply chain alongside the Siemens Mobility rail centre of excellence and the neighbouring Guardian Glass factory.
The site has the potential to unlock a wealth of high-quality employment opportunities, particularly within the rail, advanced manufacturing and low carbon energy sectors.
Goole is also seeing major investment in its housing stock, with housebuilder Beal Homes investing £210m in The Greenways development of 800 homes – one of the region’s largest current residential schemes – as well as in its public facilities, with Government funding directed through the Goole Town Deal.
Goole is one of three Humber Freeport tax sites, alongside Hull East and the Able Humber Port at Immingham.
Other companies that have announced plans to invest on Humber Freeport sites include rare earth exploration company Pensana and green hydrogen specialist Meld Energy, both at Saltend Chemicals Park within the Hull East tax site.
For more information on the Goole freeport tax site, visit www.humberfreeport.org/where-are-we/goole
After the resounding success of our initial series of Social Media Workshops aimed at supporting businesses, we’re thrilled to announce a brand-new series of FREE workshops.
Invest East Yorkshire and Invest Hull Business Support Services are delighted to present an expanded range of workshops, fully funded and delivered by Electrify that cover every aspect of social media for businesses. We’ve also added some intermediate workshops for those already familiar with leveraging social media for marketing their businesses.
To find out more and book your place – click on the links below:
Don’t miss out on these opportunities to enhance your social media skills. Reserve your place today and maximise your business’s online presence!
To view all our available workshops for businesses – click here
Nominations can now be made for the 2024 East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Chairman’s Awards.
The awards, which will be presented by chairman John Whittle at an event in May recognise people, businesses and projects that have helped improve the East Riding,
There are four award categories:
Nominees can only be entered for one category and a previous award winner cannot be nominated in the same category for a period of three years but can be entered in another.
Councillor Whittle said: “I am sure there will be many individuals, communities, businesses, building projects and sporting achievements that deserve some recognition for making the East Riding a good place to be.”
For more information or to submit a nomination go to www.eastriding.gov.uk/chairmansawards or email chairmans.awards@eastriding.gov.uk no later than Wednesday, 31 January 2024.
Public Consultation: 4th December 2023 – 5th January 2024
Arup, acting on behalf of St John’s College, Cambridge, the landowner, is pleased to announce a significant development opportunity that could reshape Goole’s economic landscape. The Goole Freeport South site, poised to extend the thriving Goole 36 Enterprise Zone, is now open for public consultation.
This ambitious project envisages a versatile industrial hub that includes advanced manufacturing, low-carbon energy production, energy storage, and modern logistics facilities. With the potential to generate a substantial number of jobs and boost the local economy, the stakes are high, and your input is invaluable.
A meticulously crafted masterplan is in the works to support the forthcoming planning application, which will guide the area’s growth and development in the years ahead. St John’s College, Cambridge, is eager to share the initial plans with the local community and seeks your active participation in shaping the final blueprint.
The Site
The Goole Freeport South site is an integral part of the expansive Goole Freeport tax site, spanning both the north and south of the M62 motorway. St John’s College, Cambridge, holds ownership of the southern section and is pursuing planning consent for its development. This project is part of the broader Humber Freeport Zone, a government-approved Freeport bid as of March 2021.
Stakeholder Preview Event
Ahead of the main public exhibitions, St John’s College, Cambridge extend a warm invitation to valued stakeholders. Join them for an exclusive preview event to explore the preliminary plans and meet their dedicated team, poised to address your inquiries. The stakeholder preview event will be held on:
Date: Thursday 7th December 2023
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: RaisE Business Centre
Tom Pudding Way, Goole
DN14 6BS
Public Exhibitions
We also encourage all members of the community to participate in the public exhibitions. These events are scheduled as follows:
Time: 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Date: Saturday 9th December 2023
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Location: Junction Theatre & Cinema
Paradise Place, Goole
DN14 5DL
Viewing the Proposals
For your convenience, the proposed plans are available for viewing on the consultation website at https://goolefreeportsouth.com. The website will go live on Monday 4th December 2023.
Providing Your Feedback
Your input holds immense value in shaping the future of Goole. There are two convenient ways to provide your feedback:
What Happens Next?
Following this public consultation, St John’s College, Cambridge will meticulously review all feedback received and fine-tune the proposals. The next steps include an Environmental Impact Assessment and the preparation of an outline planning application, scheduled for submission to East Riding of Yorkshire Council in Easter 2024. Rest assured, there will be another opportunity for you to share your thoughts directly with the Council during the statutory determination period.
Be part of this transformative journey and help shape the future of Goole. Your voice matters, and together, we can build a stronger, more prosperous community.
We are delighted to announce two FREE vital half-day sessions delivered by Humber HR, for growing businesses, aimed at supporting performance management and enhancing employee wellbeing in today’s dynamic business environment.
Managing Your Expanding Team within an HR Framework
Our expert-led workshop is tailored for small businesses navigating the challenges of managing a growing team. The session covers:
Date: Tuesday 5th December
Location: ergo Business Centre, Bridgehead Business Park, Hessle HU13 0GD
Time: 9:30am – 12:00pm
Pro-Active Performance Management and Employee Wellbeing Session
This focused session will delve into the intricacies of pro-active performance management.
Key highlights include:
Time: 2:00pm – 4:30pm
Join us in these informative sessions to enhance your workplace dynamics and set a new standard in employee engagement and organisational effectiveness.
Click on the link below to book your places.
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Invest East Yorkshire and Invest Hull are delighted to offer a series of FREE workshops encompassing all facets of social media for businesses.
These workshops are available both online and in-person, carefully designed to cater to all levels from beginners to individuals aiming to elevate their social media marketing efforts.
Our workshops will delve into various vital topics, including:
Don’t miss out on these invaluable, fully funded workshops delivered by Electrify.
Click here to discover more and secure your place!
Rural businesses in the East Riding may be eligible to access grants of between £1,000 and £50,000, to support projects aimed at growing and developing the business.
Our experienced business advisers are available to work with rural business owners to help them identify projects that will help their business to grow and improve and understand what sort of grants they might be eligible for. Eligible business owners can apply for up to 50 per cent of the total cost of their project.
Through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Rural England Prosperity Fund, rural businesses can access revenue grants of up to £5,000 that can be used to help cover anything from attendance at events to marketing costs. There are also grants of up to £10,000 for small scale capital expenditure projects, which could include things like the purchase of machinery or improvements to retail premises. Larger capital expenditure grants of up to £50,000 are available if a project is capable of delivering significant economic impact, which would need to be demonstrated as part of the application process. This could include the creation of jobs, significant supply chain development or an increase in tourism accommodation in rural areas.
Grants can’t be used to cover general day-to-day costs, such as rent, staffing, utility bills, buying stock or for core farming activities and expenditure. Projects can’t be funded retrospectively; grant funding must be approved before a project begins.
For more information about the application process or to find out whether you could be eligible for a grant, please contact the team on 01482 391622 or email business.support@eastriding.gov.uk.
Leading Finnish tissue paper manufacturer Metsä Tissue has announced plans to invest hundreds of millions of pounds in Goole over the next decade in a move that’s expected to create thousands of jobs.
Part of the Metsä Group, Metsä Tissue has chosen Goole as the site for its new state-of-the-art tissue paper mill, which will be the largest in the UK, significantly reducing the quantity of tissue products that are imported into the country each year. More than 400 new jobs will be directly created by the proposed facility, as well as thousands more across the supply chain and the local economy.
The planned development is set to become the first major investment in Goole’s proposed Freeport Tax site, which forms part of the Humber Freeport and aims to accelerate inward investment in the region.
Built in several phases over the next ten years, it will harness the very latest sustainable production technology and have the capacity to produce 240,000 tonnes of tissue paper.
Esa Kaikkonen, CEO of Metsä Tissue, said: “Goole is the perfect location for this proposed investment. The Humber region provides a crucial gateway to the whole of the United Kingdom and the region’s ambitions to bring cutting-edge green technology and jobs to the UK matches our ambitions in clean, sustainable manufacturing.
“We are delighted to announce our plan to invest in a world-class production site in Goole. This exciting investment would bring the UK and Finland together, combining the sustainable raw material of fresh wood fibres grown in the Nordics with the world-class local production of quality tissues in the UK. We are thrilled about how these plans can contribute to more sustainable local tissue production in the UK, offering alternatives to the currently imported tissue products. The project will significantly enhance Metsä Tissue’s presence in this country and underscores the importance of the UK market to our business in the years ahead.”
Metsä Tissue has set a target for all of its products to be manufactured from fully fossil fuel-free raw materials by 2030 as part of the drive to achieve a net zero society. It’s also aiming for all of its mills, including the new Goole facility, to operate without the use of fossil fuels by 2030.
Subject to securing the necessary planning permission and a final investment decision, the proposed site will occupy an area of around 200 acres and serve both the professional and consumer markets.
