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After a break of two years, entries are now open for the 2023 East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Chairman’s Awards.
The awards will be presented by chairman John Whittle at an event in May. And will recognise people, businesses and projects that have helped improve the East Riding.
With four award categories:
In 2020, the winners in the Business category went to CAB Executive Travel from Goole and Subli Metals from Mappleton. Both businesses showed commitment to their workforce, contributions to the local economy and supported the local community.
Nominees can only be entered for one category. Additionally 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: “It’s great news that the awards are back. There are 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: www.eastriding.gov.uk/chairmansawards email chairmans.awards@eastriding.gov.uk Or contact Sarah Asquith, civic services manager at East Riding of Yorkshire Council on (01482) 393260 or email sarah.asquith@eastriding.gov.uk
Closing date is Tuesday, 31 January 2023.
Residents in the East Riding are encouraged to shop local this weekend in support of Small Business Saturday.
A grassroots, not-for-profit campaign, Small Business Saturday first came to the UK in 2013. It has grown into an iconic campaign, which celebrates small business success. Additionally encouraging consumers to ‘shop local’ and support businesses in their communities.
What does it involve?
On Small Business Saturday, customers across the UK go out and support all types of small businesses. Many small businesses take an active role in promoting the day by hosting events and offering promotions.
The campaign has engaged millions each year, with spend on the day topping over £1 billion.
Follow the campaign on Twitter via #SmallBizSatUK @SmallBizSatUK.
Free parking in council-run car parks will also be in force, encouraging even further footfall into the town centres.
One business owner hoping to see residents come out in support is Lucy Thompson from Beverley’s Oh My Dog.
Lucy said: “It would be great to see even more residents come out to support us on the high street on Small Business Saturday. I know a lot of the shops around me have gone to extra effort to look the part heading into Christmas.
“We get a lot of support from the council and that support has really enabled us to get the business off the ground and make a great success of it. Times are tough for everyone right now financially but Oh My Dog continues to be as popular as ever and I look forward to seeing even more customers through the doors on Saturday!”
We are thrilled to announce that we have awarded the café contract at the RaisE Business Centre to a local Goole business.
Feast 78 is a family business, set up in 2020 by Lesley Lawton.
The business has been running from Lesley’s home, but will soon move into their new fully-fitted kitchen facility at the RaisE Business Centre.
Feast 78 will be offering breakfast, brunch, and lunches with desserts, cakes, hot and cold drinks, as well as daily specials. They will be providing a warm, friendly, and professional service, with everything available to eat in or take away.
They will continue to provide buffets for corporate, and private functions and will cater for meetings, conferences and events held within the business centre.
Once opened, the café will become the focal point when entering the building. This makes it easily accessible to tenants, passing trade from the local business community, and the wider public.
In the meantime, visit the Feast 78 website: www.feast78.com to find out more about the business.
Hornsea retailers have benefited from a free to attend workshop to boost their skills in marketing and social media.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council organised a series of free workshops for retail and hospitality businesses in the East Riding, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Welcome Back Fund. Sessions have already been delivered in Market Weighton, Bridlington and Beverley.
On Monday 27 June, Hornsea businesses had the opportunity to learn from Simon Shepherd of Client Marketing, and took part in a marketing workshop aimed at improving their marketing skills and tactics to help businesses stand out from the crowd.
Attendees received a copy of the new Retail Sector Guide which offers a wealth of practical tips and advice, helping retailers to acquire, serve and retain customers.
Lucy Abbott, assistant business support project manager at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “It is great to be able to support local businesses with these workshops and it is fantastic to see businesses working collaboratively to bring more visitors to Hornsea.”
Further workshops are planned to support East Riding retailers and hospitality businesses, if you wish to discuss how we can support your business please telephone 01482 391622 or email business.support@eastriding.gov.uk.
The multi-million-pound Beverley Enterprise Centre is now officially open following a launch event last week
Numerous guests joined representatives from East Riding of Yorkshire Council and businesses within the centre for an opportunity to learn more about the enterprise centre and the opportunities available within it.
Cllr Jonathan Owen, leader of the council, opened the event before further speeches by Alessandro Caruso of ACA Ltd and Neil Armstrong of Carbon Visibility Ltd. Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, also attended the event and put forward some final words before cutting the ribbon to declare the centre officially open.
The £4.8million development on Grovehill Road has become a landmark building in the market town and now offers superior facilities for new and existing businesses, regenerating a former demolition site and visually enhancing the immediate area. 30 companies are now expected to make the centre their new home.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has part-funded the project which has secured £1.5m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and £0.5m from the Getting Building Fund, via the Hull and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP), to help finance the project.
It is intended that the site will provide excellent opportunities for significant industrial development, and have the potential to offer employment opportunities, economic sustainability, and a boost for the market town, which currently relies heavily on the service sector, retail and the visitor economy.
The building – with its construction designed and project-managed by the council’s Infrastructure & Facilities service – accommodates a combination of office and light industrial workshops ranging from 17 – 79 square meters.
The building also comes with its own green remit, with an array of circa 200 square metre solar panels, EV car chargers, and a low emission and refrigerant design. During construction, sustainable and locally sourced building materials were used.
The building has previously been awarded a British Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) Excellent Design certificate – a prestigious standard to achieve for any building and complementing the council’s recent climate emergency declaration.
Cllr Jane Evison, portfolio holder for economic investment, growth and tourism at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “We are thrilled with the magnificent Beverley Enterprise Centre and I’m sure it will become a major landmark building both for the businesses and for Beverley as a developing centre for industry.
“The centre will become yet another one-stop shop for both start-up and established businesses in the region and will stand proudly with the other business centres in Bridlington, Driffield, Market Weighton, Hessle, Brough, and of course most recently the RaisE Business Centre in Goole.”
Amanda Hoggart, business centre manager at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, added: “with a wide range of services on offer in addition to the office space the Beverley Enterprise Centre is proving to be a huge success already with only 3 offices now left to rent, since handover in April 2022.
“All our business centres have a front-of-house team to support your business along with access to conference facilities, business support and networking opportunities. Every year our business centres help entrepreneurs achieve their dream of running their own business along with supporting existing businesses to expand and grow with the flexible licence terms.”
The construction of the centre was undertaken by local contractors Geo Houlton & Sons Ltd.
For more information about Beverley Enterprise Centre and to enquire about office space, please contact bec@eastriding.gov.uk
A prototype fusion energy plant could bring huge economic benefits to the region – potentially generating more than £1b in gross value added (GVA), an economic report has concluded.
If the proposed site to host the plant near Goole in East Yorkshire is given the go-ahead by the government, it could also create more than 8,000 jobs during the manufacture and construction of the prototype power plant.
The site is one of five shortlisted by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) as potential locations to host the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) programme.
The winning location will be announced later this year.
The East Riding of Yorkshire Council bid was supported by key industry bodies, a range of different stakeholders and a partnership of northern universities, led by the University of York.
Those behind the bid say the project could be truly transformative and bring opportunity to generations.
Fusion is an intrinsically safe technology, and has the potential to provide a near-limitless source of secure, low carbon energy by copying the processes that power the sun and stars where atoms are fused to release energy, creating nearly four million times more energy for every kilogram of fuel than burning coal, oil or gas.
The headline objective of STEP is to demonstrate delivery of net electricity to the grid at the 100MW (megawatts) level.
The economic report, carried out by Dr Mark Graham, Senior Economist at the Data Driven Innovation Programme, University of Edinburgh, quantified the huge economic benefits the plant could bring in construction costs, investment, training and jobs.
The massive project has been broken down into distinct phases, culminating in the completion of the STEP prototype reactor by around 2040. Phase I is currently underway with £222m of government funding and involves land acquisition and concept design by 2024. Phase II would see site development and engineering design through to 2032, while Phase III would see the manufacture and construction of the STEP prototype reactor which could generate investment totalling £10b.
Phase III could generate 8,651 jobs, the report concludes.
The initial phase of construction and development would see growth from hundreds of workers in 2024 needed to build the initial infrastructure, towards the Phase III level by the 2030s.
There are already around 18,000 manufacturing jobs within the East Riding of Yorkshire and the report’s author concludes the region could serve many of the needs of the third and final phase of the project.
With over 160,000 science, research, engineering and technology professionals based within a 50 mile radius of Goole, the local area, the report’s author says the region is particularly well served to meet R&D opportunities.
STEP will drive early investment in regional skills at all stages, from primary and secondary schools to further education colleges, apprenticeships and universities. The exciting career opportunities that STEP offers will be available to all – the girls and boys at primary school now, could be the operators of STEP in the future.
The report recommends consideration of a new University Technical College in the region focused on Net Zero and Fusion requirements, with the University of York well-placed to lead along with key industrial partners associated with the project.
Other regional strengths highlighted in the report include:
Cllr Jane Evison, portfolio holder for economic investment, growth and tourism at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “The STEP fusion energy project would be truly transformative for the East Riding and bring opportunities for generations to come.
“This economic report has further quantified the huge economic benefits the plant could bring in construction costs, investment, training and jobs. The impact on jobs for local people in several roles cannot be understated, nor can STEP’s ambition to drive skills and investment in our local schools and colleges.
“The council will continue to work hard with our stakeholder partners to ensure the East Riding has done everything possible by the time the preferred location is named later this year.”
#GrowMySME has relaunched its popular New Business Start-Up Grant and the new Start-Up Connectivity Grant.
Businesses in the East Riding, Hull, North and North East Lincolnshire area, who have been registered for less than 12 months, could be eligible for funding to support investment in ICT equipment, software, digital marketing (including first website) and IT consultancy.
The Start-Up grant offers a £1,000 grant to cover 40% to 50% of eligible project costs.
The Connectivity Grant, which supports new businesses to get connected to superfast broadband, can fund 100% of costs between £500 to £1,000.
For more details and to arrange to chat with a business advisor to find out if your project is eligible, visit: https://www.growmysme.co.uk/grant-funding/
The multi-million-pound Rail Accelerator and Innovation Solutions hub for Enterprise, (RaisE) business centre in Goole is now officially open following a launch event last week.
Over 150 guests joined representatives from the three key stakeholders at RaisE – East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Siemens Mobility and University of Birmingham – for an opportunity to learn more about the business centre and the commitment to support SMEs within the rail sector in terms of the office, meeting and business provision available.
The key stakeholders spoke at the event to reflect on the RaisE project and its significance to Goole before guests and dignitaries were given an opportunity to tour the building for themselves and learn more about what RaisE will deliver. Andrew Percy, MP for Brigg and Goole, also attended the event and unveiled an opening plaque to celebrate the occasion.
RaisE business centre, located within the Goole 36 Enterprise Zone, provides 3,200 square metres of commercial floor space made up of grade-A office and workshop accommodation. This space is available to let to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in any sector and is not exclusive to those involved in rail.
The striking three-storey building, with a prominent frontage to Tom Pudding Way, includes spacious, modern conference rooms, smaller ground floor meeting rooms, communal break-out areas and free on-site car parking for occupants and visitors. A welcoming communal cafe hub that will act as a focal point for the business park will also be operational from June 2022.
Each office and workshop, set over the ground and first floor, ranges from between 187 square feet to 840 square feet in size. Costs start at around £25 per square foot, which includes power, heat, light and most importantly easy in /out terms.
The second floor is now the office base for Siemens Mobility, who are the catalyst for creating the Goole Rail Village. Their presence within RaisE and the new rail factory site opposite the business centre will create up to 700 new jobs.
It is also estimated that the business centre, via its occupiers, will create over 90 new job opportunities now businesses are beginning to move in.
To help fund this £8.1million capital project grant money was secured including£1.5m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and £1m from the Getting Building Fund, via the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP).
The University of Birmingham is home to the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education. Europe’s largest university-based specialist railway research, education and innovation centre that provides; world-class research, education, and innovation to the global railway industry of which its engineers, academics and industry experts will have an office base on the first floor, at this new Goole business centre.
The breadth of skills, facilities and reach at the University’s railway centre will enable businesses to diversify into rail and for those already operating in the sector further develop their products and services.
Phase two of RaisE will now follow on the same site and will be a £50m centre of excellence for rail and research and innovation developed between Siemens Mobility and the University of Birmingham.
Both phases, in conjunction with the £200m Siemens Mobility manufacturing facility, which is currently under construction, will be an exciting partnership between industry, academia and the public sector will help create a ‘Rail Village’ concept that will attract further added value activity from the wider supply chain.
Councillor Jonathan Owen, Leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “It really is fantastic to see the RaisE business centre in Goole become operational and this exciting project, alongside the rest of the ‘Rail Village’ is brilliant news for Goole and the surrounding areas.
“The relationship between the three key stakeholders has ensured we now have an example of how the public sector, industry and academia can work together to ensure Goole continues to be shown as a town on the rise.”
Sambit Banerjee, Managing Director, Rolling Stock and Customer Services for Siemens Mobility, said: “It is fantastic to see the RaisE business centre officially launched. We at Siemens Mobility are pleased to have worked together with East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the University of Birmingham to make this happen.
“This will be a great space for collaboration as part of the ‘Rail Village’. It will provide a valuable space for providing research and development support for start-ups and SMEs in the UK rail industry. I look forward to seeing the development of RaisE as the forum in the UK to showcase the very best of British innovation to the rest of the world.”
Professor Clive Roberts, Professor of Railway Systems and Head of the School of Engineering at the University of Birmingham, said: “We are thrilled to see the RaisE business centre open for business. We have worked very closely with our long-standing partner Siemens Mobility and East Riding of Yorkshire Council to build a centre that will place Goole and local businesses in the area at the centre of rail innovation.
“At the University and within the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education we actively engage with industry to develop new ideas, overcome challenges, and find smarter ways to operate.
“The open dialogue between the three stakeholders and now a place where we are present together truly provides businesses in the area and beyond an opportunity to see what working with the public sector, industry and academia can achieve for their business and local town.”
Andrew Percy, MP for Brigg and Goole, added: “The Goole 36 development and the creation of the new RaisE Centre is levelling-up in action. It shows what can be achieved when business, academia, Government, and the Council work together and pool their efforts.
“Goole is an increasingly attractive place to invest in and we all have a shared vision of making the town the centre of the rail industry of the future.”
Amanda Hoggart, business centre manager at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, added: “Our business centres have a number of different-sized office and workshop spaces available to let and can be accessed 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week.
“Each centre has its own pro-active on-site team, including experienced business advisers and a professional, front-of-house reception to support your business. Flexible terms and great conference and meeting facilities RaisE along with all our other business centres are the perfect location for your business”
Construction of the RaisE business centre was undertaken by the independent contractor Willmott Dixon, in conjunction with East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Infrastructure & Facilities team.
For further information on RaisE or to book a meeting or conference room, please contact the team at RaisE on 01482 391660, or email raise@eastriding.gov.uk
The multi-million-pound RaisE business centre is now officially open following an event earlier this week aimed at businesses from within the Goole area.
Over 50 guests joined representatives from the three key stakeholders in RaisE – East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Siemens Mobility and University of Birmingham – for a first opportunity to see what the centre and its services has to offer.
Several speeches were made by key stakeholders reflecting on the project and its significance to Goole before guests and dignitaries were given an opportunity to tour the building for themselves and learn more about what RaisE will deliver.
RaisE business centre, located within the Goole 36 Enterprise Zone, provides 3,200 square metres of commercial floor space made up of grade-A office and workshop accommodation. This space is available to let for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
The striking three-storey building, with a prominent frontage to Tom Pudding Way, includes spacious, modern conference rooms, smaller ground floor meeting rooms, communal break-out areas and free on-site car parking for occupants and visitors. A welcoming communal café hub that will act as a focal point for the business park will be operational in the coming months.
Each office and workshop, set over the ground and first floor, ranges from between 236 square feet to 840 square feet in size. Costs start at around £25 per square foot, which includes power, heat, light and most importantly easy in /out terms.
To help fund this £8.1million capital project grant money was secured including£1.5m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and £1m from the Getting Building Fund, via the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP.
Florian Stoesser, Finance Director, Rolling Stock and Customer Services for Siemens Mobility, said: “RaisE is a key component of the Rail Village we are developing in Goole and will play a pivotal role in developing long term skills for our industry through closer collaboration with the supply chain and with our partners; University of Birmingham and East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
“We are delighted for our Goole team to now be based on the top floor of this fantastic building and encourage many of our industry partners to join us here and further build Goole in to a thriving UK rail hub for years to come.”
Alex Burrows, Director of Enterprise and Innovation at the Birmingham Centre for Rail Research and Education, at the University of Birmingham, said, “We are delighted to be a part of this hugely positive and exciting collaboration alongside East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Siemens Mobility UK. The ground is now set to develop the innovation culture and the capabilities that the UK rail industry must adopt in order to thrive in a highly competitive global market.
“This unique partnership bringing together the University of Birmingham, the local authority and a leading global OEM can ramp up the R&D capability in the North. Being a part of RaisE will open doors to SMEs from across the UK and overseas to build their knowledge and their ability to develop new products and solutions and bring them to market more quickly and effectively. RaisE will quickly become a natural home for innovative and creative SMEs to develop, to collaborate, and to thrive in the vast global rail market.”
For further information on RaisE, please visit: www.investeastriding.co.uk. Or contact Amanda Hoggart, business centre manager, at amanda.hoggart@eastriding.gov.uk
Looking for a place to hold your next meeting or conference? Contact the reception team on raise@eastriding.gov.uk
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is pleased to confirm that a site in Goole has passed the second stage of assessment in answer to the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA) national call for sites as a potential host for the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) programme.
The STEP project is an ambitious programme to design and construct a prototype fusion energy plant and, despite facing stiff competition from areas across the UK to host, the East Riding has been successful in the second stage of the nomination process. The initial bid, supported by a partnership of northern universities led by The University of York and key industry bodies, was submitted in March this year, identifying a site close to Junction 36 at Goole as a potential location. Due to Goole’s central location, this is seen as a fantastic opportunity for the whole of the Yorkshire and the wider Northern Powerhouse region.
The UKAEA has an initial £222million in funding from the UK Government to produce a concept design and choose a site by 2024. The site will become the home of STEP and be built to demonstrate that electricity can be predictably and stably produced in a fusion power station.
STEP will have many features of a fully operational power station, including infrastructure and associated research and development facilities, and it is likely to be approaching the scale and value of a commercial power station.
As the plant is currently in the design phase it is not possible to speculate what types of buildings and facilities that will be needed on-site, but it will become clearer in the coming few years as the design develops and a site is established.
Fusion has the potential to provide a near-limitless source of low carbon energy by copying the processes that powers the sun and stars where atoms are fused to release energy, creating nearly four million times more energy for every kilogram of fuel than burning coal, oil or gas.
This facility will be used to prove the commercial viability of fusion power by demonstrating that the plant can produce sustainable energy that could be converted to electricity and fed onto the National Grid. It’s a fantastic opportunity for Yorkshire to be at the forefront of the development of a UK-based fusion industry.
Councillor Jonathan Owen, leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “With this bid to become the host community for the STEP programme, and passing the second stage in the process, we recognise the potential long-term and enduring economic benefits it could bring to the East Riding and wider Yorkshire region, and also the national benefits.
“Without doubt, STEP will be a project at the forefront internationally of the clean energy revolution, which would bring visibility to our community on a global scale. It will create wonderful opportunities for growth across the UK, with jobs at all levels created in the region, and the programme will undoubtedly focus on skills development which is something we always nurture as a council.
“These skills will mostly be in science, technology, engineering and maths, although there will be opportunities across a wide range of roles and skills. We know that UKAEA has already provided resources to support an apprentice training scheme in the local area and will work with local education and training providers such as the Universities of York and Sheffield at the earliest opportunity. We are pleased to be able to support this bid and now look forward to progressing to the next phase.”
Professor Howard Wilson from the Department of Physics at the University of York was the first Director of the STEP project, while on secondment to UKAEA. Returning to York in May 2020 he supported East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s bid to host STEP in Goole and acted as a technical advisor on the bid. Moving forward, the University’s academics will provide further technical expertise on the project.
Professor Wilson said: “STEP is an incredibly exciting project, aiming to demonstrate the commercial viability of fusion energy as a valuable contribution to mitigate climate change.
“If our bid is successful, it will place Goole and the wider Yorkshire region at the international heart of sustainable energy, attracting a huge range of industries and organisations to generate jobs across many sectors and driving skills growth in the region.”
The University of York’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Charlie Jeffery said: “We are excited to be supporting this ambitious project, which would bring significant socio-economic benefits, including long-term, high skilled jobs to the local community and the wider region.
“As a University of public good, it is our mission to use our research and expertise, and in this case, our specialist fusion knowledge, to work in partnership with other organisations to provide opportunities for the region to innovate and grow.”
The STEP programme has a timescale set out in three phases:
Due to successfully passing phase two of the site selection process, the bid will be assessed in further detail by the UKAEA and Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy which will then make their recommendation to the Secretary of State. The final location decision is expected towards the end of 2022 and will be made by the Secretary of State.
For further information, visit the UKAEA website at step.ukaea.uk
