News Centre: 2010

Greater Grimsby and the wider region have received a further boost to their status as an internationally significant hub for renewable energy.

08 July 2010

Further proof that Grimsby is ‘Europe’s Food Town’ comes with the creation of 200 new jobs and an £8.5-million investment by a leading soup manufacturer.

16 February 2010

Schools and colleges in the Greater Grimsby area have excellent relationships with local employers, something which helps to provide a supply of people with the right skills. One of the most innovative schools is the Havelock academy in Grimsby established in 2007.

06 September 2010

A high-profile London investment banker has singled out Grimsby as being at the heart of renewable energy opportunities in the UK. Trevor Castledine, chief operating officer of alternatives specialist Future Capital Partners (FCP), has written an article for the Citywire financial news service headlined – “Why Grimsby is at the centre of the energy revolution”.

08 February 2010

Cleethorpes-based construction firm, Carr & Carr (Builders) Ltd, has won the Local Authority Building Control, East Midlands Region Excellence Award 2010.

30 June 2010

A leading media expert has highlighted the success of a Cleethorpes start-up in his regular blog on The Guardian website.

11 February 2010

Marine safety giant Cosalt Offshore is eyeing up opportunities in the offshore windfarm industry. The Grimsby-based company is making significant progress into the renewable energy sector.

03 February 2010

Danish shipping company DFDS and Stora Enso, one of the world's largest paper producers, have recently signed an agreement confirming their cooperation on the transport of paper to the UK and Irish markets from Stora Enso’s paper mills in Sweden and Finland.

01 June 2010

ConocoPhillips, the global energy company with a major base locally at the Humber Refinery, has team up with the Oasis Academy Immingham to launch a new scheme to get youngsters from Greater Grimsby interested in engineering.

15 October 2010

Grimsby waste minimisation firm Environmental Expressions is celebrating a major food manufacturing group contract worth £6 million.

19 January 2010