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Bid for creation of green freeport on River Clyde to be launched

Plans are being finalised to launch a multimillion-pound bid for the creation of a green freeport on the River Clyde. The Clyde Green Freeport project is being prepared by a partnership consisting of Glasgow Airport, Clydeport, Mossend International ...

09 Jun 2022 at 07:00

Scotland

North east launch green freeport bid

A consortium has launched a bid for a green freeport in the north east of Scotland. Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils, along with Aberdeen Airport, the Port of Aberdeen and Peterhead Port Authority, have staked their claim for one of the two ...

15 Jun 2022 at 11:14

Extend freeports to whole UK coastline to help struggling communities – Tory MPs

Conservative MPs have called on the new prime minister to arrest the decline of Britain’s coastal communities, which face losing half their young people due to a lack of jobs. The group of 13 MPs, including former leadership contender and ...

02 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Two areas of Scotland awarded green freeport status

Areas around Inverness and the River Forth have been awarded green freeport status, under a scheme agreed by the Scottish and UK governments. The two winning bids were formally announced on Friday morning as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ...

13 Jan 2023 at 15:22

MPs urge pause in freeport dredging while marine life deaths are investigated

Dredging at freeport sites across the UK should be paused while a mass die-off of marine life is investigated, ministers have been told. MPs used a Commons questions session to express further concerns over the deaths of thousands of ...

12 Jan 2023 at 11:58

Scotland

Former business secretary backs green freeport bid

A former business secretary has backed a bid for a green freeport in the North East of Scotland. Andrea Leadsom told a cross-party group of MPs on Wednesday that she supported the North East becoming one of the two areas in the ...

20 Jul 2022 at 18:24

No new freeports in Budget despite No 10 announcing five more would be built

Rachel Reeves will not announce any new freeports in the Budget, despite a Downing Street press release on Friday saying five more would be unveiled. The Chancellor will instead confirm funding for “next steps” for some of the ...

28 Oct 2024 at 11:43

Scotland

Scottish spaceport aims to be included as part of green freeport bid

A spaceport in Shetland which hopes to host rocket launches next year is aiming to become part of the North East Scotland freeport. SaxaVord Spaceport in Unst is in talks to become a subzone of the North East Scotland Green ...

25 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Consortium urges Nicola Sturgeon to back North East green freeport bid

Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to back a bid for a green freeport in the north east of Scotland. A consortium consisting of Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, Port of Aberdeen, Peterhead Port Authority and the ...

11 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Boris Johnson: I’m working very hard with Scottish Tories on levelling up

Boris Johnson has insisted he is “working very hard” with Tory colleagues north of the border – despite the leader of the Scottish Conservatives calling for him to quit. Douglas Ross has told the Prime Minister that ...

14 Feb 2022 at 13:55

Scotland

John Swinney ‘very optimistic’ about Scotland’s two green freeports

John Swinney has said he is “very optimistic” about the two green freeports announced for Scotland, as he sought to reassure MSPs on environmental standards and workers’ rights. Under a scheme jointly agreed by the ...

18 Jan 2023 at 19:07

Prime Minister backing freeports to ‘turbo charge’ growth in Wales

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has visited the UK’s newest freeport at Holyhead in Anglesey, promising it will “turbo charge” economic growth in Wales. Mr Sunak, accompanied by Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford, ...

23 Mar 2023 at 13:53

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