Freeport East is reportedly offering free, dedicated support designed to help businesses and investors establish and grow their footprint in the East of England.
Backed by the UK Government to help deliver on the Industrial Strategy, Freeport East is a not-for-profit public-private partnership and does not charge fees for its support.
Based around the Ports of Felixstowe, Harwich and Ipswich, and close to London, Cambridge, Stansted Airport and leading universities, Freeport East and the wider East of England offers significant opportunities across clean energy, digital technologies, defence, life sciences, advanced manufacturing and logistics.
The region is home to the UK’s largest concentration of clean energy power assets, alongside world-leading research centres in digital technologies, telecommunications and agritech.
As one of the UK’s Industrial Strategy Zones, Freeport East has already supported the delivery of £250m of investment on Freeport sites.
This is addition to a further £200m on other sites across the East of England, a combined total of £450m.
Freeport East also help to channel investment enquiries to specialist experts in the local area, for example in relation to customs, legal and accounting matters and also works closely with other inward investment agencies at the national and local level.
Freeport East CEO, Steve Beel, said: “We’ve already helped to bring £450m of new private sector investment into the East of England, and along the way we’ve built up real knowledge of what makes businesses thrive here and the support they need.
“The Investment Concierge Service is how we put our networks, our relationships, our experience as well as our financial support to work to help more international and UK businesses grow their footprint in the region.
“We want to attract another £500m to the region, and with it, good jobs and sustainable growth.”
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