On Thursday 30 March, the East Midlands Freeport was given the green light. D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) helped to bring this to our region.
The key headlines are as follows:
- New high-quality jobs and much-needed investment for the East Midlands region have been unlocked, with the East Midlands Freeport receiving final Government sign off.
- The Freeport will receive up to £25 million seed funding from Government and potentially hundreds of millions in locally retained business rates to drive growth in the UK’s advanced manufacturing, biomanufacturing, logistics, and low carbon industries.
- It will help encourage investment into sectors including automotive, space, and satellites sectors, generating thousands of jobs and boosting the local economy.
- The East Midlands Freeport is uniquely positioned as the only inland Freeport in England, with connections to major regional transport hubs, such as East Midlands Airport.
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