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Plymouth successfully secures nearly £20 million from Levelling Up fund
Plymouth City Council has been successful in securing nearly £20 million to transform Plymouth's infrastructure and economy as part of the overall Plymouth and South Devon Freeport initiative. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities' Levelling Up...
£7.5m innovation grant fund awarded to marine and maritime businesses in the South West
Government today announced that the South West region has been chosen as the country’s Marine and Maritime Launchpad. The Marine and Maritime in the Great South West Launchpad has been developed jointly by Ocean Futures, an international thematic cluster that...
Freeport welcomes new Director to the team
The Plymouth and South Devon Freeport core team is now complete with the announcement that Eifion Jones will join as Business Growth and Investment Director next month. Eifion comes to the Freeport with fifteen years of leadership roles in local economic development...
Business units at Freeport’s largest tax site move a step closer
Full release from Plymouth City Council: Around 140 high quality jobs in marine, defence and space sector are on the cards at the largest tax site in Plymouth and South Devon Freeport, thanks to a business case which has just been signed off. Work on a series of...
Major Freeport investment to improve Millbay Docks
£1.3 million funding from the UK Government as part of the Plymouth and South Devon Freeport seed capital programme will be invested into Millbay Docks Associated British Ports. This will enable ABP to embark on a series of strategic infrastructure developments...
Global innovator in marine autonomy expands into Freeport
International innovator in marine autonomy and defence contractor, M Subs, which operates in both Texas, USA and Plymouth, has signed a lease agreement to expand business operations into the Plymouth and South Devon Freeport. M Subs design, build and operate...
Marine Technology Centre puts city at forefront of innovation
Plymouth Marine Business Technology Centre is bowing out on top after delivering an impressive set of results that puts Plymouth and South Devon at the forefront of marine innovation. The centre is a partnership led by Plymouth City Council with the Marine Biological...
South West’s transformational opportunities showcased at UKREiiF
The Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) will be promoting the South West’s opportunities to investors at the national investment and infrastructure forum, UKREiiF, in Leeds from 16th – 18th May. The annual forum is designed to attract...
PASD Freeport welcomes new member to the team
The Plymouth and South Devon Freeport is delighted to welcome Ian Cooper to the team as Operations Manager. Following a successful four years as Operations Manager at the city’s award-winning museum, archive and gallery, The Box, Ian will join the Freeport on 2 May....
Langage Green Hydrogen hub shortlisted by government
Carlton Power (owners of Langage Energy Park) have today been announced in the shortlist for the government's Hydrogen Business Model/Net Zero Hydrogen Fund - this is exciting and encouraging news for the South West. If successful in the contract award, due later this...