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Siemens looks forward to delivering another major first on the Energy Estuary

The UK’s most efficient gas-fired power station will bring another first to the Energy Estuary for Siemens, 30 years after its first foray on the Humber.

Keadby Two, a £350 million build in North Lincolnshire, was outlined to more than 100 companies keen to support the arrival.

Scheduled for commissioning in 2022, Wesley Tivnen, managing director of the £6 billion engineering giant’s power and gas division, told of his pride at the effort put in to get to the construction phase for the 841MW installation.

Help us shape the future of tourism in North Lincolnshire

Visit North Lincolnshire are looking for tourism businesses across our area to come together and work in partnership to make North Lincolnshire the best place to visit.

We want to launch a Tourism Partnership to create a thriving visitor economy, enhance the visitor experience and maximise visitor numbers, increasing spend and the number of overnight stays in our area.

Prior to launching the partnership, the Visit North Lincolnshire team are hosting an engagement event with local tourism businesses at Forest Pines Spa and Golf Resort on Wednesday 28 November from 1.30pm to 5pm.

The engagement event is a chance for businesses to discover more about the proposed Tourism Partnership and have your say on how it develops. At the event, we will look at how we can create better relationships, develop tools and intelligence for managing and growing our visitor economy, and develop the North Lincolnshire brand.

Event to attract local businesses, job and training opportunities

North Lincolnshire Council is holding a mid-tender supplier event for companies who have expressed an interest in highways and construction work potentially worth £150m. The event takes place at the Baths Hall on Thursday 11 October 9.30am until 3pm.

Businesses attending should by now have registered an interest to be on the council’s Highways & Construction framework. Those who haven’t yet registered can still do so. They have until 26 October and can register at www.yortender.co.uk.

The value of the jobs range from under £100 to up to £10m. There are new Lots for disabled adaptations and roofing works and renewal of general building work, repairs and maintenance, plus road improvement works.

The drop-in style event will give those that have registered the opportunity to:

• Check Constructionline status and discuss Constructionline queries with a knowledgeable representative
• Understand the bidding process
• Ask questions via an enquiry form

There will also be a short presentation, repeated throughout the event that explains the application process.

Those wishing to attend should reserve their place on Eventbrite. You will need to indicate your preferred presentation time – 10am, 11am or 1pm.

It is expected that the council will, through a competitive bidding process, award the contracts in December 2018 ready to start work from April 2019.

Cllr Rob Waltham, leader, North Lincolnshire Council, said:

This is a great opportunity for local businesses to be in with a chance of securing low, medium or high value contracts to carry out highways and construction work for the council over the next four to six years.

The event on Thursday is for those who have already registered to be on the council’s Construction & Highways framework. Though there is still time to register at www.yortender.co.uk.

With work potentially worth £150m on offer, this is not to be sniffed at and those lucky enough to be awarded one or more contracts will be helping bring local jobs and training opportunities.

The Cartwright Group announces expansion plans in North Lincolnshire

One of the UK’s leading trailer, commercial vehicle body and conversion manufacturers, the Cartwright Group, has announced the acquisition of a 26 acre site in North Lincolnshire to create a new flagship base for Cartwright Conversions Ltd (Conversions).

Led by Group MD, Mark Cartwright, the Cartwright Group currently build trailers and commercial vehicle bodies at its 38 acre site in Altrincham and Cartwright Conversions operates from Doncaster. The Group which includes Cartwright Rentals, Cartwright Fleet Services and Cartwright Finance has increased turnover from £89m to £150m over the last 4 years and predicts almost £170m in 2018/19.

Could you be part of supply chain for potential £80m solar farm investment?

INRG Solar are looking for local businesses to supply services as part of the supply chain for a potential major new solar energy development in North Lincolnshire.

Subject to planning approval, the planned £80m investment could create 150 jobs during the construction of a new solar farm on private land near Santon on the outskirts of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire.