{"id":5438,"date":"2022-02-14T14:52:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T14:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/?p=5438"},"modified":"2024-04-09T14:05:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T14:05:25","slug":"forth-ports-media-statement-on-green-freeports-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/forth-ports-media-statement-on-green-freeports-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Forth Ports media statement on Green Freeport&#8217;s announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the announcement by the UK and Scottish governments that they have agreed to issue a joint applicant prospectus to establish two Green Freeports in Scotland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forthports.co.uk\/\">Forth Ports<\/a> \u2013 which owns and operates seven ports on Scotland\u2019s East coast and the Port of Tilbury, which is part of the recently-announced Thames Freeport \u00a0\u2013 has issued the following statement.<\/p>\n<p>Stuart Wallace, Chief Operating Officer at Forth Ports, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe welcome the announcement by the UK and Scottish governments of the forthcoming bid process for two Green Freeports in Scotland and confirm that we plan to participate in this process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Firth of Forth Green Freeport will catalyse the decarbonisation of Scotland\u2019s major industrial cluster, creating 50,000 new, high-quality jobs in renewable energy, manufacturing, sustainable fuels and construction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuilding on our first-hand experience of freeports, we plan to create an ambitious set of programmes to harness the regeneration benefits of this economic policy.\u00a0 The legacy of our green freeport will be the creation of large-scale green manufacturing industries with significant export potential and a sustainable fuel cluster, alongside major upgrades to infrastructure and skills development among young adults to ensure a Team Scotland approach as the UK transitions to a decarbonised future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to discuss your communications needs, you can reach our friendly team on\u00a0<strong>+44 (0) 141 548 5191<\/strong>\u00a0or send us an\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:team@sprengthomson.com\">email<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about what we do on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/services\/\">Services<\/a>\u00a0page and explore our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/work\/\">Work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the announcement by the UK and Scottish governments that they have agreed to issue a joint applicant prospectus to establish two Green Freeports in Scotland, Forth Ports \u2013 which owns and operates seven ports on Scotland\u2019s East coast and the Port of Tilbury, which is part of the recently-announced Thames Freeport \u00a0\u2013 has issued the following statement. &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/forth-ports-media-statement-on-green-freeports-announcement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5439,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[228],"tags":[9],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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