Ariel view of the Thames Estuary looking across to Bexley. News that the Thames Estuary has been named as the location of an exciting new Freeport has been warmly welcomed following the Chancellor s budget on Wednesday. This means the Thames Estuary will become one of eight new economic zones in the county, offering tax advantages and custom and tariff reliefs to businesses, and could create up to 25,000 new jobs in the area. Announcing a number freeports across the country, Mr Sunak said the special economic zones with different rules would “make it easier and cheaper to do business” laying the ground for an economic boom in the region.
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Thames Estuary Growth Board appoints MediaLink to turbocharge digital infrastructure in Thurrock
THE Thames Estuary Growth Board (TEGB) announced today it has hired strategic advisory firm MediaLink, an Ascential company, to handle a through-the-line analysis of the region’s digital landscape, which will support an explosion of development across the media, production, entertainment, leisure, energy, housing, river crossing, river freight, and education sectors and is expected to create 1.5 million new jobs by 2050 across the region.
The Thames Estuary Growth Board (TEGB) has launched a project plan, one of the largest of its kind in Europe, stretching along the Thames Estuary embracing South Essex, East London and North Kent – a geography of some 1,000 square miles and home to approximately 3.5 million people. The plan, backed by the UK Government and nineteen local authorities across the Thames Estuary, is targeting an increase of £115 billion by 2050 back int
The Thames Estuary Growth Board Selects MediaLink to Support Ambition for Adding Up to £115 Billion to UK Economy
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Hires the Strategic Advisory Firm for Digital Infrastructure Analysis, with Goal to Bolster Media & Creative Industries with £3.7 Billion, among Other Development Initiatives
LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Thames Estuary Growth Board (TEGB) announced today it has hired strategic advisory firm MediaLink, an Ascential company, to handle a through-the-line analysis of the region’s digital landscape, which will support an explosion of development across the media, production, entertainment, leisure, energy, housing, river crossing, river freight, and education sectors and is expected to create 1.5 million new jobs by 2050 across the region.
Thames Freeport bid could generate 25,000 jobs and boost economy in wake of Brexit
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Updated: 14:56, 12 February 2021
A plan to build a new port on the Thames estuary could generate thousands of jobs for people in Kent, according to the team behind the project.
Thames Freeport has this week submitted a bid to build a hub of industry in the estuary, following the governmentâs plan to establish 10 free ports to turbo-charge trading in the post-Brexit economy.
Self-proclaimed âBritainâs trading future,â the project is spearheaded by DP World and Fourth Ports, who hope to convince the government to grant them permission to build a free port incorporating Tilbury Docks, near the Dartford Crossing, as well as London Gateway.
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