Email News September 2008
Foreword...
With Autumn upon us, Marine South East has a programme of activity to help companies make the most of business and funding opportunities around the region and beyond. Start with a visit to Southampton Boat Show and the programme of business support events on offer or take advantage of training opportunities at the beginning of this academic year. Read on to find out more...
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Marine South East develops a European consortium exploring marine science opportunities...
Marine South East has been working over the past few months to build a framework for collaboration in marine science applications with organisations around the EU. This will be a resource to develop bids for project calls that are soon to be published by the European Commission to action new policies included in the Green Paper on maritime policy.
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New research on the size of the South East marine industry...
Marine South East has recently commissioned research to quantify the global marine market across a range of marine activities, including ports and shipping, leisure marine, defence, environment and energy and marine services. . Importantly, this research will not be based on Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes, which are known to be very poor at capturing marine sector data.
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Final chance to have your say on the South East Plan...
The Secretary of State published the Proposed Changes to the draft regional plan for 2006-2026, the South East Plan, on 17 July. A consultation on the changes is underway until 24 October 2008. Marine South East and many other local and regional organisations will be responding to the consultation.
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Kent marine company looking for supply opportunity...
Sarena Mfg Limited, a GRP water tank manufacturer, based in Gillingham, Kent is looking for a boat building company that could use off-cuts of sheet foam.. As part of its manufacturing process they insulate tanks with sheet foam, 25mm thick. Because the sizes vary from tank to tank, the company is left with a range of off-cuts.
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Free CAD training to South East companies...
The Product Development Centre has launched a series of free CAD training workshops at its Hastings base, which will be open to innovators, entrepreneurs, startups and SMEs in the South of England.
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Queen’s Awards for Enterprise 2009 – Awareness Event, Tuesday 16th September 2008...
The Queen's Awards are highly sought-after and provide tangible benefits for companies who receive one. The Queen's Award for Enterprise is recognised in the UK and overseas and is respected as a mark of quality and success by the business community.
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New hydrodynamic testing facilities in the planning stage...
Plans are underway to improve hydroscience facilities in the South East. Following the loss of the GKN towing tank earlier this year, the remaining key facility in the South East is at QinetiQ in Haslar, Gosport. The conditions of the previous contractual arrangements with the Ministry of Defence made it difficult for QinetiQ to offer their facilities to customers at commercially competitive rates.
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Marine South East supports international 'Meet the Buyer' event January 2009...
The British Marine Federation (BMF) has revealed details of a revamped programme for giving buyers the opportunity to learn more about new and innovative marine products at a Meet the Buyer event being held at the London Boat Show in January 2009.
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Isle of Wight cluster helps local companies branch out...
A South East sewage and water treatment equipment company recently contacted the Cowes Marine Cluster through Marine South East to help them redesign and manufacture some of their large GRP products.
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Marine Environmental Risk Management, 24 September 2008...
Venue: Royal Southampton Yacht Club, Southampton
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Smart Materials event at Southampton Boat Show, 16 September 2008...
Venue: Southampton Boat Show
