October Marine South East Marenet events prove a success
Recent Marenet events held in October which focused on International Trade opportunities for the marine sector and, most recently, the new aircraft carrier orders for BVT and the implications for the local supply chain, have both proved very popular with South East marine companies and particularly the networking aspect of the events.
The international trade event included presentations from Jeff Grainger from the University of Portsmouth on the vast investment projects taking place in Dubai -in particular Maritime City and the Palm Island developments. Tom Chant from the British Marine Federation updated delegates on international activities and opportunities for the Leisure marine sector in the coming months including the Meet the Buyer event taking place in January.
Kee Uniacke from UKTI South East talked about the programmes they have available to help marine companies develop their overseas trade and Marine South East's Stephen Sharpe concluded the event with information on a global research project which will provide important research figures on the international marine market in the near future.
All the presentations from the event can be downloaded from www.marinesoutheast.co.uk/marenet - click on the 7th October MareNet event.
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard was the setting for the most recent MareNet event where key note speaker Alan Johnston CEO of BVT gave a very informative presentation on BVT's current projects including the carriers, the company's future challenges and supply chain requirements. Alan also answered a broad range of questions from the audience. Portsmouth City Council's leader Gerald Vernon-Jackson talked about the importance of the marine sector to Portsmouth and is surrounding area; the Portsmouth Dockyard campaign and the success of the Ferryport. The presentations were concluded by Professor Douglas Macbeth from the University of Southampton Business School sharing his knowledge on the management of supply chains and giving tips for companies to develop better supply chain relationships.
All the presentations from this free event can be downloaded from the website at http://www.marinesoutheast.co.uk/marenet - click on 28th October BVT MareNet event
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