The chairman of the Humber LEP (Humber Local Enterprise Partnership) today acknowledged the strides made by the organisation in its first year and called for continued cohesive action to help build the Humber into the UKs ‘Energy Estuary’. Lord Haskins was speaking a year since the board of directors was formally appointed, with the LEP revealing an impressive list of achievements as part of an annual review which is published today. He said: “In our first year we have really started to build up a head of steam. We have helped secure the largest Enterprise Zone in the country along with £65m of Regional Growth Funding. We have also helped secure a reduction in Humber Bridge tolls and received national recognition for our renewable-energy potential. “This momentum will now be carried forward through the delivery of our five-year plan along with our work on Lord Heseltine’s pathfinder proposal for new pioneering ways of economic development and the application for City Deal status, which would see powers devolved to the region. “The progress made so far is a result of businesses, councils and education working together to achieve common goals. We must continue to develop those close bonds for the Humber to reach…
