A Chamber-led delegation will be travelling to Westminster on Wednesday 6 February to meet with the Energy Minister, John Hayes. They will be highlighting to the Minster the business case and the opportunities available in Norfolk and Suffolk from the offshore renewable industry and seeking clarification on key issues affecting Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.
The delegation will include business members from Norfolk and Suffolk Chambers, the local MPs, Brandon Lewis, MP for Great Yarmouth and Peter Alldous, MP for Waveney and representatives from NSEA, EEEGR, Orbis Energy and the New Anglia LEP.
John Morse, President of Great Yarmouth Chamber Council, who will be attending on behalf of the Norfolk Chamber, said: “The Great Yarmouth Chamber Council during one of their regular meetings with Brandon Lewis MP identified key issues affecting local companies which they wanted to put directly to the Minister. We are delighted to have been invited to meet John Hayes and look forward to discussing effective ways to maximize Great Yarmouth’s potential to support the burgeoning offshore renewables industry.”
Great Yarmouth businesses will also be able to talk directly to John Hayes MP and follow up on this meeting at a special lunch he had agreed to attend after he has delivered a keynote speech at the Chamber’s Sustainability 2013 Conference on 8 May at the John Innes Centre.
Caroline Williams CEO Norfolk Chamber of Commerce said “It is essential that Government Ministers hear directly from local businesses about their needs and concerns and it is great that we have these opportunities to talk, one to one, with John Hayes as Energy Minister and influence his thinking and hopefully his actions”.
