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Portsmouth has strong historical marine connections stretching back over the centuries, primarily through its role as Britain’s premier naval base.
The Marine Cluster Validation Study (2005) by the University of Portsmouth, commissioned as part of the City Growth Portsmouth Strategy, identified today’s marine sector as comprising:
In total over 7,000 people work in 250 organisations in the city and these figures increase to 13,300 and 800 respectively for the city region. Companies currently based in Portsmouth include BAE Systems, Brittany Ferries, McMurdo, Premier Marinas, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce, Sunsail and Wightlink.
For more information, email business@portsmouthcc.gov.uk or phone the Business Services team on 023 9284 1074.
The Partnership for Urban South Hampshire (PUSH), working with the Solent LEP and Portsmouth University, has commissioned a highly significant and independent report looking at the Socio-Economic Assessment of Portsmouth Naval Base (2012).
The report assesses the Dockyard’s current economic impact and includes economic forecasts in three potential scenarios:
A key finding of the report is that the Portsmouth Naval Base overall generates annually an output of £1.68bn and supports both directly and indirectly 19,775 FTE (full-time equivalent) jobs. The Base itself provides employment for an estimated 11,900 people in the area, 60 per cent of whom are civilian employees working for a raft of defence dependant companies and directly for the MoD.
Marine House
Thorpe Lea Road
Egham
Surrey
TW20 8BF
Tel: 01784 473377
Email: info@britishmarine.co.uk
Website: www.britishmarine.co.uk
The British Marine Federation is the trade association for the British boating industry which aims to create, develop and maintain high quality services, benefits and commercial activities to promote the marine industry and its products.
Services Include:
Area: County Wide
Tel: 01590 673689
E-mail: maritime@tcp.co.uk
Website: www.marinesoutheast.co.uk/marenet/
MareNet is a forum for marine communities to feedback their ideas and interests for future network activities. The programme is tailored specifically to respond to the requirements of local marine businesses.
MareNet seeks to present a clear view by focusing purely on marine interests. Part of the MareNet service is to also signpost and inform marine businesses about opportunities available to them.
Services Include:
Area: County Wide
Chilworth Business Incubator
2 Venture Road
Southampton Science Park
Southampton
SO16 7NP
Tel: 02380 111 590
E-mail: admin@marinesoutheast.co.uk
Website: www.marinesoutheast.co.uk
Marine South East is the regional marine initiative of the South East of England Development Agency (SEEDA) developed to address the needs of the marine sector in the South East region.
Services Include:
Area: South East Region
MAS South East
Station Road
Hook
Hampshire
RG27 9TL
Tel: 0845 6092121
Email: info@mas-se.org.uk
MAS is one of the Government’s Solutions for Business suite of offerings, jointly funded by BIS (The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) and the nine English Regional Development Agencies. Provides hands on practical support for manufacturing companies
To find out more, contact The Southampton Enterprise Hub:
2 Venture Road
Southampton Science Park
Southampton
Hampshire
SO16 7NP
Tel: 02380 76 3794
Email: info@southamptonhub.com
Website: www.marinesoutheast.co.uk
The Solent Marine Community aims to build a sustainable, industry-led and collaborative commercial group, within which Solent companies can co-operate to achieve common goals and to improve international competitiveness.
Nine micro-clusters have been launched to date and companies have been recruited to each. The Solent Marine Community is also looking to attract further industry members to each category:-
Each micro-cluster has its own dedicated business champion, expert facilitator, and funding that can provide a pump-priming resource for specific projects and activities. New cluster ideas are also welcome for consideration.
Defence Export Support Organisation
International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA)