Marime UK Update
Marime UK brings together the UK’s shipping, ports, marine and business services industries to promote the sector, influence government and drive growth.
The Society of Marime Industries is a key component of the UK’s marime sector, and joined Marime UK in 2016. Together, the sector is making progress in raising its profile, speaking more clearly and compellingly to government, and fostering innovaon to drive growth.
Policy, polics and profile
We act as “One Voice” for the common concerns of the sector – amplifying its profile, idenfying common issues and promong joint policy posions.
2017’s polics were as unpredictable as 2016’s, and provided a similarly valuable plaorm with which to engage and promote our collecve interests.
2017 saw the publicaon of our new study, delivered by Cebr, into the economic contribuon of the sector. Launched in Parliament during London Internaonal Shipping Week, parliamentarians heard that the sector now supports just under 1 million jobs and contributes around £40 billion to UK GDP.
UK marime producvity, employment, turnover and contribuon to GDP have increased naonwide over the five years analysed. The report also found that there had been a 12.7% increase in turnover, a 6.6% increase in GVA and 3.9% increase in employment. It also showed that producvity per worker stood well above the UK average at £77,897, compared to £50,830.
Marime UK and its members held a number of high‐level polical meengs during 2017, including at the Marime UK‐UK Government Ministerial Working Group on Marime Growth. This group brings together ministers
from all Government Department’s with a marime interest, including BEIS, DfT, DIT, Treasury, MOD and the FCO.
Roundtables were held with the Treasury, DExEU and BEIS select commiee chairs and meengs are planned with DIT to discuss industry’s priories for government export support, as well as with the opposion.
London Internaonal Shipping Week – organised by Marime UK, SMI and its members – played host to a high‐level roundtable at 10 Downing Street, chaired by the Marime UK chair and Internaonal Trade and Transport secretaries, along with ministers from BEIS, DExEU and HM Treasury. Having joined Marime UK, SMI members were for the first me present at this key polical interface, represenng the engineering interests of the sector.
Marime UK has significantly increased its mainstream media coverage, including on television, radio and in newspapers – BBC News, CNBC, Today programme, The Guardian, Financial Times, Daily Mail, The Telegraph, Express and Mirror to name a few.
20 Society of Marime Industries Handbook & Members’ Directory 2018
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