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Foreword


I am delighted to have been invited to provide this foreword. The marime industry is a strategically important one for the UK in terms of ports, marime business services, marine engineering, manufacturing and shipping.


Lord Henley


The government has a clearly stated objecve to consider, promote and grow the sector. The priories will be to improve compeveness and producvity. I am pleased to say that


there are a number of construcve and strategic work streams underway being led by both government and industry.


The recently published Naonal Shipbuilding Strategy will change the way the Ministry of Defence procures naval ships. This review will result in an efficient and effecve delivery of brand new naval ships designed to meet the UK’s defence needs in the 21st century. The strategy will also help us understand how UK shipbuilding can maximise prosperity at naonal and regional level. We commissioned Ipsos MORI to help us beer understand the regional economic impact of procurement on the areas where major shipbuilding firms are located, as well as the contribuon to UK prosperity. Ipsos MORI found that the local area is likely to benefit from a net increase in jobs. In addion, the jobs created are on average beer paid, leading to gains in income, producvity and output.


I am pleased that the Society of Marime Industries is playing an important role in hosng the Marime Enterprise Working Group, which will bring together industry and government to ensure the UK maximises the benefits the Naonal Shipbuilding Strategy offers.


The Naonal Shipbuilding Strategy supports the government’s Industrial Strategy. The White Paper has replaced the Industrial Strategy Green Paper published last year. The Industrial Strategy is about us facing up to the challenges that have held the UK back


Lord Henley Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy


for too long and building an economy which delivers high wages, high skills, high producvity and creates the condions for compeve, world leading businesses right across the UK. The government wants to embed a long‐term approach for the next 10‐20 years. We are engaging far and wide with industry, ensuring that together we build an enduring approach.


The global ocean economy is predicted to double by 2030 driven by growing resource demand and new technologies. The Government Office for Science ‘Foresight Future of the Sea’ report will demonstrate the importance of the sea to the UK. It brings together the evidence to inform the UK’s response to a wide range of global challenges and opportunies. To be successful, we will need industry, science and policy to work together.


Looking further into the future, the Department for Transport is developing a forward looking strategy called ‘Marime 2050’. It is a work stream running alongside the Marime Growth Strategy on the future likely shape of the UK marime industry. It will consider what is needed to deliver a sector in 2050 that is meeng its potenal.


I commend the Society of Marime Industries for its posive engagement with government and for its role in Marime UK. This single industry‐wide promoonal body has been effecve in fostering collaboraon on key issues. A similarly posive engagement with forthcoming iniaves will ensure that this success story connues and reaps many benefits for the marime industry in the UK.


Society of Marime Industries Handbook & Members’ Directory 2018 5


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