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  1. ♻ A #WindTurbine parts factory under construction in the #UK has secured £225m of investment.

    #SeAhWindUK* said the money for the site at #Teesworks Freeport, near #Redcar, will increase its capacity to build bigger parts.

    It will make monopiles - the structures that support offshore wind turbines - which will then be exported to #Europe and the #US.

    *The manufacturing firm is owned by #SouthKorea's SeAH Steel Holding, which broke ground at #Teesworks in 2022.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gq87 #News

  2. Those of you following the festering corruption around the Teesworks site will be unsurprised to learn that the sites's owners (recipients of very favourable terms for developing the site) have declared that while they might be willing to re-negotiate some of the terms of their contract with the local authority, any change in the ownership structure (the key complaint) is off the cards.

    Of course, its hardly surprising; who'd give up such a sweet deal?

    #corruption #Teesworks
    h/t FT

  3. Good news from the Financial Times today.

    Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen (Freeports 'R' Us) & his cronies Chris Musgrave & Martin Corney are forced to renegotiate the ownership model of the controversial Teesworks regeneration project, after adverse publicity following the independent review of their land grab.
    These grifters exemplify a Tory ethos of transferring public wealth into private hands for short-term gain.

    #TeesValley #Teesworks #Teesside #Grift #UKPolitics

    archive.is/2CtUS

  4. Why is the National Audit Office not investigating suspicious activity and irregularities in #Freeports.

    What is the role of Simon Clarke with #Teesworks and why did he receive donations from Ian Waller?

    £650 million of public money is no small sum.

  5. CW: UK Pol yet more Tory Corruption Teesworks

    'There have been growing calls for a full audited inquiry into #Teesworks and its redevelopment of what is Europe’s largest brownfield site and the #UK’s largest industrial zone.'

    The project, led by Tees Valley’s #Conservative mayor, Ben Houchen...

    ... has been bedevilled by accusations of #corruption, #cronyism and wrongdoing.
    theguardian.com/business/2023/ #ToryCorruption #Freeports #ToryPoliciesInAction

  6. Andy Brown explores how the development of the UK’s first post-Brexit freeport in Teesside ties into a major environmental disaster and alleged corrupt practice

    #Teesworks #TeessideFreeport #Ecocide #MarineDieOff
    northeastbylines.co.uk/marine-