SMEs who make up 99.8 per cent of all businesses in the UK are invited to meet this week with UK government Trade teams at Seawork  .

Vessel builders and marine technology and services companies are invited to join the maritime teams at stand G39, to find out how the Department for International Trade (DIT), UK Export Finance and the National Shipbuilding Office can help you develop and win business in the UK and overseas.

National Maritime  is the UK’s largest SME maritime network. Our objective is to drive trade and growth for SMES. 73% of our partners are involved in shipbuilding and ship repair, marine engineering, ports and logistics.

JDR Cable Systems, the global subsea cable and umbilical supplier and servicer, part of the TFK Group, has reached final agreement under the UK government’s Offshore Wind Manufacturing Scheme (OWMIS) on financial support for its new state-of-the-art subsea cable manufacturing facility in Cambois, near Blyth, Northumberland.

The agreement means JDR is on track to begin construction in summer 2022, with a planned opening in 2024. The new £130m UK Export Finance (UKEF) Export Development Guarantee is set to create 171 high-quality local jobs on completion while safeguarding 270 jobs at JDR’s existing facilities.

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We are pleased to announce the further strengthening of our SME Maritime Working Group with the appointment of three new sector champions .