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Introduction to the Plymouth Marine & Maritime Cluster Sector overview and investment & innovation strategies Pr

Introduction to the Plymouth Marine & Maritime Cluster Sector overview and investment & innovation strategies Prof Martin J Attrill Director, Plymouth University Marine Institute mattrill@plymouth.ac.uk @ mjattrill. Context: The UK Marine Economy. UK Marine Economy 1 million employees

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Introduction to the Plymouth Marine & Maritime Cluster Sector overview and investment & innovation strategies Pr

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  1. Introduction to the Plymouth Marine & Maritime Cluster • Sector overview and investment & innovation strategies • Prof Martin J Attrill • Director, Plymouth University Marine Institute • mattrill@plymouth.ac.uk • @mjattrill

  2. Context: The UK Marine Economy • UK Marine Economy • 1 million employees • £46 bn to UK economy • UK Marine Industries • £7.6 bn sales revenue (£4 bn exports) • employ 105,000 people • world-class advanced manufacturing and science base

  3. SW England as a centre for UK’s marine industry 3.1% 0.5% • 3 largest fishing ports in England & Wales • >1000 registered fishermen • £244m to SW economy • Tourism – primarily coastal • £830m pa spend in SW England • Highest in UK • (Wales £193m, Scotland £94m) 28.5% UK LEISURE, SUPERYACHT AND SMALL COMMERCIAL MARINE INDUSTRY

  4. Plymouth – centre of SW Marine Industry • Largest cluster of marine/maritime businesses in SW • >300 businesses • 13,500 people employed (250,000 population) • World-renowned scientific and academic expertise • key to development of marine skills and business support • leading new green economy

  5. Plymouth University • Within top 10 largest in UK; >30,000 students enrolled, 3,000 staff • World Top 300 2013; World Top 100 “under 50 years” 2012 & 2013 • Top 5 World Green University 2012 (UI GreenmetricRanking) • 2011: Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Further & Higher Education: • “For education and research solutions for the global marine sector” • Plymouth University “The Enterprise University”: philosophy of working closely with business and industry & leading innovation

  6. The Marine Institute: Scale & Activity • Only Institute in UK with the broad portfolio to cover all major marine areas: • All Sciences, Engineering, Technology, Navigation, Policy, Shipping, Business, Law, Sports, Arts, Maritime History - (Broadest in Europe) • 180 academic staff; 250+ researchers; 2600 students (UK’s first and largest) • Internationalisation and commercialisation agendas How compare with our competitors?

  7. National Ranking of Plymouth University Marine Institute Research Productivity: peer reviewed marine papers published Thomson ISI data. Search terms: marine, ocean, coast*, maritime, shore, shipping (Feb 2011)

  8. Plymouth & South West England Innovation & Investment Strategies • The Growth Acceleration and Investment Network – GAIN • A Growth Hub - An “innovation and enterprise eco-system” that: • supports people with ideas, businesses that want to grow, and investors; • joins up physical assets ensuring they are more than the sum of the parts; • connects universities and colleges, innovation centres and science parks, centres of expertise and research with the region’s business base; • Adds value to existing networks and projects, and joins up providers

  9. Plymouth & South West England Innovation & Investment Strategies • Founded and led by Plymouth University with Plymouth City Council and Tamar Science Park Ltd; • A response to the lack of synergy in business support services and the needs of businesses; • Originally focused on the unique role that an HEI can play at the heart of solutions for enterprising people and business.

  10. Plymouth & South West England Innovation & Investment Strategies • Plymouth City Deal • City Deal is a UK government initiative to devolve economic decision-making to the UK regions (value £366 million, including liberated land). • Plymouth’s City Deal will be focused on SW England becoming a world leader in the marine sector and a centre of world class businesses, innovation and knowledge. • Facilities include a new University Technical College in Plymouth and a proposed peninsular-wide Marine Industries Production Campus in the Devonport dockyard. • Partnership: City Council, Plymouth University, Local Enterprise Partnerships

  11. Plymouth & South West England Innovation & Investment Strategies • Marine Innovation Centre (MarIC) • £2 million ERDF Business Technology Centre that provides support and advisory services to marine sector SMEs • accelerating growth by creating intelligent connections between organisations, world-class knowledge, technologies, people and infrastructure

  12. Plymouth…Britain’s Ocean City

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