More than 40 companies across the UK’s oil and gas supply chain have written an open letter to the Treasury expressing “grave concern” about plans to hike windfall taxes and eliminate investment incentives. The letter – issued by EEEGR (East of England Energy Group) partner Offshore Energies UK – warns that plans threaten £200bn of […]

Global controls technology specialist Proserv opened its east of England facilities for a summer networking event with RenewableUK. RenewableUK’s Connect attracted guests from across the region and the UK to Proserv’s purpose-built base at Beacon Park, Gorleston, to network and find out more about the company’s specialisms, activities, partners and plans. Its workshops were open […]

Skills England and Great British Energy, two ground breaking initiatives of the new government that promise to transform the energy landscape and workforce development across the UK, align perfectly with EEEGR’s mission and ambitions. In talks with our members, they state that skills shortages and finding the right people is top of their challenges. We […]

On Wednesday 17th July, EEEGR Chair Kevin Keable attended Freeport East and The University of Essex’s event ‘Building Harwich’s Innovation Cluster’ at The Waterfront, Harwich. He joined local business leaders and councillors to discuss steps to be taken to support the town’s progress to becoming a national leader in clean energy, including the potential for […]

The OPITO Schools Hydrogen Project came to a very happy conclusion last week at Cromer Academy, who managed to squeeze in an assembly during an already action-packed final week of term. The assembly was the culmination of a competition organised by EEEGR’s Skills for Energy initiative, along with Kate Finlay, D&T Subject Specialist Associate at […]

Finding business synergies, exploring shared opportunities, individuals connecting and spotting collaboration potential is what EEEGR has always been about. Our members Reuzer and Inverroy Crisis Management Ltd discussed how they could work together when they were part of the east of England delegation to the Offshore Energies UK Share Fair in Aberdeen earlier this year […]

On 20 March we headed north of the border to exhibit at the OEUK Share Fair in Aberdeen and were delighted to take a few of our members with us. Sharing our stand for the day were Asco, Inverroy, Reuzer and Survival Systems International, providing a united representation from EEEGR, its members and the East […]

On Thursday 14 March, EEEGR hosted their third business breakfast of the year, once again in the very apt setting of Orbis Energy. For this breakfast we were delighted to be joined by Richard Ross and Angela Brett who introduced us to the amazing work of The Sounding Board and how through supporting local businesses […]

EEEGR Chair Kevin Keable was invited by Innovation Norway to join the Ambassador of Norway HE Tore Hattrem at a networking dinner on the occasion of the visit of Norwegian Offshore Wind Suppliers. Kevin was asked to give an introduction to EEEGR and made several connections with organisations and people who are looking to collaborate […]

The EEEGR team has been touring the region this week as part of the Hydrogen East Roadshow in conjunction with Andy Holyland and Steve Ross of Hydrogen East and cluster Chair Anne Haase, Aquaterra Energy. Over the past two days we’ve been lucky to be visiting venues on our beautiful coastline, firstly OrbisEnergy at Lowestoft, […]