A senior Cheshire East Official made a flying visit to the Middle East to help secure a £40m investment which would create new employment opportunities for the Borough and safeguard many more existing jobs.
John Nicholson, the Council’s Strategic Director, Places, attended a crucial meeting in Jordan with a major investor to help seal the potentially-lucrative deal.
The meeting in Jordan’s capital, Amman, was also attended by Minister for Business and Enterprise Mark Prisk and senior officers from Government trade agency UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), who organised the visit.
It is hoped that the meeting will result in investment in Cheshire East, creating about 50 new jobs and safeguarding even more.
The visit also included discussions about other possible investment opportunities involving Cheshire East firms.
Cheshire East Council was asked to send a representative to the vital meeting in Amman (on Tuesday, February 1) to help provide a ‘local’ perspective to the investment opportunity, including providing an understanding of why this is a good place to invest and explain the role played by the Council.
Councillor Jamie Macrae, Cabinet member with responsibility for prosperity, said: “This is a really significant business opportunity that could secure tens of millions of pounds of investment in Cheshire East and create or secure more than 100 jobs.
“The Council is a crucial player to help secure this investment and is proud to be doing all it can to help grow and develop a robust and sustainable Cheshire East economy and secure jobs for local people.
“It is another example of the Council working hard with other agencies and partners to deliver results for Cheshire East.”
John Nicholson added: “UKTI were very keen for a local representative to support the importance of this investment opportunity. The Jordanians were genuinely impressed by British local and national government representatives taking time to attend this important meeting.”
Minister Prisk said: “Markets across the Middle East have strong economies and ambitious growth and diversification plans to match. Whether it is infrastructure, healthcare, education, nuclear or renewable energy, UK companies have the skills and expertise to help the region realise its development plans.
“My visit last week was to promote British companies as the global partner of choice right across the region.”
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