Thames Freeport - Britain's Trading Future

[ iii ] Contents Acknowledgements ............................................................................................... i The UK Budget 2021 ........................................................................................ vii Freeports Overview ............................................................................................. 1 Port of Tilbury . ...................................................................................................... 11 DP World .................................................................................................................. 17 Port of London Authority ................................................................................ 23 Ford Motor Company ....................................................................................... 29 Pinsent Masons ................................................................................................... 39 Thames Estuary Growth Board .................................................................. 45 Grant Thornton UK LLP .................................................................................. 51 P&O Ferrymasters .............................................................................................. 57 University of Plymouth . ................................................................................... 63 Intergen ..................................................................................................................... 69 BT ................................................................................................................................. 75 Leonardo .................................................................................................................. 81 GPS Marine ............................................................................................................ 87 Briggs Equipment ............................................................................................... 93 Association of South Essex Local Authorities . .............................. 102 Thurrock, Barking & Dagenham, Havering ....................................... 106