\n The visit is part of a new UK Government ‘domestic roadshow’ scheme, which sees ambassadors and high commissioners sent across the country to meet businesses.\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson said the aim of the scheme is to “strengthen partnerships across the UK, drive trade and investment, and deliver the UK Government\u2019s Plan for Change.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Stephen Doughty, minister for Europe, said: “Kickstarting economic growth is our number one priority and our Ambassadors are playing an important role in this mission.\n<\/p>\n
\n “They know their markets better than anyone else and are able to spot opportunities to help UK businesses to grow overseas and attract foreign investment into local communities.\n<\/p>\n
\n (Centre) Ambassador Andrew Mitchell with (L) Siemens Mark Speed and (R) Aglaja Scheider, project director for London Piccadily line (Image: FCDO)\n<\/p>\n
\n “It’s all about creating good jobs and delivering real opportunities for communities across the country, including in Hull and East Yorkshire.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The visit focused on deepening business connections with Germany, the UK\u2019s second-largest trading partner, with total trade worth nearly \u00a3150 billion and supporting almost half a million UK jobs.\n<\/p>\n
\n During his time in East Yorkshire, Mr Mitchell toured Siemens Mobility\u2019s rail engineering facility in Goole, part of the Goole 36 enterprise zone.\n<\/p>\n
\n The German company has invested \u00a3240 million in the site, which is set to build the next generation of Piccadilly line trains for the London Underground and create 1,000 jobs.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Mitchell, who had visited Swindon for the opening of a new factory by German defence company STARK, said: “It\u2019s exciting to be in Hull and East Yorkshire and develop the relationships that will supercharge growth in every corner of the UK.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The UK Government\u2019s Plan for Change and our new Industrial Strategy is making Britain the best country to do business with, and I am looking forward to using these roadshow discussions to showcase Hull and East Yorkshire on the international stage.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The ambassador\u2019s visit was one of more than a dozen roadshow stops made so far across the UK.\n<\/p>\n
\n Looking at the figures, Yorkshire and the Humber contributes 4.2 per cent of UK goods exports to Germany and 5 per cent of total imports.\n<\/p>\n
\n German visitors to the region generated more than \u00a329 million in 2024.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Siemens Gamesa wind turbine blade factory at Greenport Hull last year announced a contract worth more than \u00a31 billion with ScottishPower, supporting 1,300 local jobs.\n<\/p>\n
\n Sambit Banerjee, Joint CEO of Siemens Mobility UK&I, said: “We were delighted to host the Ambassador at our state-of-the-art Goole Rail Village, demonstrating our commitment to the local communities where we operate and the wider UK rail industry.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Investing in cutting-edge facilities and skilled jobs to help boost economic growth all forms part of our mission to transform rail travel in the UK.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The visit is part of a new UK Government ‘domestic roadshow’ scheme, which sees ambassadors and high commissioners…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-586161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115591757380288817","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}