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Developers of the largest Round 3 off shore wind farms in the UK  encouraged manufacturers and suppliers to take advantage of the UK’s position to stake a claim in an industry that is expected to stimulate up to £20bn of new investment in the UK.

A £90m venture capital fund, which aims to help small and medium sized enterprises with a base in Yorkshire, will is launched this month.

In the six years since the AMRC opened its hangar-like doors, this research institute has acted as an irresistible magnet attracting not only the best and brightest brains to its own research projects, but also the world’s leading lights in advanced manufacturing.

One of Yorkshire and Humber’s leading business figures has praised the high-tech activity at the region’s Advanced Manufacturing Park, in Rotherham.

A bit of Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, took to the US skies last month in the shape of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Yorkshire is set to spearhead the move into green manufacturing after securing a £2.5m grant into developing cleaner manufacturing processes.

Rotherham has become the first place in England to join one of the world’s most elite groups of business locations.

Science City York is pushing ahead with major expansion plans, which will create nearly 700 jobs after securing £19.7m in European funding.