Supporting Local

Supporting Local

The people behind our local businesses, charities and community groups are the local influencers who make real change in our town. My role is to support organisations to help benefit local people.  I can bring different organisations together, 'joining the dots' between local organisations, national and international business and Government Policies to help the area to succeed.

Supporting our local businesses is a key part of ensuring we have healthy high streets and happy communities.

News

Gleeson Homes’ Macaulay Park development

It was a pleasure to visit Gleeson Homes’ Macaulay Park development off Cromwell Road.  It’s a brown field site, so a reuse of previously used land and  is a great location near to the swimming pool and local shops on the Willows estate, and within easy reach of the town centre.&

Brenda Fisher Joins Water Rats

I’m thrilled to see that swimming legend Brenda Fisher has become the Honorary President of our local historic swimming club; the Grimsby & Cleethorpes Water Rats.

Fusion Health and Well Being

I recently visited Fusion Health and Well Being on Ladysmith Road to learn more about their exciting future development plans.

Blackrow Engineering

I recently visited Blackrow Engineering and was hugely impressed by the diversity in the engineering projects that they undertake. Company Director Gary Pexman and Sales Engineer Lewis Crowther took me on a guided tour of their Grimsby facility.

Working with Council Candidates

We’re always welcoming new members to the Conservative Party on a local level and it’s here that we get many of our potential new council candidates from. What I do is go out with these candidates into the local community and help them campaign, as well as discuss what I can do to assist them.

River Freshney Clean-up

James Elliot, otherwise known as the Canoe River Cleaner, has been doing a marvellous job in cleaning up the River Freshney.

Grimsby Charter Day

To mark Grimsby Charter Day, I visited the Enrolled Freemen of Grimsby. I have regular meetings with them to discuss the work that they’re doing and how I can assist them on a range of projects.

Goodbye 2020, Welcome 2021

2020 has been dominated by the pandemic and although we are still under restrictions the roll-out of the two vaccines means that we can look forward to getting back to some form of normal life from next Easter onwards. Although the virus has slowed down some of the work we wanted to move forwa

A Very Merry Fishmas!

I invited pupils at Littlecoates Primary Academy to design my 2020 Christmas card. In total, 103 children at the academy took part, each one creating a beautiful depiction of Grimsby at Christmastime.