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NORTHERN POWERHOUSE:
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
FOR IRISH COMPANIES

              #GlobalAmbition
Message from the CEO

The UK is Ireland’s number one export market,            The Northern Powerhouse, a UK Government
representing a value of €7.5 billion exports and         initiative to rebalance the UK’s national economy, is
35% of our total exports. As long-standing trading       an example of the strong business and partnership
partners, the UK is, and will remain, the largest        opportunities which exist for Irish companies in the
export market for indigenous Irish companies.            UK. Within the Northern Powerhouse framework,
As Brexit negotiations progress, without doubt,          significant opportunities for growth have been
significant challenges remain for Irish companies.       identified in construction, life sciences digital
The slowdown in the UK economy and continued             technology and cleantech and these very much
currency volatility is impacting the profitability       play to the strengths of a large cohort of Irish
of Irish companies and we expect 2018 to be a            companies.
particularly challenging year for Irish companies.       Enterprise Ireland will play a central role to
However, while there are challenges, opportunities       support Irish companies to navigate and access
remain and in this regard, Enterprise Ireland has        these opportunities and I hugely welcome the
increased resources and is focused on supporting         collaboration from our UK partners on this.
Irish companies to consolidate and grow exports
to the UK market, while also supporting them to
diversify their export markets across the globe.

                                                         Julie Sinnamon
                                                         Chief Executive Officer
                                                         Enterprise Ireland

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Overview of Opportunities

Northern Powerhouse, a UK Government                               New growth economic activities, utilising
initiative to rebalance the national economy,                      emerging strengths and capabilities,
was developed in 2014 to address the North                         particularly in science and innovation and
of England region’s economic disparities in                        including advanced manufacturing, digital,
comparison to other regions such as London and                     energy, and life sciences and healthcare.
the South East of England.

The region covers an area of approximately 14,400           There are also a number of supporting measures
square miles, with a population of some 14.9                which should develop as key components
million at the 2011 Census. If it was a country, it         of Northern Powerhouse. These include
would be the 10th largest economy in Europe. It             improvements to skills and education, culture, and
exports £50 billion worth of goods and had a GVA            international engagement, including exporting.
of £317 billion in 2015, representing 19% of overall
                                                            There are significant opportunities arising from
UK GVA.
                                                            these developments. These include increased
The North of England is engaged in an impressive            trade, participation in growth developments,
and historic transformation from its industrial past        the growth of science and innovation clusters,
to a bright and successful future characterised             and participation in the overall development
by attractive and vibrant cities and globally               of Northern Powerhouse as it seeks to achieve
competitive knowledge-based economic activities.            greater overall prosperity.
The Northern Powerhouse approach is to                      Standout opportunities for Irish businesses
maximise the combined potential of the North’s              include:
cities and city regions to achieve a critical mass
                                                              • The construction of 500,000 new homes,
where the whole is greater than the sum of the
                                                                particularly affordable housing
parts. The goal is to create a collection of northern
cities – sufficiently close to each other that                • Flagship regeneration projects, including the
combined they can take on the world.                            International Advanced Manufacturing Park
                                                                in the North East, the Mayoral Development
That aim is to be achieved principally by
                                                                Corporation at Redcar, and Sheffield’s
improving connectivity between city regions
                                                                Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre
through substantial improvements to transport
                                                              • The development of new life sciences and
infrastructure.
                                                                healthcare facilities
Northern Powerhouse has a number of activity
                                                              • Collaboration on scientific research and
strands being taken forward by a wide range of
                                                                innovation projects
bodies. The initiative has also been adopted with
                                                              • The supply of engineering products and
enthusiasm by businesses, city governments and
                                                                services related to renewable and nuclear
other organisations located in the North.
                                                                energy
Overall, the Northern Powerhouse is creating a
                                                              • Collaboration with digital start-ups through
wide range of opportunities for business both
                                                                virtual clusters
within the region and externally.
                                                              • The construction of major rail and road
This report identifies three key pillars supported              developments
by a range of other measures, which provide a
                                                              • Cultural collaboration, including joint
useful framework for more detailed investigation
                                                                productions and the construction of new
of these opportunities.
                                                                facilities.
These pillars are:                                          Realising these opportunities will require
                                                            detailed and extensive business intelligence and
    Growing city regions experiencing                       development. The principal aim of this report
    substantial investment and regeneration,                is to provide a high-level guide to the Northern
    with new Mayoral authorities and increasing             Powerhouse and how it could develop. Accessing
    powers devolved from central Government                 individual opportunities will require targeted
                                                            activities by interested businesses and their
                                                            representatives, and this guide will hopefully
    Improved connectivity, primarily achieved               provide a context and a framework for that
    through improved transport infrastructure               activity.

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CLEANTECH &                     LIFESCIENCES                                        DIGITAL
RENEWABLES                                                                          TECHNOLOGIES

The North East and              Northern Powerhouse is home to leading              The digital economy is
Yorkshire are among the         biotech clusters in Manchester’s Alderly Park       booming, and the North is
UK’s leading regions with       with over 150 small biotech firms located           currently at the forefront of
respect to renewables           here. Pharma manufacturing has seen huge            this transformation. Each
including wind energy,          investment in high technology manufacturing         of the North’s regions has
water and power                 and the region counts for 13% of EU                 a unique digital specialism
generation.                     biopharmaceutical production.                       – from data analytics in
Major interest in the region    Darlington is home to £38 million project in        Leeds, to digital media
has seen Siemens build          Biologics with one of Europe’s largest biologic     in Manchester, to gaming
its offshore wind blades in     manufacturing clusters in Speke also included.      in Sunderland – and the
Hull, and Denmark’s Ørsted                                                          North’s digital economy
                                From a medtech perceptive there are strengths
(previously Dong Energy)                                                            is worth £9.9 billion to
                                in orthopaedic, wound care and surgical.
announcing they expect                                                              the national economy,
                                Key players: Unilever, CRODA, Nestle, Quorn,        accounting for 5.2 per cent
to invest £1 billion in local
                                Davy Process Technology, ThermoFisher,              of the region’s GVA.
businesses in the North
                                GSK, MSD, Piramal, Aesica, Eli Lilly, Actavis,
East by 2019 as part of its                                                         Key players include the
                                Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies Medimmune
North Sea wind projects.                                                            BBC, ITV, TechCulture, HS
                                and Seqirus, Smith and Nephew, Waters,
Key projects include the                                                            Digital, Rockstar Games,
                                Surgical Innovations, Reckitt Benckiser, JRI
Able Marine Energy Park                                                             Sky’s Betting, JD Sports
                                Orthopaedics, Swann Morton and DePuy.
in the Humber Port, Green                                                           and Shop Direct.
Port Hull and the Wind
Turbine Blade Test facilities
in Blyth.

CONSTRUCTION

In recent years, many of the
cities within the Northern
Powerhouse region have
experienced a significant
increase in new building
and infrastructure projects.
Greater Manchester’s boom
across transport, energy
and residential sectors has
been led by the ongoing                                               United Kingdom
regeneration at Manchester
Airport and Salford Quays.
A strong pipeline of key
investments is supporting       ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING
further development in the
wider North West including
HS2 and Liverpool Docks.        The North of the UK remains a key production area for high end
Key players in the region are   manufacturing, automotive, off highway and Rail OEM supply chain activity
spread across the private       across the North East and West as well as strong aerospace clusters.
and the public sector;          As industrial digitalisation transforms manufacturing, IOT, AR, 3D Printing
at a local, national and        and robotics will become more important with the location of the Advanced
international level. Leading    Manufacturing Research Centre at the University of Sheffield.
contractors in the region       Current key players in the region include Airbus, Rolls Royce, Bae, Raytheon,
include Laing O’ Rourke,        Nissan, General Motors, VW (Bentley) and Jaguar Land Rover, Magellan
Vinci, Morgan Sindall, John     Aerospace, Thyssenkrup Aerospace, Caterpillar, Hitachi, Cummins and Elddis
Sisk & Son and Mace.            Caravans & Motorhomes.

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Regional Examples

 NEWCASTLE                 Key Sectors
 NNE                       Digital and Tech,
                           Advanced Manufacturing
 Gross Value Added (GVA)   & Automotive, Financial                    TEES                      Key Sectors

 £38.7bn                   & Professional Business
                           Services, Life Sciences
                                                                      VALLEY                    Advanced Manufacturing,
                                                                                                Creative & Digital,
                           and Energy                                 Gross Value Added (GVA)   Lifesciences, Biomass,
 GVA per Worker

 £43,116                   Includes                                   £12.6bn                   Process & Chemical

                           Newcastle, Gateshead,                                                Includes
                           North Tyneside and South                   GVA per Worker
 Population                                                                                     Darlington, Hartlepool,

 1,970,000
                           Tyneside and Sunderland
                                                                      £45,700                   Middlesbrough, Redcar
                                                                                                and Cleveland, and
                           Source: North East Local Enterprise
                           Partnership. 2016 figures                  Population                Stockton-on-Tees

                                                                      667,500                   Source: http://www.centreforcities.
                                                                                                org/tees-valley/

                                                                                                SHEFFIELD
              North East                                                                        REGION
                                                                                                Gross Value Added (GVA)

                                                                                                £24.3bn
                                                                                                GVA per Worker

                                                           Tees Valley                          £43,700
                                                                                                Population

                                                                                                1,374,600
                            West Yorkshire                           Humber
                                                                                                Key Sectors
                                                                     LEP
                                                                                                Advanced Manufacturing,
   Liverpool                                                                                    Creative & Digital,
   City Region                                                                                  Lifesciences, Biomass,
                                                                              City              Financial & Professional

                                                  Sheffield                   Non-city          Includes
                                                  City Region                 City region       Barnsley, Doncaster,
                                Greater                                       boundary          Rotherham and Sheffield
                                Manchester

                                                                      GREATER                   Key Sectors
                                                                      MANCHESTER                Advanced Manufacturing,
                                                                                                Creative & Digital,
LIVERPOOL                  Key Sectors                                Gross Value Added (GVA)   Lifesciences, Biomass,
REGION                     Advanced Manufacturing,
                           Creative & Digital,
                                                                      £59.6bn                   Financial & Professional,
                                                                                                Education
Gross Value Added (GVA)    Lifesciences, Biomass,                     GVA per Worker
£29.5bn
                                                                                                Includes
                           Financial & Professional

                           Includes
                                                                      £48,100                   Bolton, Bury, Manchester,
                                                                                                Oldham, Rochdale, Salford,
GVA per Worker
                           Halton, Knowsley,                          Population                Stockport, Tameside,
£48,100                    Liverpool, St Helens,
                           Sefton and Wirral                          2,756,100
                                                                                                Trafford and Wigan
                                                                                                Source: http://www.centreforcities.
Population                 Source: http://www.centreforcities.                                  org/greater-manchester/

1,524,500                  org/liverpool-city-region/

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Pillar 1:
City Regions

The Rebirth and Future Growth of                            The Innovation District – a 800-hectare
Northern cities                                             development encompassing Advanced
                                                            Manufacturing Park and Sheffield Business Park in
In many respects, Northern Powerhouse is a vision
                                                            Sheffield/Rotherham
for the growth of the great cities and towns of
the North. The ongoing renaissance of the North’s           Leeds South Bank – a 185-hectare city centre
major cities is the most visible manifestation of the       location comprising multiple mixed-use
initiative.                                                 developments, including the location for the HS2
                                                            station, Leeds
All of the core cities of the North have experienced
major transformations over the past 30 years.               Manchester City Centre – a major building boom
These include Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle              that is set to continue through several major
upon Tyne, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, York,                 mixed-use developments, including 40,000
Leeds, Sheffield, Hull and Doncaster.                       homes, substantial office space, cultural and
                                                            leisure facilities, continuing the transformation of
The key components of these transformations have
                                                            Manchester to a world-class city
been the physical rebuilding of areas previously
characterised by large-scale dereliction; the               Knowledge Quarter – a major city centre
emergence of new leisure and cultural facilities and        development based on education and innovation,
activities; the increased prominence of universities        including healthcare facilities in Liverpool
and substantial student populations; and the                Salford Quays and Trafford Wharfside –
growth of new economic activities, particularly of          continuation of recent regeneration which includes
a high technology nature.                                   Media City and facilities for the digital sector in
                                                            Salford, Greater Manchester

Transformational Developments
These transformational developments are ongoing             Housing
and are spreading to other parts of the North’s city        A particular opportunity also exists in respect of
regions. This represents a major, multi-billion euro        housing. There has been a substantial shortfall
opportunity for construction and development                in the number of housing units constructed in
at least on a par with anywhere else in Europe.             England over the past two decades. The shortfall
The opportunity encompasses major flagship                  is estimated at 2.5 million units and is growing at a
developments as well as a great many smaller-               rate of 100,000 each year.
scale and more diffused developments.
                                                            While the most pressing shortage is perceived as
Major flagship developments currently ongoing               being in London and the South East of England,
include:                                                    there is also both need and scope in the North. The
Energy Central – a 200-hectare deep water                   opportunity includes refurbished units throughout
access development focused on offshore energy               the city regions and potential new ‘garden’ towns.
businesses in Blyth, Northumberland                         In addition, as regeneration has progressed,
                                                            there has been a return to living in central urban
International Advanced Manufacturing Park – a
                                                            locations, accompanied by leisure and other
new location for automotive supply chain and
                                                            local service amenities, which will present further
advanced manufacturing businesses, next to the
                                                            opportunities.
Nissan car manufacturing plant in Sunderland
                                                            It is worth noting in relation to these opportunities
Able Marine Energy Park – a 250-hectare
                                                            that the general local authority approach in
development focused on offshore and renewable
                                                            the North has been, and continues to be, pro-
energy manufacturing at the Humber Enterprise
                                                            development.
Zone, North Lincolnshire

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Strategic Economic Plans                                   Devolution is now being advanced in England in a
                                                           quite ambitious manner. From May 2017, additional
Over recent years, local areas have been
                                                           powers, budgets and responsibilities have been
developing Strategic Economic Plans (SEPs),
                                                           devolved from central Government to new
particularly focused on developing indigenous
                                                           combined authorities, with ‘Metro Mayors’, which
capabilities and strengths in the knowledge
                                                           are intended to encompass entire city regions.
economy. These have included digital businesses
                                                           Seven such deals have been agreed, four of which
in Newcastle, media in Manchester, professional
                                                           are in the North: Liverpool, Manchester, Tees Valley
services in Leeds and advanced manufacturing in
                                                           and Sheffield. A further, North of Tyne, deal has
Sheffield and Sunderland.
                                                           also been agreed in principle.
Key to the development of these SEPs are the
                                                           The Metro Mayors are directly elected, and have
Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), which bring
                                                           powers and responsibilities to make strategic
together local business and political leaders. There
                                                           decisions across city regions. The exact functions
are 11 LEPs in the North: Cheshire and Warrington;
                                                           they manage vary across different combined
Cumbria; Greater Manchester; Humber; Lancashire;
                                                           authorities, depending on the detail of the
Leeds City Region; Liverpool City Region; North
                                                           devolution agreement reached with central
East; Sheffield City Region; Tees Valley; York; and
                                                           Government. The majority of city regions are
North Yorkshire and East Riding.
                                                           focusing on gaining powers over skills, housing
                                                           and transport.

Funding Supports                                           These Devolution Deals will be central to the
                                                           design and delivery of many Government policies
The development of programmes to support
                                                           in Northern Powerhouse. They will boost the
local projects has been funded through a number
                                                           capacity to achieve the aims and objectives of
of City Deals, Growth Deals and, most recently,
                                                           Northern Powerhouse, and confirm that cities and
Devolution Deals.
                                                           city regions which can combine together where
City Deals commenced in 2012 and are essentially           appropriate are the essential building blocks for
agreements drawn up between local city                     the future.
authorities and their LEPs on the one hand, and
central Government on the other. They are based
on the ‘Localism’ principle that local leaders are
best placed to identify the needs of their areas.
They include the transfer of funding and decision-
making powers for specific purposes. Investments
under the deals have included skills development,
transport infrastructure, urban regeneration,
housing, and low carbon initiatives.

Growth Deals were introduced in 2013, and are
implemented by LEPs to progress their Strategic
Economic Plans. Similar to City Deals, they are
focused on funding for specific projects.

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Pillar 2:
Transport

Connectivity and the Creation of a                         The construction of the HS2 High Speed Railway
Single Economic Area                                       from London to Birmingham and then onwards
                                                           to the North is at the core of England’s national
A great global city has many things. Great jobs
                                                           rail development. HS2 Phase 2b will see the lines
and businesses. Fast and effective transport
                                                           proceeding from the English Midlands on to
connections. Strong universities and hospitals,
                                                           Manchester and Leeds. A further £300 million has
colleges and schools. It also has the entertainment,
                                                           been committed to enable the incorporation of
the green spaces, the housing, culture and sport
                                                           onward links to other key cities in the North.
that make for a good lifestyle.

North of England cities possess all of these things
but are separately quite small on a global scale.          Northern Powerhouse Rail
The Northern Powerhouse is aimed at addressing             This further phase will also see the development
this by combining them into a collective which             of HS3, or what is now being termed Northern
is greater than the sum of its parts. That will be         Powerhouse Rail. This will create new East-West
achieved by providing fast, reliable, frequent and         links, including high-speed routes between Leeds
sustainable transport connections between them.            and Manchester, and further improvements to
This will connect the cities of the North to               Liverpool in the West as well as to the North East.
establish a single economic area that is able to           The development of Northern Powerhouse Rail,
make the most of its capabilities and strengths and        and its links into HS2, will in many ways be the
to develop these further.                                  crowning achievement of this initial phase of the
                                                           Northern Powerhouse.

Transport for the North                                    These developments present direct opportunities
                                                           during their construction and operation. They will
This investment in critical transport connectivity
                                                           also bring about major investment opportunities
is now taking place and growing in scale and
                                                           in their immediate environs, such as the Leeds
ambition. A key early development was the
                                                           station area. They will transform the connectivity
creation of Transport for the North (TfN) as
                                                           of the North with other parts of the UK, notably
an organisation that brought together local
                                                           with London and the South East of England.
government leaders and local businesses, primarily
in the form of representatives of the LEPs, to             Most importantly perhaps, they will transform
facilitate the transformation of the transport             the connectivity between the North’s key cities
system across the North. TfN will be put on a              and towns, creating new opportunities for
statutory footing this year and will complement            employment, growth, productivity, sustainability
existing local transport bodies and add strategic          and quality of life.
value at the trans-Northern level.

The UK Government shares the view that
improving transport is critical to the Northern
Powerhouse and over £13 billion in transport
investment has been committed during the lifetime
of the current Parliament.

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Pillar 3:
Sectoral Strengths

Emerging Sectoral Strengths and                            Three ‘Enabling’ Capabilities were also identified:
Capabilities                                                 — Financial and professional services to support
Science and innovation have been key aspects                   the development of the ‘Prime’ capabilities,
of the Northern Powerhouse vision since its                    while being sources of growth in their own
inception. The North is undergoing a major shift               right
in its economic structure. This utilises existing            — Logistics, including ports and airports
strengths and capabilities in the North, in many
cases associated with world-class universities               — Education, primarily higher education,
and teaching hospitals. They are also aligned                  providing research capability and knowledge
with world-wide demand, and as such are likely                 excellence.
to constitute major sources of growth and future
prosperity.
                                                           Emerging Clusters
The economy of the North is dominated by
                                                           Major clusters of activity in these areas are
services activity, in common with elsewhere in
                                                           emerging across the North, and there are very
the UK. Much of this is of a local nature, but there
                                                           significant opportunities to become engaged
are also important tradeable services, including
                                                           in their development. These clusters are being
logistics, professional services, media, tourism,
                                                           supported by a range of measures and dedicated
healthcare and education. IT and digital services
                                                           business investment funds, such as the new £400
are also a growing feature of many of the North’s
                                                           million Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.
cities. Complementing these service activities
                                                           The activities within these clusters are generally
are important clusters of manufacturing and
                                                           of a world-class nature and are in market areas
productive activity, including manufacturing and
                                                           that are growing rapidly, and are in demand
chemical engineering.
                                                           internationally.

                                                           Many of the developments within these clusters
Future Opportunities                                       have been supported by national UK Government
The most significant future opportunities are likely       funding. This has included funding from Innovate
to arise from new economic activities and clusters         UK Programmes and the Catapult Programme,
which are largely based on science and innovation.         with key elements of the latter programme
The LEPs have all identified opportunities for the         located in the North, including those for offshore
future, and have included these in their Strategic         renewable energy, high-value manufacturing and
Economic Plans and investment plans.                       digital.

The Northern Powerhouse Independent Economic               It is now of particular importance that these
Review matched these opportunities with wider,             areas of focus and their development are aligned
international market and technological changes             with the new UK Industrial Strategy which was
and identified four supporting Pan-Northern                launched in December 2017 and is aimed at
‘Prime’ Capabilities:                                      identifying the opportunities and requirements
                                                           of new economic activities that can be suitable
  — Advanced manufacturing                                 for the UK. This will deliver ongoing support,
  — Energy generation, storage and low carbon              momentum and investment and further facilitate
    technologies                                           the creation of internationally successful clusters,
                                                           providing growth, exports, and opportunities for
  — Health innovation, including e-Health and the
                                                           the Northern Powerhouse.
    integration of health and social care

  — Digital, including high-performance
    computing, data analytics, and machine
    learning.

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References

Digital References                                    Construction References
https://www.ippr.org/publications/devo-digital        http://www.centreforcities.org/reader/move-
                                                      public-sector-jobs-london/relocation-bbc-
                                                      activities-salford/2-regeneration-salford-quays/
Cleantech & Renewables
                                                      https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/
https://www.siemens.co.uk/en/wind/hull.htm            business/business-news/manchester-city-centre-
                                                      development-highest-12527535
https://assets.dongenergy.com/
DONGEnergyDocuments/uk/Offshore%20                    https://www.my.glenigan.com/#/insight/
Wind%20Week/REGENERIS%20DONG%20                       a6A20000000Gp58EAC
Impact%20on%20the%20Humber%20Study%20
-%20FINAL.pdf
                                                      Lifesciences References
                                                      https://www.n8research.org.uk/media/The-NPH-
Engineering References
                                                      Life-Science-Pitch-Deck.pdf
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-
                                                      https://www.armstrongceilings.com/content/
yorkshire-38906972
                                                      dam/armstrongceilings/commercial/europe/case-
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/boeing-to-         studies/national-biologics-manufacturing-centre-
open-new-production-facility-in-sheffield             case-study.pdf

                                                      https://www.pharmafield.co.uk/features/2017/06/
                                                      Top-5-RD-hubs-in-the-UK

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