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Article: Food for Grimsby--North East Lincolnshire Council.
- Article from:
- Food Trade Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 2004
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North East Lincolnshire has a proud track record when it comes to attracting inward investment and a great deal of the area's success has involved the twin spheres of food processing and ready meals.
Grimsby has come a long way since it established its reputation as the UK's leading fishing port about half a century ago. But come the decline in the deep-sea fishing industry, and both the town and its environs needed a change of emphasis if they were to avoid stagnation and decay.
Fortunately, the go-ahead North East Lincolnshire Council's economic development personnel chose to stick firmly with food and its diversification decision has paid off ...