Introduction to the Plymouth Marine & Maritime Cluster Sector overview and investment & innovation strategies Prof Martin J Attrill Director, Plymouth University Marine

UK Marine Economy 1 million employees £46 bn to UK economy UK Marine Industries £7.6 bn sales revenue (£4 bn exports) employ 105,000 people world-class advanced manufacturing and science base Context: The UK Marine Economy

SW England as a centre for UK’s marine industry 28.5% 0.5% 3.1% UK LEISURE, SUPERYACHT AND SMALL COMMERCIAL MARINE INDUSTRY 3 largest fishing ports in England & Wales >1000 registered fishermen £244m to SW economy Tourism – primarily coastal £830m pa spend in SW England Highest in UK (Wales £193m, Scotland £94m)

Plymouth – centre of SW Marine Industry  Largest cluster of marine/maritime businesses in SW  >300 businesses  13,500 people employed (250,000 population)  World-renowned scientific and academic expertise  key to development of marine skills and business support  leading new green economy

Plymouth University  Within top 10 largest in UK; >30,000 students enrolled, 3,000 staff  World Top ; World Top 100 “under 50 years” 2012 & 2013  Top 5 World Green University 2012 (UI Greenmetric Ranking)  2011: Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Further & Higher Education:  “For education and research solutions for the global marine sector”  Plymouth University “The Enterprise University”: philosophy of working closely with business and industry & leading innovation

The Marine Institute: Scale & Activity  Only Institute in UK with the broad portfolio to cover all major marine areas:  All Sciences, Engineering, Technology, Navigation, Policy, Shipping, Business, Law, Sports, Arts, Maritime History - (Broadest in Europe)  180 academic staff; 250+ researchers; 2600 students (UK’s first and largest)  Internationalisation and commercialisation agendas How compare with our competitors?

National Ranking of Plymouth University Marine Institute Thomson ISI data. Search terms: marine, ocean, coast*, maritime, shore, shipping (Feb 2011) Research Productivity: peer reviewed marine papers published

Plymouth & South West England Innovation & Investment Strategies The Growth Acceleration and Investment Network – GAIN A Growth Hub - An “innovation and enterprise eco-system” that: supports people with ideas, businesses that want to grow, and investors; joins up physical assets ensuring they are more than the sum of the parts; connects universities and colleges, innovation centres and science parks, centres of expertise and research with the region’s business base; Adds value to existing networks and projects, and joins up providers

Plymouth & South West England Innovation & Investment Strategies Founded and led by Plymouth University with Plymouth City Council and Tamar Science Park Ltd; A response to the lack of synergy in business support services and the needs of businesses; Originally focused on the unique role that an HEI can play at the heart of solutions for enterprising people and business.

Plymouth & South West England Innovation & Investment Strategies Plymouth City Deal City Deal is a UK government initiative to devolve economic decision-making to the UK regions (value £366 million, including liberated land). Plymouth’s City Deal will be focused on SW England becoming a world leader in the marine sector and a centre of world class businesses, innovation and knowledge. Facilities include a new University Technical College in Plymouth and a proposed peninsular-wide Marine Industries Production Campus in the Devonport dockyard. Partnership: City Council, Plymouth University, Local Enterprise Partnerships

Marine Innovation Centre (MarIC) £2 million ERDF Business Technology Centre that provides support and advisory services to marine sector SMEs accelerating growth by creating intelligent connections between organisations, world-class knowledge, technologies, people and infrastructure Plymouth & South West England Innovation & Investment Strategies

Plymouth…Britain’s Ocean City