Local leaders call on private sector to lead the development of offshore renewable jobs in Scarborough and Whitby.
The potential for the offshore wind industry to generate employment opportunities in Scarborough and Whitby has been a significant topic of discussion for several years, however, ensuring the long-term sustainability of these jobs hinges on business leadership and the development of local skills, according to key figures in the region.
The Chief Executive of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority has emphasised the crucial role of the private sector in realising the economic benefits of offshore wind. James Farrar says creating jobs in the sector is not some thing that can be delivered purely by the council or the mayors office.
"What is important is what are the opportunities when it comes down to it what needs to be done?
If this is an economic opportunity, business need to lead, and own it. Jobs are created by growing businesses. The public sector doesn't create jobs, so we need to make sure we've got that industry leadership telling us what they want to do and what that opportunity is. Then our job is to come in and enable that.
But it's really important that we actually really focus on engaging with business, with engaging with the sector around what we could do from Scarborough, what we could do from Whitby, and where there's the demand. 'cause ultimately what we need is we need long-term private sector investment to make this happen."
James Farrar stressed the importance of actively engaging with businesses and the sector in Scarborough and Whitby to understand their needs and the potential demand.
" The sustainability doesn't come from the Combined Authority or from North Yorkshire Council. The sustainability comes from businesses in that sector. Investing in Scarborough, investing in Whitby creating long-term jobs and providing long-term investment into those local areas.
So we've gotta make sure that when we develop our sector opportunities, and it's the same with everything not just offshore, we've gotta make sure that it's industry led and ultimately it's underpinned and it's sustained by private sector investment because otherwise it will die the minute our money disappears.
Scarborough and Whitby MP, Alison Hume is also pushing for the development of offshore renewable jobs in Scarborough adn Whibty. The MP has highlighted the importance of developing the right local skills to support the potential jobs in the offshore wind sector.
"There's been lots of talk about wonderful opportunities that are going to come from offshore wind. And I believe that we do need the educational support that's happening at places like the UTC with courses in engineering for our young people to take the opportunities to work offshore for the construction skills village, for the young people to work, to get the skills to build the homes that we're going to see.
If got the careers here and we've got the homes. We can deliver sustainable futures, not just for our older residents, but for our younger ones as well, who are leaving here and not coming back.
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