Vivergo tipped as one of UK’s new official Northern Powerhouse partners

In the UK, Vivergo Fuels, the UK’s largest producer of bioethanol and high protein animal feed, has been chosen as one of the Government’s new official Northern Powerhouse partners and is the only Humberside-headquartered private business to be named on the list.

Over 30 businesses, institutions and organizations will help implement the Government’s plan to help the North of England reach its full potential – and attract new jobs and investment to the region.

To achieve this, the Government has pledged to deliver a new style of devolved governance, better transport connections, investment in housing and culture and to take bigger strides in science and innovation across the North of England.

With its GBP350 million bioethanol plant at Salt End, Vivergo is one of the biggest investors in the Humber region, supporting thousands of jobs directly and indirectly, particularly within the region’s agricultural sector and in STEM skills-based jobs, as well as delivering huge environmental benefits through the greener fuel it produces.

The company, which is also a ‘city partner’ of Hull City of Culture 2017, is at the forefront of a campaign calling on the Government to increase the ethanol blending ratio in petrol from current levels (5%) to 10%, through the introduction of E10 fuel. This will form part of a forthcoming Government consultation, which if successful will enable Vivergo Fuels to further boost the North of England economy.