Transport Secretary to set out commitment to UK investment and job creation at World Expo in Dubai

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps will right this moment (22 November 2021) set out the federal government’s dedication to boosting worldwide commerce, bolstering British funding and creating UK jobs at a speech in Dubai.

Talking on the UK’s Journey Summit at Expo, the Transport Secretary will define the UK’s future imaginative and prescient for secure and sustainable journey rooted in worldwide collaboration and cutting-edge progressive tasks corresponding to zero emission flight and autonomous autos.

Each leaders in futuristic transport know-how, from flying vehicles to self-driving trains, Grant Shapps will likely be forging new relationships all through his time on the Expo, sharing greatest practices throughout the UAE and UK, strengthening each international locations’ positions as leaders in high-tech transport and creating 1000’s of jobs sooner or later.

As one of many UK’s largest buying and selling companions – bringing in nearly £18 billion to the UK financial system yearly – the Transport Secretary may also be holding quite a few high-profile conferences over the following few days geared toward boosting commerce between the UK and Dubai even additional, producing UK funding and creating inexperienced jobs throughout the UK.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps mentioned:

We’re main the cost on the transport revolution, investing billions of kilos of funding to each remodel and decarbonise all points of journey, from the vehicles we drive to the planes and ships we journey on.

Working along with the UAE, a famend high-tech futuristic transport hub, will enable us to drive these modifications ahead whereas boosting funding and creating jobs throughout the UK.

This yr’s Expo will concentrate on sustainability, mobility and alternative, positioning the UK on the forefront of world innovators and constructing on the success of COP26. As a part of this, the Transport Secretary will likely be visiting a variety of renewable and clear know-how websites.

Already main the cost on drones, EVs and autonomous autos, the UK is trying to increase and strengthen data and experience in areas corresponding to hydrogen and sustainable fuels – constructing upon the £300 million of funding introduced earlier this yr to drive ahead analysis into progressive transport tasks.