A new era has begun with a new figurehead and new brand for a group of Grimsby companies at the heart of two of the town’s defining industries.

Grimsby Fish Market has welcomed the UK’s incoming Ambassador to Iceland as part of a fact-finding mission before she takes up the role.

Grimsby Fish Market’s operations director is the focus of a short film produced to help promote the many opportunities the sector offers to people living in the area. Danny Payne, who is regularly behind the camera as the daily fish auction is monitored, switches sides of the lens for the piece, commissioned by Made Great in Grimsby and promoted by North East Lincolnshire Council. It shines a light on the £2 billion industry Grimsby sits at the heart of as the gateway to th

Leading fishmongers, chefs and their budding successors are putting on a seafood show as part of Grimsby’s Festival of the Sea, taking place this weekend. The town’s vital industrial cluster has got behind what promises to be an incredible extravaganza of craft and graft, hosting an afternoon of fish-focused entertainment to interest foodies and champions of the town’s proud status.

Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises has appointed a vice chair. David Flear will take on the role, as predecessor Simon Dwyer is about to become chair. The moves follow Andrew Oliver’s appointment as chief executive, with the highly regarded maritime lawyer having led the board for the past four years. Mr Flear is the son of Frank Flear OBE, a Grimsby seafood pioneer who played a major role in steering the development of Grimsby Fish Market in the early Nineties as the original c

A founding shareholder in Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises has endorsed the direction the organisation is now taking in his first visit since Covid halted global travel. Icelandic national Petur Bjornsson founded Isberg Ltd back in the mid-Eighties, supplying North Atlantic catch into both the old and new markets – with the need for the latter the reason GFDE was formed.

The Humber Renewables Awards have celebrated the first port on the Energy Estuary! Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises, the parent company behind Port of Grimsby East, was named Ports and Logistics Company of the Year. Judges heard how it has strengthened capability over the past year, upgrading berths and wider quayside handling, expanding storage facilities and streamlining cargo operations – boosting throughput, reducing turnaround times and increasing resilience.

Simon Dwyer on the quayside at Port of Grimsby East. A new chair has been appointed at Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises Ltd. Simon Dwyer, a familiar figure in the town’s internationally acclaimed seafood cluster and the wider business community, is stepping up from his vice chair position to take on the role. It follows last month’s announcement that his predecessor, Andrew Oliver, is to become chief executive. The shareholders approved the appointment at the latest board

A key organisation at the fore of Grimsby’s defining industries has appointed a new chief executive. Highly regarded maritime lawyer Andrew Oliver is to take the helm of Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises Ltd. He will succeed the retiring Martyn Boyers, having served as chairman of the organisation that oversees the fish market and wider dock operations for the past four years.