Iceland's President, Halla Tómasdóttir, has formally appointed Jane Stevens as the country's UK Ambassador. The official welcome, at which she presented her letter of credence from King Charles, follows a visit to Grimsby Fish Market in the summer.

Grimsby's seafood leaders have met with Iceland's new Ambassador to the UK. Thordis Kolbrun Gylfadottir has made the Humber one of her first visits, taking in both Grimsby and Hull, just weeks into the official role. Key officials underlined the importance of trade relations between the two nations. Iceland supplies more than 90 per cent of the fish sold on Grimsby Fish Market, with its haddock and cod a mainstay of British menus.

Grimsby and Cleethorpes MP Melanie Onn has met with the new Fisheries Minister, outlining the importance of the cluster to him following his appointment.

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.