All aboard for roadshow

THE UK’s Ambassador to Germany, Andrew Mitchell, has visited Hull and East Yorkshire in an effort to build connections with businesses and boost investment and trade with Germany.

- By ANDREW SPENCE

Ambassador Mitchell with Siemens' Mark Speed & Aglaja Scheider, Project Director for London Piccadilly Line

The Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper, sent the Ambassador on the visit during which he visited Siemens Mobility’s rail factory in Goole.

The visit was part of a ‘domestic roadshow’ launched by the Government earlier this year, in which Ambassadors and High Commissioners are being dispatched by the Foreign Secretary around the country to meet with businesses in order to support them to expand into key growth-driving markets. Ambassador Mitchell's visit sought to build on the trading relationship with the UK’s second biggest trading partner Germany, which is worth almost £150 billion and supports thousands of jobs across Hull and East Yorkshire.