Maritime UK, the umbrella organisation for the maritime sector, has announced creative events company Meet and Potato (M&P), as its official event partner to support its future regional and national event strategy.
M&P will work with the organisation to champion the maritime sector, which brings together the shipping, ports, services, engineering and leisure marine industries.
The events company will also deliver the national Maritime UK awards that bring together all coastal communities around the UK as well as representatives of all sectors within it, as well as working with the organisation to “elevate its event strategy.”
M&P has previously supported one of the regional cluster organisations that Maritime UK works with, Mersey Maritime, to deliver its annual awards ceremonies and hybrid conferences.
Maritime UK is the collective voice of the maritime sector which supports over one million jobs, adds £49bn to the UK economy and facilitates 95% of UK global trade worth over £500bn per annum. The next national awards will take place in Belfast in 2024, welcoming 350 delegates from across the country.
Chris Shirling-Rooke, chief executive of Maritime UK, said: “Our events are an opportunity to really celebrate our industry and everything that is achieved so we need to work with partners we really trust to translate that message and produce top class events that people talk about. We have no doubt that Meet & Potato are those people and we are looking forward to working with them.”
Jon Kelly, CEO of Meet and Potato, added: “Winning a new client is always fantastic, but winning a client following a number of years of recognition from previous events is particularly brilliant. Our production team is really excited to get going and to bring some M&P magic to Belfast.”
