Exclusive: Nusrat Ghani joined company leading consortium that won £33m grant after backing its bid in letter to business ministerFormer Tory shipping minister Nusrat Ghani is facing criticism for taking up a £60, 000 role at a firm leading a maritime consortium which successfully bid for a publicly-funded £33m grant that she lobbied a fellow minister for while she was serving in government.The Belfast Maritime Consortium, led by Artemis Technologies, won the multi-million pound UK government innovation grant in May to develop zero-emission ferries in Belfast, pledging to “revolutionise the future of maritime transport”. Continue reading...
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