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August 15, 2019

What Are UK Freeports, And Would You Want One Next Door?
Tech occupier Slack talks the future of work and what services really matter at Bisnow's Office, Leasing & Development Conference

Freeports are coming. The creation of these freight hubs is (for now) the flagship economic policy of the Boris Johnson government, and they have been promoted as potentially transformational for UK cities.

But what are they, will they work and what effect do they have on neighbouring areas?

The answers may not be reassuring.

What Are UK Freeports, And Would You Want One Next Door?

Freeports are the flagship of the government's new post-Brexit trade policy. They seem to be very close cousins to the enterprise zones and urban development corporations of the 1980s with tax incentives and…

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