{"id":83110,"date":"2017-07-31T16:51:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T16:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=d513c35c1cc8e525e35489bab765d5f6"},"modified":"2017-07-31T16:51:19","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T16:51:19","slug":"news-story-minister-robin-walker-visits-the-south-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=83110","title":{"rendered":"News story: Minister Robin Walker visits the South West"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Minister Robin Walker has visited fishermen, farmers and businesses across the South West as part of the Government\u2019s ongoing engagement with businesses across the country on the UK\u2019s exit from the EU.<\/p>\n<p>During his tour of the area, the Minister met representatives from some of the region\u2019s key sectors, which are at the very heart of its thriving economy.<\/p>\n<p>At Poole Harbour, he held a roundtable with leaders from the fisheries, ports and tourism sectors and took a tour around the harbour, before speaking with farmers from the NFU\u2019s South West branch in Exeter.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister went on to learn more about the region\u2019s booming tech industry, taking a tour  of the Innovation Centre at Exeter University and meeting tech company CrowdCube &#8211; a leading investment crowdfunding platform.<\/p>\n<p>UK Government Minister for Exiting the EU, Robin Walker, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I was very pleased to meet some of the people involved in many of the South West\u2019s key sectors, including tourism, fishing and agriculture, and tech today. These sectors are the beating heart of this region\u2019s economy and make a significant contribution to the UK economy as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Hearing the views of the people of the South West will help us ensure we embrace the significant opportunities our EU exit presents and fully address the challenges it poses to different parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Today\u2019s visit is part of an extensive programme of engagement with businesses across the whole of the UK.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government engages with sectors at the heart of the region\u2019s economy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}