His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh formally opened international maritime consultancy Brookes Bell’s new Liverpool office on Thursday 24 September 2026. He was accompanied at the ceremony by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside, Peter Oliver OBE, the High Sheriff of Merseyside, Hazel Snell DL, and Cllr William Shorthall, Lord Mayor of Liverpool, and unveiled a commemorative plaque at the firm’s new premises, sources indicated.
Brookes Bell is described in the report as an international maritime consultancy; the Liverpool site represents the firm taking on a physical presence in the city. The company and the visiting dignitaries marked the inauguration with the plaque unveiling and a short formal opening.
Attendance at the event included the Lord‑Lieutenant of Merseyside, the High Sheriff of Merseyside and the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, each named in the published account of the ceremony. The report gives those official titles alongside the names of the civic office‑holders who attended.
The ceremony
The central act reported was the unveiling of a plaque to mark the opening of Brookes Bell’s Liverpool office. The account supplied to The Maritime Gazette notes that the plaque unveiling was performed by His Royal Highness and that the ceremony took place on 24 September 2026.
According to the published report, the visit and the formal opening were brief and ceremonial. No extended programme of speeches or subsequent events is recorded in the supplied notes.
Reporting and dates
The item reporting the event appears under the headline The Duke of Edinburgh Opens Brookes Bell’s New Liverpool Office and was published by reports on 1 October 2026. The report identifies the date of the opening as Thursday 24 September 2026 and lists the principal attendees by name and office.
The published account supplied to this desk does not provide a street number or specific address for the Liverpool premises. Further operational details about the new office, including staffing, planned services or opening hours, were not supplied in the material provided.
Brookes Bell’s decision to open a Liverpool location is recorded in the report as a matter of fact; the notes do not elaborate on the company’s wider strategy or future intentions in the region. The supplied account confines itself to the ceremonial opening and the identities of the principal guests present.
The Maritime Gazette presents these details from the reports item for readers seeking a concise record of the inauguration. The report names the principal attendees, the date of the event and the action taken by His Royal Highness to mark the opening.
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