Prime Minister David Cameron visited the Airbus site at Filton on Monday (23rd April), accompanied by local MP Jack Lopresti. Mr Lopresti and the Prime Minister met with Airbus senior managers to discuss the firm’s future business plans and were then treated to a tour of the factory that assembles the A400M military aircraft wings. The pair then had a
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Engineering group GKN has reported a 19% rise in first-quarter profits, with its Bristol-based aerospace interests contributing strongly. The aerospace division, which makes wing parts for Airbus at its plants at Filton and Easter Compton, achieved a 13% rise in trading profits to £36m during the period on sales 5% higher at £370m. The division was helped by a significant
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Airbus staff in Filton are celebrating the news that an Indonesian airline has placed a £326m order for 11 A330 aircraft. The announcement was made by Prime Minister David Cameron as he arrived in Indonesia on the latest leg of his South East Asia trade mission. Mr Cameron said: “This deal between Airbus and Garuda Indonesian Airlines is good news
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Work has begun on development of the Airbus Aerospace Park in Filton – a multi-million pound state-of-the-art engineering and technology campus scheduled for completion next year. The aircraft manufacturer kicked off construction of the state-of-the-art facility at a special ceremony attended by company bosses, staff and local representatives last month. Over 2,500 of the firm’s 4,000 employees will move to
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Engineers at the Airbus design centre in Filton are being blamed for the “grounding” of all 69 A380 aircraft currently in service. A report in today’s Daily Mail says Airbus has now traced the cause of small cracks developing on the wings of some of the £250million double-decker A380s to a small component engineered in Filton. The manufacturer has been
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Local MP Jack Lopresti visited Halfords Autocentre in Filton last Friday (17th February) to meet one of their apprentices, Ben Fisher, and learn more about how the company is starting careers for local young people. Ben is undertaking an apprenticeship with the company and Jack discussed the skills that he is learning and the support he is receiving from the
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Plans to refurbish the historic Pegasus House, on the Airbus site in Filton, have been given the go-ahead by planners at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). The Grade II listed building, constructed in the 1930s, is currently covered by scaffolding and white sheeting but it will be restored to its former glory as part of a £70 million project to create
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A missile systems company based in Filton has been awarded a £483m Ministry of Defence contract. MBDA UK will work on the new Sea Ceptor Royal Navy defence system which aims to intercept and destroy enemy missiles travelling at supersonic speeds. Sea Ceptor is intended to replace the vertical launch Sea Wolf currently in service on the Royal Navy’s Type
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The Airbus site at Filton is in line for a share of 600 jobs that the European aircraft manufacturer has promised to create in the UK this year. But the company has also warned UK suppliers that they needed to maintain competitive pricing in order to ensure continued work. The company said Britain’s GKN Aerspace, which also has a base
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