Filton College, one of the main centres for further education in the North Bristol area, has been rebranded ‘South Gloucestershire and Stroud College’ (SGS) after officially merging with Stroud College on Monday (1st February). Public consultation on the proposed merger was carried out in June last year and John Hayes MP, Secretary of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong
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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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Filton’s Shield Retail Centre has been granted permission to expand by planning officials at South Gloucestershire Council. The owners of the centre want to construct a new retail building on land north-east of the current site that is currently used as an overflow car park. Part of the land in question, behind the row of units that includes the Bath
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Welcome to the Filton Journal, the independent online newspaper for your area. Following the success of the Bradley Stoke Journal (founded in 2008) and the Patchway Journal (2011), we are pleased to announce that we will be bringing our well-respected formula of news and event reporting to Filton. If you have a news story that you would like us to
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