Great to see Steve Ridding again, a fellow former Brislington School boy, Company Director of Strenco Tools Ltd, on Gipsy Patch Lane. A fantastic, long established, family run over many decades, engineering company, working in the aerospace and defence sector.
Ealier this week, I dropped in at Leonardo's event in Westminster at Parliament. It was an excellent opportunity for them to showcase the great AW149 helicopters, a fantastic apprenticeship scheme and improvements to supply chain.
I am delighted to hear about the improvements and expansions to Stagecoach’s 3X bus service to include Bristol Temple Meads and Bristol Parkway train stations, in addition to increasing the frequency of service.
Earlier this week I was delighted to welcome Mary Mainwaring, Headmistress of Christ the King Primary School in Thornbury, and her family to Parliament I very much enjoyed meeting them and having some interesting discussions over tea and my Westminster team arranged a tour of Parliament!
After years of hard work with some of our leading defence and aerospace companies, meetings with ministers, holding debates in Parliament and tabling questions, I am pleased that this has helped to culminate in an agreement with our allies and partners in Japan and Italy to develop Tempest jointl
Had a meeting with Deborah Jones, the manager at Cribbs Causeway on Friday, we spoke about Christmas arrangements, there are lots of great new shops in the Mall, Father Christmas is actually in the mall this year, free for the local community and always great to support Wallace & Gromit's Gra
It was good to see Sarah Hunter again this morning at Compton Cafe, Easter Compton, she has written a wonderful Christmas story for children - 'The Story of Sid' - a heart-warming story about a mouse from Easter Compton. I've pre-ordered a copy.
Thank you to all at the DHL site at Western Approach who invited me to open their new premises today. Always good to hear about new jobs and apprenticeship opportunities.
