Yesterday, I had a meeting at the Airbus offices at Filton, with their Senior Vice President Katherine Bennett, with other Senior Airbus managers, and with Richard Harrington MP, the Minister for Business and Industry.
Apprentices from this area were joined by many MP’s in the House of Commons this week to celebrate the 12,000 apprenticeships provided by the UK’s Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space industries.
They were over 100 apprentices from some of Britain’s leading aerospace, defence, security and space
On Thursday, the Port Board presented their vision for the future, along side their current operations to the Secretary of State for Wales, Alun Cairns MP, West of England Combined Authority Mayor, Tim Bowles and myself.
We had a very impressive tour of the current facilities, where the Board highl
I had an opportunity to visit the latest stages of the Airbus Integration Centre in Filton on 13th April 2018.
This is an amazing project costing £40 million, some of which is investment from the Government.
The Site Team are still very enthusiastic about the whole project and were keen to show of
It was a real pleasure to meet the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling MP, and West of England Combined Authority Mayor, Tim Bowles to open the upgraded Platform 1 at Bristol Parkway.
The platform has been upgraded as part of the significant investment project by the Government and Net
An excellent turnout by residents in Filton to campaign Keep Charlton Boulevard Open - all organised by Community Campaigner Sanjay Shambhu.
Sanjay has worked very hard to understand this issue and discuss the matter with his neighbours.
I'm proud to support and sign the Petition.
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After welcoming Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson to our area last week, and joining him on a tour of the Rolls-Royce site in Filton, I began this week in Parliament once again highlighting the importance of apprentices.
During Education Questions, I pointed out that apprentices not only boost our
This has been a very busy week in Parliament, and I’ve had a number of important meetings to attempt to seek clarity on the proposed takeover of GKN by Melrose.
