Apprentices from Patchway-based Rolls Royce last week attended a reception in the House of Commons that was organised by ADS Group, the aerospace trade association. The event was in recognition of the role of apprentices in the £24bn UK aerospace industry. The apprentices, along with others from Airbus and GKN in Filton, were joined by local MP Jack Lopresti, and
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Workers at the Rolls-Royce factory in Patchway will not be affected by the loss of nearly 400 jobs within the firm’s defence division, says the Bristol Post. News emerged on Tuesday that the company had begun consultation on staff reductions at its defence division plant at Ansty, near Coventry, where 378 “highly skilled” jobs are at risk. The Unite union
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Two hundred jobs are set to be created at the Aztec West Business Park next year when an energy company establishes a new ‘subsea engineering hub’, reports the Daily Telegraph. GE Oil & Gas already employs around 500 people in Nailsea and has other UK sites in Aberdeen and Montrose. The company says the expansion is in response to growth
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Jack Lopresti, MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke, last week visited the TNT Post delivery depot on Patchway Industrial Estate to congratulate the company on creating over 160 jobs in the past five years. During the visit Mr Lopresti met members of the TNT Post team in Bristol and heard how the company created jobs in its distribution depot and
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The lucky winner of a prize draw held to celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of Patchway Post Office has been presented with a £100 Spar hamper, packed with groceries and goodies including a bottle of champagne and a set of Royal Mail’s stunning Diamond Jubilee stamps. Julie Jarvis, a homecare assistant from Horfield, had been given a free
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Patchway Post Office at the Spar convenience store in Rodway Road is celebrating its first anniversary with a fabulous free prize draw for customers. All customers visiting Patchway Post Office during week commencing Monday 28th May will be given a complimentary raffle ticket to win a Spar hamper, packed with groceries and goodies including a set of Royal Mail’s stunning
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The Rolls-Royce plant in Patchway is set to benefit from a Government U-turn on a major defence project. The Ministry of Defence has changed it mind over the type of fighter planes it is ordering for the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier, saying it wants to revert to its original plan of deploying the F35-B jump jet version of the
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Local MP Jack Lopesti visited the DHL Express Service Centre at Cribbs Causeway recently to hear about DHL’s work, the challenges and opportunities they face and their plans for the future. DHL opened the Bristol Service Centre over ten years ago, and have seen their operations grow to the point where they now employ 50 people and make over 1,700
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Rolls-Royce, which makes military aero engines and marine gas turbines at its plant in Patchway, has announced record annual profits of more than £1 billion for 2011. The company’s order book was at peak levels at 31st December 2011, showing £62.2 billion of forward orders, a rise of 5% on its 2010 year-end. John Rishton, Chief Executive, said: “Rolls-Royce performed
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HSS Hire, the national supplier of tool and equipment and outsourcing services, has opened a new Regional Distribution Centre on the Aztec West Bristol Park. The 30,000 sq ft facility at 1550 Park Avenue [map] will become a key regional distribution hub for the group’s activities in the South West and Wales – providing extensive and more accessible hire services
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