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Monday 13th May 2013 SH (Editor)

Rolls-Royce backs Bloodhound project

Rolls-Royce PLC today announced support for the Bloodhound Project, an international education initiative focused on a 1,000 mph World Land Speed Record attempt. A Rolls-Royce EJ200 jet engine will be used to propel the car to over 1,000 mph (1,600 kmh or Mach 1.4). Rolls-Royce will also provide financial and technical support for the project. Bloodhound’s global education programme aims

Thursday 2nd May 2013 SH (Editor)

Rolls-Royce pledges £1m towards Bristol Aerospace Centre

Plans to build an aerospace heritage museum in Patchway, on land north of the now-closed Filton Airfield, have moved another step closer with the news that Rolls-Royce has pledged £1 million to the project. It is hoped that museum will also provide a permanent home for the ‘Bristol’ Concorde, which is currently stored at a temporary location on the south

Jack Lopresti with Rolls-Royce apprentices.

Tuesday 23rd April 2013 SH (Editor)

Local aerospace apprentices visit Jack Lopresti MP in House of Commons

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

Opening speech at the 2013 Grand Final of the South West Flying Start Challenge.

Wednesday 27th March 2013 SH (Editor)

Rolls-Royce helps stage final of schools’ engineering challenge

Aerospace companies from around the South West, including Patchway-based Rolls-Royce, recently staged the Grand Final of a schools competition which aims to encourage Key Stage 3 students to take up science, technology, engineering and maths. Over 130 pupils from thirteen secondary schools in the South West took part in the Grand Final of the Flying Start Challenge at the Fleet

Thursday 24th January 2013 SH (Editor)

Patchway Rolls-Royce site escapes defence job cuts

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

Friday 11th May 2012 SH (Editor)

Rolls-Royce plant to benefit from MOD’s jet fighter U-turn

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

Sunday 12th February 2012 SH (Editor)

Record profits for Rolls-Royce in 2011

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