Business and Enterprise minister Mark Prisk has met his counterparts from France, Germany and Spain at the Paris Air Show to pitch for a bigger UK role in the next generation single-aisle airliner, the fuel-efficient Airbus A320neo. Mr Prisk has also met representatives from Boeing to discuss the expansion of US...
Thatchers Cider has signed a three-year deal with Bath Rugby as the club’s official cider partner. The North Somerset cider maker's logo will be displayed on Bath team jerseys and there will be branding at the Recreation Ground including the re-naming of the north stand as the Thatchers Stand. Thatchers...
The £1bn plan to electrify the rail route between Bristol and London could create 200 jobs at a new rail maintenance depot in Stoke Gifford, close to Bristol Parkway Station. Hitachi Rail Europe is reported to be in talks with South Gloucestershire Council about using land owned by...
With the Paris Air Show in full swing, announcements from major aerospace companies are being made thick and fast. Bristol Business News is leading the regional coverage of the show, the largest gathering of the global aviation industry, with value-added reporting by our team of experienced business journalists. Yesterday...
More than 33,500 new aircraft worth £2.4 trillion ($4 trillion) will be needed over the next 20 years as the number of passengers rises threefold. The astonishing figures come from US aerospace giant Boeing as the Paris Air Show, the world’s largest gathering of aviation industry figures, gets...
Now is a good time for commercial property tenants to renegotiate rent and other lease terms, claims Chris Dawson, commercial lease specialist at Colliers’ Bristol office. He said: “When a property lease is approaching its expiry the capital value of the investment diminishes due to uncertainty over the projected income stream. For this reason we...
Airbus has dismissed claims by Jim Albaugh, head of US rival Boeing’s commercial jet division, that the European planemaker's upgraded single aisle A320neo will put it only “on par” with the larger versions of the rival Boeing 737. “There is not an airline in the world that believes that –...
GKN Aerospace in Bristol is to build wing parts for a new business jet for French group Dassault Aviation – its first major contract win since it took over Airbus’s Filton manufacturing operations three years ago. GKN will be responsible for the complete design, component manufacture and assembly of...
Bristol City Football Club has cleared one of the last hurdles with its controversial plans to build a new £92m 30,000-seat stadium at Ashton Vale in the face of fierce opposition from a group of local residents. It follows last night's decision at a Bristol City Council public rights of...
Airbus has secured commitments for just over 100 of its revamped A320neo single aisle airliner family ahead of next week's Paris Air Show. The European planemaker, which designs the wings of all its aircraft at its Filton plant in Bristol, has now notched up sales and options for its...
Bristol’s role as a creative and innovative powerhouse will be boosted by the opening of its £27m M Shed museum, key figures in the city proclaimed today. The M Shed, housed in the city’s former waterfront Industrial Museum, opens to the public tomorrow with 3,000 exhibits telling the story...
Luxury leather goods firm Mulberry today revealed it is to expand its West factory, creating more than 50 jobs, as it reported a massive 358% increase in annual pre-tax profits. The manufacturing jobs, which will include apprenticeships for local school leavers, will help the firm meet ever-growing demand for...
Employment figures released today had the Government claiming strong new private sector jobs growth at the same time as experts were warning that a shock rise in the number of benefit claimants could herald tougher times ahead. In Swindon, unemployment edged down by 0.3% – or 450 people –...
