Airbus has officially opened a new Wing Technology Development Centre on its Filton site, further demonstrating the company’s commitment to investing in it UK innovation capabilities. The facility will be used to build and test demonstrators for a range of programmes and research projects and will help Airbus accelerate the design, build and testing of wings for next generation aircraft,
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Airbus’ UK sites in Filton and Broughton have welcomed their largest number of apprentices and graduates since the end of the pandemic. Airbus in Filton recently welcomed 71 new recruits to the company’s graduate programme, along with a further 68 apprentices. These are in addition to the 69 interns who started their year-long UK industry placement in July.
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An engineering centre of excellence located in Filton is to play a major role in a £54.4 million project to develop a liquid hydrogen propulsion system for regional aircraft that could eventually be scaled up to larger aircraft.
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A new Volvo car dealership looks set to open soon in the local area after a pre-let deal was agreed for a plot on the former Rolls-Royce East Works site, which borders Gipsy Patch Lane and the A38 Gloucester Road North. It will be served via a new access road from the A38.
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GKN Aerospace’s new global technology centre, located adjacent to the Village Hotel on the Horizon 38 business park, has been handed over to the company by joint site developers St Francis Group and iSec.
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Engineering giant GKN Aerospace has announced plans to build a £32 million research and development facility on the former Rolls-Royce East Works site south of Gipsy Patch Lane.
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A new 153-room ‘concept’ hotel has opened at Horizon 38, the new business park that is rapidly taking shape on the former Rolls-Royce East Works site in the Bristol North Fringe.
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Landmark building on corner of Gipsy Patch Lane and Gloucester Road due to open in November. As north Bristol’s newest hotel nears completion at Horizon 38 in Filton, more deals have been announced at the rapidly developing 60-acre business park, one of the biggest mixed-use schemes of its kind in the country. The Village Urban Resorts 153-bed hotel, which is
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Phase two of north Bristol’s Horizon 38 scheme, one of the biggest mixed-use redevelopment projects in the country, is nearing completion. Situated on the former East Works site, south of Gipsy Patch Lane, the area has been a hive of activity since construction began in earnest in late 2016. Access to the site is via two new roads off Gipsy
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Work has begun on a revolutionary wing testing centre on the Airbus site in Filton. Around two hundred Airbus employees gathered at the site of their future test centre on 9th February to mark the start of construction. The new £40 million facility will be an advanced testing centre for large structural components. It will enable Airbus and its partners
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