31st January 2025
THE OWNER and operator of London Luton Airport have welcomed Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ support for the aviation sector’s role in delivering economic growth and prosperity for...
15th November 2024
MORE THAN 125 new jobs are being created at London Luton Airport – with the prospect of more in the pipeline – as a result of holiday airline Jet2.com’s decision to open 17 routes from the...
4th October 2024
EMPLOYMENT in and around London Luton Airport is at a record high, according to new research. The number of people in work at the airport or in its supply chain has risen by 9% between 2022 and 2023...
4th September 2024
SOLAR panels… a very 21st-century solution to the crippling energy costs being faced by one of Bedfordshire’s most historic organisations. Work has just been completed on a project to offset...
10th August 2024
THE OVER-50s, those looking for a career change and people looking to ’unretire’ are the targets of a new recruitment campaign for cabin crew by low-cost airline easyJet. The airline has unveiled...
5th August 2024
PRIVATE equity investor MiddleGround Capital has concluded a deal for a majority ownership stake in Milton Keynes-based designer and manufacturer of high-performance electric powertrains Integral...
3rd July 2024
ARTIFICIAL Intelligence is to play a key role in operating the daily programme of around 2,000 flights by low-cost airline easyJet. The airline has opened a new operations Integrated Control Centre...
1st July 2024
SAUDI Arabia is to make an equity investment in a Bedfordshire company’s work to develop a specially adapted hybrid-electric aircraft that does not need a runway to take off and land. ARC Aero...
2nd May 2024
In the fast-paced world of automotive manufacturing and research, the health and safety of workers has always been paramount. However, the industry is witnessing a revolutionary shift, not only in how...
5th February 2024
NATIONAL Apprenticeship Week begins today (Monday February 5) with this year’s theme focused on Skills for Life. An apprenticeship can set you up for a lifelong path of learning, development and...
25th January 2024
FORMER London Luton Airport managing director Paul Kehoe has returned to the airport as the new independent chair of its owner Luton Rising. Mr Kehoe (pictured), who ran the airport between 2001 and...
27th November 2023
A NEW organisation promoting bilateral trade between Milton Keynes, the wider Oxford-Cambridge growth arc and Ukraine is set to launch next week. OxCamMK-Kyiv Business Association will become a...
25th November 2023
ON A SUMMER'S day in July 1943, a USA B-25 Mitchell bomber left Tunisia in North Africa on a mission to attack the Sciacca Aerodrome in Sicily. On board was a crew of six including 27-year-old US Army...
12th October 2023
PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak is pictured on a visit to Cranfield University’s new Aerospace Integration Research Centre. Mr Sunak toured the £35 million facility and saw for himself the...
26th September 2023
A MAJOR OFFICE building near London Luton Airport, which was left empty after the collapse of Monarch Airlines six years ago, is now fully occupied. An unnamed company has agreed a long lease...
