Bombardier Update

Submitted by Heather on 6 January 2012 - 10:44am

On the 28th December Bombardier announced that they have been awarded a new £188 million contract.

Bombardier, with the help of an £80 million subsidy from the Government, have successfully secured a deal to build 130 rail carriages for the Southern rail company for use on their routes in London, Surrey, Sussex and Kent.
 
This is excellent news. Since the summer I have been working tirelessly with all those involved at Bombardier, regional MPs and various Ministers from the Departments of Transport and Treasury to ensure that Derbyshire maintains a viable train manufacturing industry. We are delighted to see our hard work finally pay off.  
 
There have been many meetings and phone calls but the news was embargoed and I was not prepared to leak it before Christmas because the announcement had to be made on the Toronto Stock exchange and I did not feel it acceptable to break the embargo. I would love to have had the satisfaction of contacting all the Constituents, early, who have been in touch with me but that would not be acceptable behaviour.
 
With the acquisition of this new contract, I hope that confidence will be restored to Bombardier employees and will invigorate the train manufacturing industry in the UK. 
 
My very best wishes to Justine Greening MP, Theresa Villiers MP, Paul Roberts and the Team at Bombardier.
 
 

Picture courtesy of The Sun published 29.12.11

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