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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2015 LEICESTER MERCURY
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MAKING VROOM Ian
Minards, left, product
development director at
Aston Martin and
George Gillespie, chief
executive of Mira
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New routes for
budget airline
A DISCOUNT airline has announced more
flights for several routes at East Midlands airport ahead of this summer.
Ryanair has added additional flights from the
East Midlands to Alicante, Berlin, Faro, Ibiza,
Lanzarote, Malaga, Palma and Tenerife. It also
announced another route to Malta from East
Midlands Airport, following the firm’s decision
to launch the first route in August last year.
Kenny Jacobs, chief marketing officer for Ryanair, said: “There is a good demand for flying
to Malta from the UK, there always has been.
“It works well as a route from several places
around the UK. It’s about having a good commercial arrangement at both airports. With
East Midlands and Malta there is a good demand on all sides, it makes it easier to get more
bums on seats with every flight that you fly.”
About 500 people are employed by the airline
and it operates nine aircraft for its 35 routes
from East Midlands Airport.
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Firms set to follow
Aston Martin’s lead
❚❙ Engineering companies in move to hi-tech park
BY IAN GRIFFIN
Business Editor
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George Gillespie, Mira chief executive
Lockheed Martin. The 216-acre
(87.5 hectares) site, off the
A5/Watling Street, is aimed at
motor manufacturers, components suppliers and vehicle testing
specialists.
Mr Gillespie said: “We are very
pleased to welcome Aston Martin, one of the iconic Great British brands. This will help with the
marketing of the park. It’s a
brand that’s recognised around
the world.”
Since 2010, Mira Technology
Park has created or safeguarded a
total of 338 hi-tech jobs as a result of the development, in addi-
A SPORTSWEAR manufacturer has launched
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BeSpoke Teamwear, of Leicester, supplies
clubs, teams and organisations across the
globe with playing kit.
The new brands include BST, which caters
for indoor sports including inclusive/disability
sports, weightlifting, handball and dodgeball.
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vehicle manufacturers and their
tier one suppliers.”
Aston Martin, the iconic British
marque which is secret agent
James Bond’s car of choice, has
moved a key part of its prototype
and vehicle development business to a 15,800 sq ft building at
the park.
The move has created 30 jobs at
the site, which have relocated
from Aston Martin’s headquarters at Gaydon.
It joins other companies who
have already located to Mira
Technology Park, including engineering giants Bosch, and
tion it is has also generated over
100 construction jobs.
In 2011, the park was awarded
enterprise zone status by the
Government, giving firms who
locate there a business rate discount worth up to £275,000 over
a five-year period.
Mira aims to create 2,000 jobs
by 2020.
Ian Minards, product development director at Warwickshirebased Aston Martin, said: “The
cutting-edge facilities at Mira, together with its reputation for
quality and excellent security,
makes it an ideal place for us to
carry out some of our prototype
development work.”
Eric Pickles, Secretary of State
for Communities and Local Government, said: “Mira really is
blazing a trail when it comes to
enterprise zones and to have a
Great British icon like Aston Martin locate there is another resounding success.”
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THREE major engineering firms
are set to move into a hi-tech
business park in the next few
months.
It comes after luxury car maker
Aston Martin this week announced it had set up a research
and development centre at Mira
Technology Park, in Higham-onthe-Hill, near Hinckley.
The boss of Mira (the Motor Industry Research Association) said
that it was talking to 10 major
compnaies who were considering setting up operations at the
site.
George Gillespie, Mira chief executive, said: “I would anticipate
making at least three more announcements in the first half of
2015.
“We continue to be focused on
the automotive and defence industry sectors, primarily with
We continue to be focused on the
automotive and defence industry
sectors, primarily with vehicle manufacturers and their tier one suppliers.
RECRUITMENT firm Encore Personnel has
bought a rival business out of liquidation.
The group, in Millstone Lane, Leicester, has
acquired Response Recruitment Solutions, of
Spalding, Lincolnshire.
Encore, which specialises in providing
manual workers, now employs 140 people
across nine branches across the UK. Response
had employed two people before its collapse.
Managing director Greg Latham said: “Combining Response’s position in the East of England with our innovative staffing solutions will
provide clients with enhanced efficiencies in
productivity and labour management.”