Policy paper

Regional Growth Fund case studies number 7: Airbus

Airbus has received 拢1.4 million from the Regional Growth Fund for training to develop specialist engineering skills.

From:
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
Published
2 August 2013
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Ref: BIS/13/1044

PDF, 394 KB, 1 page

Details

Airbus, one of the world鈥檚 leading aircraft manufacturers, has received 拢1.4 million from the government鈥檚 Regional Growth Fund to help provide training to develop specialist engineering skills to develop Airbus鈥檚 aircraft programmes.

The training attracted over 拢5 million in private sector investment and will create 200 new jobs at Airbus鈥檚 wing development facilities in Filton Bristol. The funding will help ensure Filton continues as a global centre of excellence in wing and landing gear design, testing and research.

For further information on on the RGF, see Understanding the Regional Growth Fund.

Updates to this page

Published 2 August 2013

Sign up for emails or print this page

Related content