Airbus is one of the world's leading aircraft manufacturers, and it consistently captures approximately half or more of all orders for airliners with more than 100 seats. The Airbus UK sites at Filton, near Bristol, and Broughton, North Wales, are part of the Centre of Excellence - Wing/Pylon – working together with Airbus sites in Bremen, Germany and St. Eloi in Toulouse.
Aspire Defence is a joint venture between Carillion and KBR under Project Allenby/Connaught, the largest infrastructure PFI ever let by the Ministry of Defence. It provides modern, high quality, fully serviced, purpose built living and working accommodation.
BAE Systems is a global defence, security and aerospace company with approximately 107,000 employees worldwide. The Company delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. In 2009 BAE Systems reported sales of £22.4 billion (US$ 36.2 billion).
Exeter airport offers both scheduled and holiday charter flights within the United Kingdom and Europe. It had passenger throughput of just under 280,000 in 2009.
Exeter airport offers both scheduled and holiday charter flights within the United Kingdom and Europe. It had passenger throughput of around 800,000 in 2009.
GKN Aerospace based at Filton near Bristol acts as a design and build First Tier partner supporting by providing the latest in advanced manufacturing processes for major assemblies and components
Spirit AeroSystems (Europe) Limited is the largest airframe supplier to Airbus and a key supplier of major wing structures with “life of program” contracts. Our Prestwick operation delivers products across the entire Airbus range, including the new A380 aircraft.
Devon County Council is the county council administering the English county of Devon. Headquartered in the city of Exeter, the council covers the non-metropolitan county area of Devon. The two-tier government of the county is divided into eight non-metropolitan districts, who have their own district, borough, or city councils. Members of the council (councillors) are elected every four years to represent their local council areas and political parties in the county council. Its administered population is estimated to be 754,700 — the largest authority in South West England.
Nottinghamshire is estimated to have a population of just over one million. Over half of the population of the county live in the conurbation of the City of Nottingham.
Surrey is to the southwest of London and covers over 1,600 square kilometres. It has 63 miles of motorway and the Surrey section of the M25 is one of the most heavily used stretches of motorway in Europe.
Bancroft is a mechanical and electrical services installation company with an in-house design/development team. Bancroft specialise in the fast track fit-out and refurbishment market.
Skanska is one of the world’s leading construction companies with expertise in construction, development of commercial and residential projects and public-private partnerships.
Turriff Group is one of Scotland’s leading utility infrastructure contractors with particular expertise in gas, water, electricity and multi-utility contracting.
London South Bank University (LSBU) is a university in central London, which opened as the Borough Polytechnic Institute in 1892. With over 25,000 students and 1,700 staff it is based in the London Borough of Southwark, near the South Bank of the River Thames.
St. Johns is a long established charity providing care and education for a wide range of pupils with learning difficulties in the 7 – 16 age group. It is based in Brighton on the South Coast of England.
University College London (UCL) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the largest constituent college of the University of London. UCL is ranked fourth in the world's top ten universities by the QS World University Rankings (2010).
Avon Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) provides emergency and protection services to the communities of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service covers an area of 623,260 acres, for the unitary authority areas of County Durham and Darlington. The Service has a range of retained fire stations, whole-time fire stations, community safety centres and both retained and full time fire stations which cover a total population of 519,000.
With a patch covering almost 400,000 hectares and a population of more than 1.5 million, Essex is one of the largest County fire services in the UK. It employs 1,768 staff: 923 full-time firefighters, 518 retained firefighters (those who have other full-time jobs but attend incidents on a call-out basis) and 253 support staff at control, training, workshop and service locations. There are 51 fire stations throughout Essex consisting of 13 wholetime stations, located in the more densely populated centres, 33 retained and five day-crewed stations, providing cover throughout the rest of the county. [view case study]
The authority covers an area of 653 square kilometres and population of 1.4 million. It has approximately 1,800 staff at a number of administrative centres and at 26 community fire stations which house 42 pumping appliances, four combined platform ladders, one combined pump platform and a number of specialist support vehicles.
Surrey Fire and Rescue Service employs approximately 1000 staff and looks after a population of over one million people spread across an area of 1663 square kilometres. It has a total of 24 fire stations strategically sited throughout the County. 17 of these are crewed on a wholetime basis, with fire engine crews available at the fire station 24 hours a day and seven are crewed on a part-time basis.
DCC is a broadly based Group, operating across five divisions: - DCC Energy, DCC SerCom (IT & entertainment products), DCC Healthcare, DCC Environmental and DCC Food & Beverage.
GB Oils Ltd is a subsidiary of DCC plc. GB Oils Ltd is the UK market leader in the distribution of heating oils, transport fuels and fuel oils. They operate thought the UK selling to a customer base made up of domestic, commercial and agricultural customers.
Star Energy is an energy company with a primary focus on gas storage development. Founded in 1999, Star Energy is the UK's second largest onshore oil producer and one of the main developers of underground gas storage using depleted oil and gas reservoirs. Star Energy employs over 150 people and has a turnover in excess of £50 million.
Wastecycle are the leading Waste Management, Recycling and Skip Hire company in Nottingham and the East Midlands. Wastecycle assists waste producers in improving their resource efficiency and reducing operating costs by increasing recycling.
WWT is a leading UK conservation organisation saving wetlands with nine UK wetland visitor centres, consulting and conservation teams working worldwide.
Dickinson Dees is one of the leading independent regional firms in the UK providing a full range of services for corporate, public sector and private clients. Dickinson Dees employs 660 people across its five offices in Newcastle, Tees Valley, York and London and is a significant member of the national business community.
Antalis McNaughton is the leading distributor of paper, envelopes, packaging and visual communication products with over 13,000 products in stock from 16 local warehouses in the UK and Ireland. In 2007, the acquisition of Map Merchant group by Antalis created the #1 in paper distribution in Europe.
IFF is a creator and manufacturer of flavors and fragrances. IFF's product range spans fine fragrances and toiletries, soaps, detergents, and other household products, to beverages and food products.
Wavin is a leading European manufacturer of plastic pipes and fittings for many applications; gas, water, sewer systems, building, land drainage, cable ducting and irrigation.
Fulham Football Club is an English Premier League based in West London. In 2010 it reached the final of the Europa League contested in Hamburg against Athletico Madrid.
is Britain's biggest newspaper group, publishing 240 regional papers as well as the national Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and People, and the Scottish Sunday Mail and Daily Record. Its headquarters are at Canary Wharf in London.
The National Nuclear Laboratory is a government owned commercially operated fully customer-funded nuclear technology service provider with a pivotal position in the global nuclear industry.
Sellafield Ltd is the company responsible for safely delivering decommissioning, reprocessing, nuclear waste management and fuel manufacturing activities on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority from its main site in West Cumbria.
Barking Power Station is one of the largest independently-owned generating plants in the UK being capable of generating 1000MW of electricity - about 2% of the peak electricity demand in England and Wales. The station uses Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) technology, with gas as its primary fuel, and has a lower environmental impact than older stations. CCGT technology is one of the cleanest and most efficient forms of power generation. Barking is able to generate at more than 50% thermal efficiency and produces low levels of emissions.
Today, the Orange brand is one of the most powerful in the world, and the Orange Group serves more than 175 million customers in five continents. It is the number three mobile operator in Europe and number one provider of broadband Internet services. It has recently merged with T Mobile UK to form a joint venture.