Staff at the Arle Court site of Gloucestershire’s biggest aerospace firm GE Aviation (formerly Smiths Aerospace) were told today the factory would close at the end of March 2010. The closure will affect 200 employees, out of which at least 95 will lose their jobs or will be offered the chance to apply for positions at other GE plants .
It was announced late in June that GE was considering closing the site.
Aircraft manufacturing have been in operation at Arle Court since 1935, when George Dowty purchased the estate at Arle Court as a site for the factory and the headquarters for The Dowty Group, his aircraft company.
Martin Horwood, MP for Cheltenham said: “This is a very sad day for Cheltenham as well as for the employees who are losing their jobs. The aviation tradition at Arle Court goes back to George Dowty in the 1930s. But the aviation sector in Gloucestershire is bigger than this one site and I hope many people will be able to find jobs elsewhere. I expect Cheltenham Borough Council, Gloucestershire First and GE themselves to do everything they can to support people through this process.”
Thursday, 25 September 2008
GE Aviation to Close Arle Court Site
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I am only anonymous because GE forbid us to talk to the press. I work for Dowty Propellers, we all hate GE here, and this includes senior management. In just 2 years they have succesfully destroyed all moral. I hope the Union wins this case, GE need bringing up short, this is not the USA and we are not held in Guantanamo bay, no matter how much those arrogant ***** would wish it.
ReplyDeleteGE taking over was the worse thing that ever happened to us, we all wish we now worke for Rolls-Royce