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You clearly are not well informed or choose not to be, just quoting that article above. Read the full report and not just the bit the BBC have chosen for their story.
Try this for starters and do some more research into what is going on.:
American firm RiverOak offers to underwrite Manston airport CPO | Thanet Gazette
Try this for starters and do some more research into what is going on.:
American firm RiverOak offers to underwrite Manston airport CPO | Thanet Gazette
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And maybe you should do the same. Start with RiverOak Investment Corp. You do realise what sort of company they are, don't you?
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You mean starting with the same thing that Gloag is doing today?
Manston airport: More than 700 lots auctioned off today and tomorrow by Peaker Pattinson Auctioneers from fire engines to flat-screen TVs
This would indicate just the opposite:
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/n...to-take-20858/
Manston airport: More than 700 lots auctioned off today and tomorrow by Peaker Pattinson Auctioneers from fire engines to flat-screen TVs
This would indicate just the opposite:
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/n...to-take-20858/
This all seems very odd -
Like what Cargo business? and then in the next breath:
Through the current terminal? Summer 2016 isn't that far away.
However, it says that as the new owner, it would focus on developing the cargo side of the airport's business but does not rule out possible passenger services in the future.
"We have strong grounds to believe that one of those competitors will consider Manston as a possible base for operations south of the Thames commencing in the summer of 2016."
Yes it was. well .I thought it was.but see Twitcher's post below
There is one large aircraft left outside which will never fly again...
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There is one large aircraft left outside which will never fly again...
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There remains an airworthy aircraft but permission to fly out was denied! anyway..
GOVERNMENT Minister without portfolio and Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps will meet campaigners at Manston airport tomorrow.
The minister, who has responsibility for aviation, will be at the main building at 1.30pm.
It is thought the minister is hoping to see what level of support there is to keep the airport open.
On Facebook Save Manston Airport member Beau Webber urged supporters to turn out, adding: "We have been working for months to get the government to take notice, this is our chance to show what we think about Manston Airport."
Read more: Government minister visit to Manston airport | Thanet Gazette
GOVERNMENT Minister without portfolio and Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps will meet campaigners at Manston airport tomorrow.
The minister, who has responsibility for aviation, will be at the main building at 1.30pm.
It is thought the minister is hoping to see what level of support there is to keep the airport open.
On Facebook Save Manston Airport member Beau Webber urged supporters to turn out, adding: "We have been working for months to get the government to take notice, this is our chance to show what we think about Manston Airport."
Read more: Government minister visit to Manston airport | Thanet Gazette
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I hope everything works out well but I see the local council and councillors are having wet bums over a compulsory purchase I thought they suppose to welcome jobs for the area not just new houses in a area where unemployment is high
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over 200 in my opinion, not 100 but ..
MINISTER without portfolio and Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps has said the government is supporting the campaign to reopen Manston airport.
More than 100 campaigners fighting to save the airport turned out today (Thursday) to hear the cabinet minister tell them: “we back you- we are on your side.”
The MP for Welwyn Hatfield said central government understands that the airport is an important part of the local economy and: “wanted to see what is best for your community.”
Mr Shapps said: “We are reaching a critical moment as I understand things, this has obviously been an issue that has been running for a long time.
“The two local excellent MPs, Roger Gale and Laura Sandys, have been talking about this for a long time, they have talked to me about it before, they have also raised it with the Prime Minister.
“I just thought I was about time to turn those fine words into some action, come here and say to the local council, we are also supportive of your vision for your local area as central government.
“I know this area reasonably well, I know the two nearest towns Ramsgate and Margate and I know these are places that welcome jobs and need the prosperity.
“To throw away the single greatest unique asset the area has without properly thinking that through would be wrong.
“I know the council is thinking it through and I just want to say to them right here, the government is supporting you.”
Mr Shapps, who is a qualified pilot, also revealed he has used Manston in the past.
He appeared at the airport alongside Labour leader of Thanet council Iris Johnston and Conservative parliamentary candidate for Thanet South Craig Mackinlay.
US-based firm RiverOak Investment met with Thanet council officials today as discussions over the viability of a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) of the airport continue.
Mr Shapps said the government has put measures in place to speed up the compulsory purchase process for local authorities.
Read more: VIDEO: Government minister gives backing to Manston airport | Thanet Gazette
More than 100 campaigners fighting to save the airport turned out today (Thursday) to hear the cabinet minister tell them: “we back you- we are on your side.”
The MP for Welwyn Hatfield said central government understands that the airport is an important part of the local economy and: “wanted to see what is best for your community.”
Mr Shapps said: “We are reaching a critical moment as I understand things, this has obviously been an issue that has been running for a long time.
“The two local excellent MPs, Roger Gale and Laura Sandys, have been talking about this for a long time, they have talked to me about it before, they have also raised it with the Prime Minister.
“I just thought I was about time to turn those fine words into some action, come here and say to the local council, we are also supportive of your vision for your local area as central government.
“I know this area reasonably well, I know the two nearest towns Ramsgate and Margate and I know these are places that welcome jobs and need the prosperity.
“To throw away the single greatest unique asset the area has without properly thinking that through would be wrong.
“I know the council is thinking it through and I just want to say to them right here, the government is supporting you.”
Mr Shapps, who is a qualified pilot, also revealed he has used Manston in the past.
He appeared at the airport alongside Labour leader of Thanet council Iris Johnston and Conservative parliamentary candidate for Thanet South Craig Mackinlay.
US-based firm RiverOak Investment met with Thanet council officials today as discussions over the viability of a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) of the airport continue.
Mr Shapps said the government has put measures in place to speed up the compulsory purchase process for local authorities.
Read more: VIDEO: Government minister gives backing to Manston airport | Thanet Gazette
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Please give Manston back to the RAF and still allow Commercial use, like the old days! SAR Helicopters to come back. Stil a viable airfield for UAS and AEF flying and plenty of airlines could use it for Flying Training on new types etc
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Please give Manston back to the RAF and still allow Commercial use, like the old days!
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...MSE is in quite a strategic location from a military point of view.
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BREAKING NEWS: Manston airport SOLD | Thanet Gazette
Manston airport has been sold to the firm behind the Discovery Park at Richborough it has just been announced - apparently ending hopes that it will reopen as an airport.
Trevor Cartner and Chris Musgrave have bought a majority interest in the 800-acre site from owner Ann Gloag.
The partnership has experience of large-scale regeneration projects and is part of the Discovery Park consortium at the former Pfizer facility in Sandwich.
The new owners envisage a £1 billion redevelopment of the 800-acre site, over a 20-years into a mixed-use scheme which they claim will help to create more than 4,000 jobs.
Trevor Cartner and Chris Musgrave recently met with the site’s owner, Ann Gloag, and reached agreement to acquire a majority interest.
Their plans include space for a wide range of businesses, with a focus on attracting companies interested in advanced manufacturing, as well as the provision of housing, shops, schools and community facilities.
Mr Musgrave commented: “Whilst it is too early to be specific about our plans, we will be looking to comprehensively redevelop the whole site to create a mixed-use community. This is in light of the fact that the airport has closed, the equipment has been sold and it will not reopen. We are aware that there were a number of job losses when the airport closed and a far greater number will replace these, and that the benefits will reach the whole of east Kent. We will assemble a first class team to produce and deliver high quality plans for the site.”
The plans are likely to include production and warehousing space in the development, which will meet a current shortage of space in Thanet for companies to grow and expand. It will also complement the Discovery Park scheme at Sandwich, where occupancy is already over 50% after only two years and recent demand for large production/warehousing requirements has been turned away due to lack of suitable accommodation.
Mr Cartner and Mr Musgrave are the team behind regeneration projects at Wynyard Park in the north-east of England, built on a site vacated by Samsung, and Discovery Park, where a new 220-acre science and technology park is being built on the site of Pfizer’s former headquarters.
Manston airport has been sold to the firm behind the Discovery Park at Richborough it has just been announced - apparently ending hopes that it will reopen as an airport.
Trevor Cartner and Chris Musgrave have bought a majority interest in the 800-acre site from owner Ann Gloag.
The partnership has experience of large-scale regeneration projects and is part of the Discovery Park consortium at the former Pfizer facility in Sandwich.
The new owners envisage a £1 billion redevelopment of the 800-acre site, over a 20-years into a mixed-use scheme which they claim will help to create more than 4,000 jobs.
Trevor Cartner and Chris Musgrave recently met with the site’s owner, Ann Gloag, and reached agreement to acquire a majority interest.
Their plans include space for a wide range of businesses, with a focus on attracting companies interested in advanced manufacturing, as well as the provision of housing, shops, schools and community facilities.
Mr Musgrave commented: “Whilst it is too early to be specific about our plans, we will be looking to comprehensively redevelop the whole site to create a mixed-use community. This is in light of the fact that the airport has closed, the equipment has been sold and it will not reopen. We are aware that there were a number of job losses when the airport closed and a far greater number will replace these, and that the benefits will reach the whole of east Kent. We will assemble a first class team to produce and deliver high quality plans for the site.”
The plans are likely to include production and warehousing space in the development, which will meet a current shortage of space in Thanet for companies to grow and expand. It will also complement the Discovery Park scheme at Sandwich, where occupancy is already over 50% after only two years and recent demand for large production/warehousing requirements has been turned away due to lack of suitable accommodation.
Mr Cartner and Mr Musgrave are the team behind regeneration projects at Wynyard Park in the north-east of England, built on a site vacated by Samsung, and Discovery Park, where a new 220-acre science and technology park is being built on the site of Pfizer’s former headquarters.
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Bought for a £1, sack the staff, auction of everything in sight as quick as possible and then sell it on for ?????
Easy money comes to mind. I wonder what her profit was? I also wonder what the previous owners feel who could have done the same and made a fat profit but sold it on as a working airport.
Easy money comes to mind. I wonder what her profit was? I also wonder what the previous owners feel who could have done the same and made a fat profit but sold it on as a working airport.
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The fat lady has not sung yet.
Madam Gloag looks to have made a panic sale. Perhaps she can't take the heat after all....or there always was a hidden agenda.
Maybe Inspector Knacker needs to take a hard look at what has transpired here.
Something stinks.
Madam Gloag looks to have made a panic sale. Perhaps she can't take the heat after all....or there always was a hidden agenda.
Maybe Inspector Knacker needs to take a hard look at what has transpired here.
Something stinks.