News - Justin Tomlinson

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 20th February

Feb 23, 2015

This week myself and fellow Swindon MP Robert Buckland were pleased to welcome the Minister for Life Sciences, George Freeman, to Swindon. He stopped off as part of a tour of the South West which was aimed at celebrating the regions success when it comes to the life sciences. We decided to take him to Patheon, the producers of speciality pharma solutions which has had its European headquarters based in Covingham since 1999, and employs 450 people locally. As a leading global provider, Patheon ha...

FLIC Wiltshire Article - 18th February

Feb 19, 2015

As the MP for North Swindon, one of my favourite parts of the job is when I get the opportunity to champion Swindon to major retailers, global companies and national developers. For me it was one of the duties of elected office that came naturally to me having been a Swindon resident and a local Councillor before becoming the MP. And since 2010, the job of championing Swindon has become increasingly easy.As a result of Labour’s Great Recession, developers were bankrupted and any progress toward...

Justin & Robert Visit Leading Pharmaceutical Company With Minister

Feb 18, 2015

Local MPs, Justin Tomlinson and Robert Buckland, have welcomed Minister for Health & Innovation, George Freeman MP, to visit Patheon.Patheon have been based in Swindon since 1999 and the site is a Centre of Excellence which works with client partners to produce speciality pharma solutions, and employs over 450 people. The Minister was delighted to visit the site as part of his South West tour which celebrated the cluster of life sciences expertise across the region. Patheon, a US-based com...

Justin Celebrates Local Art & Coffee Success

Feb 18, 2015

Local MP, Justin Tomlinson, has celebrated local arts & artisan coffee at an event hosted by the Harris & Hoole coffee shop inside Tesco Extra. Harris & Hoole is a family-run company which originally started in London before spreading across to the South West with their speciality artisan coffee. The event was hosted alongside local artist Katie Bright who was there to promote her work, which recently included a depiction of Marilyn Monroe at the Magic Roundabout.Justin Tomlinson MP...

Swindon Link Weekly Article - 13th February

Feb 15, 2015

I was delighted to attend the launch of the new Cineworld Cinema at the recently completed £30 million Regent Circus development. It was great to see the new collection of restaurants up and running alongside the cinema, including Nando’s, Ask, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Prezzo and Coal’s Bar & Grill.This development is just one of the major regeneration projects that are taking place across our town. It comes in addition to the £35 million extension to the Designer Outlet Village, and the anno...

North Swindon MP Visits New College Enterprise Day

Feb 15, 2015

Justin Tomlinson MP joined New College students as they took part in a special enterprise event run by Working Knowledge.Working Knowledge is a social enterprise who are dedicated to creating chances for young people and opening the door to employment. National companies including Salesforce, Lloyds Bank and Capita sent representatives to the event to help mentor the students as they broke off into groups to come up with a new business idea. Students were also assisted by Swindon based companie...

Justin Joins Swindon MS Society For Fundraising Event

Feb 15, 2015

North Swindon MP, Justin Tomlinson, has shown his support to the Swindon & District Multiple Sclerosis Society, as he visited their fundraising stall to help raise money for the vital work that they do to support sufferers of MS. Across the UK there are over 100,000 people living with Multiple Sclerosis, an inflammatory disease which causes damage to the nerve cells. The Swindon & District MS Society work all-year round to support local residents who have been diagnosed with the conditio...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 13th February

Feb 13, 2015

It was back to school last Friday as I spent the morning at Isambard Community School where I met with the new team in charge, put on an assembly for year 9 pupils, chatted with the School Council and joined a class to support their campaign for global education. Election fever was rife in the year 9 assembly as we put on our own Isambard School General Election. Pupils were selected based on an issue that was important to them, which they then had to champion and defend in front of their peers....

Local MP Talks Elections With New College Students

Feb 13, 2015

Local MP, Justin Tomlinson, visited New College this week to join students in the Public Service class who are hoping to pursue careers in the public sector, including the army, the police and the fire service.Students from the College were conducting a mock election to give them more of an understanding about democracy and the upcoming General Election. They had split into parties including the Conservatives, Labour, UKIP and the 'Monster Raving Green Party.' Justin put their skills to the te...

Justin Cuts The Ribbon On Torin-Sifan's New £2 Million Centre

Feb 13, 2015

Torin-Sifan, a leading producer of energy efficient fan technology, has celebrated the opening of its new EC Manufacturing & Technology Centre at Pagoda Park in Swindon. To mark the occasion Justin Tomlinson, MP for North Swindon, and the Mayor of Swindon, Councillor Teresa Page, officially opened the building by cutting the ribbon at Torin-Sifan’s ‘Investing in British Manufacturing’ launch event.Flying the flag for British manufacturing, the new facility is set to become a centre of excell...