News Category - Justin Tomlinson

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 3rd May 2013

May 13, 2013

Next week sees the return of The Apprentice to our screens and with it our annual dose of business dos and business don’ts, topped off with scathing commentary by Lord Sugar. I know from visiting schools and colleges in Swindon that The Apprentice does inspire our local young people to want to give business a go. They see the show as giving people that opportunity. I have written in this column about my desire to give young people in Swindon the chance to try their hand at business. Not that ...

Justin Visits Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool

May 07, 2013

Justin Tomlinson MP today visited the Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool off Wheeler Avenue to see first hand the service that the facility offers to local residents. The Pool has to raise £30-50k a year to keep the doors open, but were faced with the need to replace the Centre's ventilation system at a cost of nearly £100k. They managed to raise the money but their normal fundraising has taken a hit. The Centre offers one of the largest hydrotherapy pools in the South-West and also has a hydrother...

Justin Welcomes Swindon's Soaring Business Start-Ups

May 07, 2013

Justin at a recent FSB mentoring event for start-up businesses Justin Tomlinson MP today welcomed the good news that Swindon has seen an increased number of new businesses start up in the Town in the last 12 months. Recent research from Duport.co.uk shows there were 1392 companies registered in the area during 2012, representing a 10% rise on the previous year. Swindon also made it into the league table of the top 100 UK towns for company growth, coming in at number 47, ahead of neighbouring tow...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 26th April 2013

Apr 30, 2013

Travelling home to Swindon from Parliament on a Thursday evening and you are involuntarily entered into a contest.You can sense the tension build as the information board declares that your chosen train is 'preparing'. The crowd begins to adjust their bags, ensuring that they are balanced on shoulders in such a way as to enable a straight sprint to the train. Some loiter speculatively at the ticket barriers in the hope of a head start. Tickets are ready in hands. The tannoy announces the platfor...

Justin Marks Human Trafficking Exhibition In Parliament

Apr 24, 2013

Justin Tomlinson MP today visited the Human Trafficking Exhibition in Parliament. Justin attended one of the most dramatic and distressing exhibitions ever promoted in the House of Commons highlighting the hidden nature of Modern Day Slavery. The exhibition showed the four different kinds of slavery hidden away in our society. Curtains, doors, drawers and tea chests concealed the stories and photographs of survivors. The survivors who shared their stories with the Human Trafficking Foundation...

Justin Joins Dragon Panel To Judge Swindon College Businesses

Apr 24, 2013

Justin Tomlinson MP joined Swindon College principal Andrew Miller and the College's finance team to judge students' business plans in a 'Dragon's Den' style event.The students were taking part in the first round of the Barclays Money Skills competition that challenges the teams of students to come up with a business idea and pitch it to judges. The top three teams are then put through as the College's representatives in further rounds with the grand finale taking place in London.The judges saw ...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 19th April 2013

Apr 24, 2013

At the heart of a fair society is a fair tax system: a tax system that rewards hard work and ambition; a tax system where the wealthiest contribute more; a tax system where work always pays. This is the tax system we are building. In our tax changes, redistribution from top to bottom is underway. This year, the average rate of tax paid by the wealthiest has increased, whilst for those on middle to low incomes it has gone down. This is right. Under this Government, the top 1% of earners will ...

Swindon Academy Choose Their Head Boy And Head Girl

Apr 24, 2013

Justin with (L to R) Yixin, Ricky, Melissa and Ross Justin Tomlinson MP joined students from Swindon Academy to announce the school's new Head Boy, Head Girl and their Deputies. The four finalists had been campaigning furiously, with the school full of their posters and banners detailing what they would like to do for the school if elected. Every student in the school had the chance to cast their vote and Justin was called in to reveal the result. Ross Thorburn was elected Head Boy with 836 vot...

Justin Tomlinson MP Promotes Grassroots Football

Apr 17, 2013

Justin Tomlinson MP from North Swindon recently collected a set of new footballs and equipment from McDonald's Director of Football, Sir Geoff Hurst, and local McDonald's Franchisee Paul Booth at the House of Commons. Justin will be donating the set of footballs, cones, passing arches and discs to a local school team.The equipment was donated to Justin Tomlinson MP by 1966 World Cup hero Sir Geoff Hurst at the launch of the McDonald's Ten Years of Teamwork report – commissioned in association wi...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 12th April 2013 - A Tribute To Baroness Thatcher

Apr 12, 2013

'It doesn't matter where you are from, only where you are going'. How right Mrs Thatcher was, and how right she still is.Her simple philosophy of the triumph of ambition and hard work is one that still resonates. The idea that anyone can achieve everything in life through a combination of hard work and sheer determination remains at the very heart of the free society she created. When the newly-elected Tony Blair declared his priorities to be 'education, education, education', it was Thatcher's ...