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...Heysham 1 and 2, near Lancaster, as well as plants at Hartlepool, in County Durham, and Torness, on the east coast of Scotland, continue to generate electricity today....
...to cutting nuclear costs, not innovation” (Opinion, September 15) hits upon precisely one of the benefits afforded by the small modular reactor (SMR) technology developed by our consortium led by Rolls-Royce...
...Letter in response to this article: Making the case for low-cost nuclear power / From Tom Samson, Interim chief executive, SMR consortium, Lancaster, Lancashire, UK...
...Britain handed £530m of loans to Airbus and a further £200m to Rolls-Royce to develop the Trent 900 engines for the aircraft. Rolls-Royce is understood to have about £100m of loans outstanding....
...Outside two Bentleys and a classic Rolls-Royce have just arrived on the narrow drive....
...Several of the industry’s biggest manufacturers, such as Boeing and Rolls-Royce, are working on electric-powered aircraft, including hybrid planes that run on a combination of fuel and battery power....
...Chris Mayne, operations director at Lancaster-based Forsberg Services, which makes precision navigation systems, says the company only realised it had a management problem when it grew bigger....
...Later they visit Siemens, BAE and Rolls-Royce and work through what they saw and how it is applicable to their business....
...“You’ll sell these [foreign] buyers a Rolls-Royce,” he says, “but never a Bristol.”...
...Rolls-Royce is a bit like the old Lancaster bomber that tours the summer air shows. The company is slow and lumbering and its technology is of the legacy kind. But it’s a national treasure....
...“No one other than Tesla at the upper end of the market is doing that — even Rolls-Royce say they’re not pursuing electric cars seriously.”...
...Mr Lancaster, who left his job running HR Owen in 2010, holds 1.03 per cent of the company through his pension fund....
...Berjaya said it now controlled 40.8 per cent of HR Owen, including Mr Lancaster’s stake....
...Cambridge and Lancaster also have substantial graphene research operations and they have combined with Manchester on the EU’s €1bn Graphene Flagship Initiative, chaired by Professor Geim....
...Rolls-Royce Price then: 54s Price now: 821p Rolls-Royce did well out of the war – its Merlin engine powered the Spitfire, Lancaster, and Mustang among others – and its Avon turbojet was standard fare...
...Charles Shuttleworth, chairman of the council, Duchy of Lancaster and Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire. COMMANDER, CVO Barry Bryant, director-general, Seafarers UK....
...The expertise available in universities such as Liverpool, Manchester, Lancaster and Bolton also helps....
...Other businesses that run similar long-service awards include Rolls-Royce, the engine maker, and engineer group Morgan Crucible....
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