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Article: Rolls-Royce may lose GBP45 Maero plant site Delays in project could see land go to rival bidder
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- Evening Times
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- September 29, 2007
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ROLLS-ROYCE could miss out on a prime development site amid delays
on a new GBP45million aeroengine repair facility.
Land earmarked for the huge facility in East Kilbride could be
handed to another firm if RollsRoyce does not end uncertainty over
the project.
South Lanarkshire Council is keen to forge ahead with the town's
new Langlands industrial estate and ground work is due to be
completed by the end of the year.
Rolls-Royce planned to close its ageing repair facility elsewhere
in the town and build a new hub at Langlands.
But a year ago bosses announced they were delaying the project
because of factors including an increase in building costs and the
exchange rate between the American ...