Business Leaders Back Heathrow Expansion

Over 270 of Britain’s leading business leaders have signed an open letter to the Prime Minster demanding the Government implement the Airports Commission’s clean and unanimous recommendation to expand Heathrow. The letter was covered in the Sunday Telegraph. To see the article, click on image.

The full letter text: Dear Prime Minister, The independent Airports Commission has made a clear recommendation that Heathrow is the right location for airport expansion. Heathrow’s new expansion plan ensures this can be done sustainably. The Commission’s final recommendation follows nearly three years of extensive consultation, evidence gathering and analysis.

Now your Government must support this recommendation to expand Heathrow. Heathrow puts Britain right at the heart of the global economy and has helped it become one of the world’s great trading nations. But Heathrow – the UK’s only hub airport – has been operating at capacity for the past decade.

This lack of hub capacity is holding back the growth of UK businesses who want to fly directly to emerging markets; trade and transport their goods via air freight; create more jobs and connect to the UK’s regions.

The Commission is clear: further delay will be increasingly costly and will be seen, nationally and internationally, as a sign that the UK is unwilling or unable to take the steps needed to maintain its position as a well-connected open trading economy in the twenty first century. Now is the time for Government decision and action.

Your Government must support UK businesses by implementing the Airports Commission’s recommendation and expand Heathrow.

Regards, Sir Nigel Rudd, Chairman, Heathrow Airport Limited and signatories The full list of signatories: Sir Nigel Rudd, Heathrow Airport Limited, Chairman Sir Michael Rake, Personal capacity Sir Gerry Grimstone, TheCityUK, Chairman Sir John Parker , The Royal Academy of Engineering, Former President Michael Turner CBE, Babcock International Group, Chairman John Gildersleeve, British Land, Chairman Stephen Hubbard, CBRE, Chairman UK John Devaney, Cobham UK, Chairman Mike Norris, Computacenter (UK) Ltd, Group Chief Executive Simon Fraser, Foreign and Colonial Investment Trust Plc, Chairman Julian Cazalet, Herald Investment Trust plc, Chairman Derek Mapp, Informa PLC, Chairman Robin Buchanan, Chairman, Michael Page International (also Bain, Senior Adviser) Keith Howells, Mott MacDonald Group, Chairman Michael Harper, Personal capacity Ken Olisa OBE, Restoration Partners, Chairman Martin A Scicluna, RSA Insurance Group and Great Portland Estates, Chairman Nigel Rich, SEGRO, Chairman Lindsay Page, Ted Baker London, Chief Operating Officer Ronan Dunne, Telefonica, UK CEO Bob Mackenzie, The Automobile Association, Executive Chairman Baroness Jo Valentine, London First, Chief Executive Paul Drechsler, Confederation of British Industry (CBI), President Designate Mike Cherry AIMMM FRSA, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Policy Director David Wells, Freight Transport Association (FTA), Chief Executive Gavin Hayes, Let Britain Fly, Director Jeffries Briginshaw, British American Business (BAB), CEO Robert Keen, British International Freight Association (BIFA), Director General Toby Gibbs, Amec Foster Wheeler, UK Director – Environmental Assessment Rob Jenner, Atkins Global, Associate Director James Drummond, Berendsen PLC, CEO Rick Murphy, Carillion, Customer Business Director, Transport and Aviation Sector Connor Hennebry, Deutsche Bank, Managing Director John Barton, easyJet, Chairman Carolyn McCall, easyJet, CEO Adrian Johnson, Eat, CEO John S Whitehead, Food & Drink Exporters Association, Director Jonathon Swaine, Fuller’s (Fuller, Smith & Turner PLC), Managing Director, Fuller’s Inns Ralph Cunningham, Hamleys, Retail & Brand Director Marc Waters, Hewlett-Packard, VP Enterprise Group, UK and Ireland Matthew Eastwood, Honeywell Building Solutions, Managing Director, UK and Nordics Rupert Gather, InvestUK Ltd, Chairman Alan Sullivan, JCDecaux, Managing Director Steve Cardew, Kawasaki Precision Machinery Ltd, Managing Director Ben Murray, Keltic Seafare, Managing Director Louis Barnett, Louis Barnett Chocolates, Founder Tom Meggle, Louis Vuitton, Managing Partner, UK and Ireland Mark Reynolds, Mace Group, Chief Executive Weng Chi Lee, Malaysia Airlines, Area Manager UK & Ireland Nick Fletcher, Morgan Sindall, Managing Director, Infrastructure Mark Buist, Penguins.co.uk, Managing Director Bill Moore CBE, Portman Estate, Chief Executive Stefano Sutter, Prada, Regional Director, Northern Europe Inderneel Singh, Radisson Blu May Fair, Managing Director Harry Samuel, RBC Capital Markets Ian Dormer, Rosh Engineering Ltd, Managing Director Garry Clark, Scottish Chambers of Commerce, Head of Public Policy and Public Affairs Paul Kelly, Selfridges Group, Group Managing Director George Beveridge, Sellafield Ltd, Chief Business Officer Russ Shaw, Tech London Advocates, Founder Robert Anderson, The Tomatin Distillery Co Ltd, CEO Jonathan Heilbron, Thomas Pink, President and CEO Les O’Gorman, UCB, Director, UK Facilities Bernard Molloy, Unipart Group, Global Industrial Logistics Director Mark Dobson, Wilson James, Chief Executive James Bream, Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce, Research and Policy Director Charles Brindley, Active Thinking, Customer Experience Designer Bernardo Gogna, AECOM, Senior Vice President – Director Global Aviation John Foster, Affini, Sales Director Mike Agate, Agate Associates, Director Tara Naidu, Air India, Regional Manager – UK Phil Wright, Airport Energy, Executive Chairman Andrew Martin, AJAR-tec, Director Richard Edwards, Anpario Plc, Executive Vice Chairman Brett Edwards, Anytime Fitness, General Manager Kim Challis, APCOA Parking, Regional Managing Director, APCOA UK&I Bob Kingston, APR (Witney) Ltd, Director John Yeatman, Archer Technicoat Ltd, Managing Director Simon Beards, Aruba Networks, UK Territory Manager Nelson Ogunshakin, Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE), Chief Executive Kishore Patel, Audio Ltd, Managing Director Stephen Fox CBE, BAM Nuttall Ltd, Chief Executive Barrie Smith, Barrie P Smith Ltd, Proprietor Harold Paisner, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, Senior Partner Emeritus Rob Bould, Bilfinger GVA, Chief Executive Bill Manville, Bill Manville Associates, Founder Ray Avery, Bloxham Mill Business Centre, Managing Director Andreas Wild, Bombardier, Director, BID Management Les Martin, Bramble Design Ltd, Director Paul Brady, Bridges Worldwide Plc, General Manager Mark Brock, Brocksdown Leaded and Stained Glass, Proprietor Preetham Sharma, Brown and Burk UK Ltd, UK Country Manager Andrew Ward , Brunel University London, Director of Corporate Relations Peter Younie, Cameron Peters Fine Lighting Ltd, Founder Petteri Uljas, Capgemini, CEO, Northern Europe, Infrastructure Services Carl Murray, Capital Cash Ltd, Managing Director Stuart McColm, Castle Stuart Golf Links, General Manager Suhail Rebeiz, Caviar House & Prunier, General Manager UK Gary Corrigan, CET Infrastructure, Technical Sales Director Pierre de Maigret, Christian Dior, General Director, UK Alasdair Reisner, Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA), Chief Executive Rosalind Thomas, Clearwater Swimming Pools Ltd, Company Secretary Graham Read, CN Group Ltd, Director Arjun Ramdas, Cognizant, Head of Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics, UK&I Brian Thompson, Control Developments (UK) Ltd, Managing Director David Faull, Copthorne Hotel Slough-Windsor, General Manager Gary S Kendall, Courier Facilities Ltd (CFL), Managing Director Stuart Homewood, Courier Network Ltd, Director David McAfee, Cranes Ltd, Managing Director Jamie Brutnall, Creative Triangle Limited, Creative Director Fiona Strens, Crowd Vision Ltd, CEO David Merriman, CT-UK, Sales Director Rodney Bridle, Dam Safety Ltd, Director Richard Bristow, DB Sport and Scale Ltd, Owner and Director Sam Sohal, Direct Corporate Clothing Plc, Joint Managing Director Daniel Fell, Doncaster Chamber of Commerce, CEO Dom Jenkins, Dot Software Ltd, Founder Leslie Morgan, Durbin, Managing Director Jon Whitehouse, Dyer & Butler, Operations Director Jeffrey Smith, Eacotts, Managing Partner Jamela Khan, Ebsi UK Ltd, Managing Director Fiona Fletcher, Echo Events, Managing Director Hans Gauthier, Elegant Destinations, CEO Rob Lamey FCCA, Elsburys Ltd, Director MC Patel, Emotion Systems, CEO Rafiq Chohan, Enbright, CEO Karen Finegold, Engineering Industries Association (EIA), Executive Director Ian Dewar, Ergonomic Solutions, Managing Director David Elliott, Excess Baggage Group, CEO Mario Mostoles, Ferrovial Agroman, Managing Director UK & Ireland Jolyon Wilkinson, Filestream Ltd, Sales Director Bill Martin, First Co., Managing Director Nigel Foster, Fore Consulting, Director David Bloxham, GCS Ltd, Managing Director Simon Pearce, Gentworks Ltd, Managing Director Hugh Bullock, Gerald Eve, Chairman David Owen, Gfirst LEP, Chief Executive Stuart Patrick, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, Chief Executive Scott Taylor, Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, Chief Executive Alastair Kennedy, Global Energy Group, Communications Director Eddie Gilbert, Green Living Energy, Managing Director Paul Wait, Guild of Travel Management Companies (GTMC), CEO Simon Blockley, Guidant Group Client Solutions, Director, UK & Europe Andy Dicks, Hare Hatch Sheeplands, Retail Operations Manager Andy Bellamy, Hilton Garden Inn London Heathrow Airport, General Manager Meredith Bevan, Hilton London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5, General Manager Stephen Fry, Hounslow Chamber of Commerce, CEO Edward Humphrey-Evans, Humphrey-Evans Intellectual Property Services Ltd, Principal Shane Sutton, Independent Wholesale Express Ltd (Indy), Airfreight Product Manager Philip Villars, Indigo Planning Ltd, Managing Director James Nason, Instinctif Partners, Partner Ian C Dewar, IoD West Thames, Chairman Freda Newton, Jacobite Cruises Ltd, Managing Director Jane Milton, Food Industry Expert, Self-employed Paul Lovett, Jointline Ltd, Director Guy Lachlan, Jones and Cocks Ltd, Owner Jennifer James, JPL Consulting Karen Angela Esposito, KCL Cleaning Services Ltd, Director Tim Gregory, Key Management Systems Ltd, Director Ken Pankiewicz, KickFit Martial Arts Schools, Chief Instructor Craig Ewan, Kingsmills Hotel / Kingsclub & Spa, General Manager Gill Peter, KONE, ‎Infrastructure & Escalator, Director Ian Higgins, Kuehne and Nagal Limited, Senior Import Clerk Peter Cox, Launton Settlement Trust, Trustee Mark Lebus, LC Energy, Managing Director John Parkin, Leeds Bradford International Airport, Chief Executive Roger Marsh OBE, Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Chairman Jonathan Longden, Leys Longden and Co, Director Graham M Earl, Litchford Consulting, Founder Jenny Stewart, Liverpool Chamber of Commerce CIC, Chief Executive Andrew Cornish, Liverpool John Lennon Airport, CEO Neil Tyler, Machining Technology Ltd, Managing Director Michael J P Miller, Maidenhead and District Chamber of Commerce, Chairman Paul Brown, Mail Handling International, CEO Nikki Burns, Making Your Ideas Happen, Owner Michael Webber, Manchester Square Partners, Partner Peter Rose, MAPP, Managing Director Andrew McNaughton, McNaughton Dynamics Ltd, Managing Director Richard Jackson, Mercure London Heathrow Hotel, General Manager Taha Coburn-Kutay, Middlesex Asian Business Association, Chairman Paul Naldrett, Morpho UK Ltd, Managing Director Richard Wilks, NEC Display Solutions, EMEA, Airport Business Development Manager Barrie Hensby, NEL Fund Managers Limited, Chief Executive Chris Teal, Neptune Oceanographics Ltd, Director Michele Wietscher, New View Homes, Director Greg Jones, Newmax Precision Ltd, Director & Company Secretary James Ramsbotham, North East Chamber of Commerce, Chief Executive Glyn Roberts, Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association, Chief Executive Jihed Lejmi, Novotel London Heathrow, General Manager Paul Donaldson, Nuance, General Manager (UK) Will Tyler, Octink, Chief Executive Krishan Perera, Oman Air, Regional Airport Services Manager (Europe & Africa) Ernie Patterson, Omniserv/ Airserv, Chairman Neil Robinson, Our Soles, Director Nichola Hay, Outsource Training and Development, Director Tracy North, Outwrite.co.uk, Managing Director Harada Michru, Overseas Courier Service Co.

Ltd (Subsidiary of Air Nippon Airways), Managing Director Richard Hardie, Oxford Kitchens & Bathrooms, Managing Director Carl Kruger, Oxford Quality Centre, Director Ronald Morton, Oxford Scientific Products, Director John Barne, Oxford Timber Audits, Group Manager Adrian Shooters, Oxfordshire LEP, Chairman Paul White, Paul Blanco’s Good Car Company, Owner Simon Priestley, Personal capacity Peter Fergusson, Peter Fergusson Properties Ltd, Founder Richard Foley, Pinsent Masons LLP, Senior Partner Benjamin Biggs, Plantasia, Proprietor Bob Buskie, Port of Cromarty Firth, Chief Executive David Maidment, Printer Medic, Printer Technician Robin Brooks, Process Plant Computing Ltd (PPCL), CEO Stephen Burns, Pyropress Engineering, General Manager John Rhodes OBE, Quod, Director Dennis McCann, Radisson Blu Glasgow, General Manager Katie Lowe, Reach Contact, Joint Managing Director Cis Taylor, Rebound Electronics, Company Secretary Clive Williams, Rectangle Red, Director Linda Jones, Right Forwarding, Director Alex Wilson, Rolling Luggage, Managing Director Robin StJohn Smith, RSJ IT Solutions, Owner Gurshinder Dosanjh, Salto Systems, Director Mhairi Callander, Scott-Moncrieff, Partner Alan Dawson, Sensible Safety Solutions, Director Andrew Pitt, Service Point Heathrow, Business Manager Jonathan Bradley, Sharp and Strong Ltd, Director Thierry Henrot, Sheraton Skyline Hotel London Heathrow, General Manager Richard Browne, Signs Express, Owner Killian Whelan, Sim Local, CEO Kathleen Gell, Simply Let, Director Bob Jones, Slough Business Community Partnership, Partnership Manager Simon Black, Smythson, Head of Travel Retail Richard Jones, Solent LEP, Policy and Communications Manager Ros Hawley, Sor Business, CEO Paul Colman, South Cheshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chief Executive Dr Ann Limb CBE DL, South East Midlands LEP, Chair Andrew Dakers, Spark Work Experience, Director Doug Squires, Squires Gear and Engineering Limited, Founder Steve Pepper, Steve Pepper Training Associates, Founder Kathleen Stubbings, Stubbings Accountancy, Owner John Sutcliffe, Sutcliffe, Managing Director Barry Dennington, Swindon and Wiltshire LEP, Chairman Lawrence Sword, Sword Services, Owner Amit Singh, Tata Consultancy Services, Client Partner Steve Reynolds, TBS Enterprise Mobility, Managing Director Tim Smith MBE, Thames Valley Berkshire LEP Ltd, Chief Executive Paul Britton, Thames Valley Chamber, Head of Inward Investment & Reinvestment Ron Williams, Thatcham & Newbury Maintenance Services, Proprietor Tracey Walsh, The Baby Studio Ltd, Co-FounderKay Buxton, The Paddington Partnership, Chief Executive Maggie Rogers, The Travelwallet, Managing Director Stephen Wright, Thorite, Managing Director Tim Husbands, Titanic Belfast, Chief Executive Adrian Soper, Touchstone Electronics, Director David Ross, Tradebridge Limited, Managing Director Paul Brindley, Travelex, Global Business Development Director Andrew Cotton, Trinity Fire and Security Systems, Managing Director Vincent Clancy, Turner & Townsend, Chief Executive Murray Rowden, Turner and Townsend Infrastructure, Global MD Infrastructure Stephen Waldron, Tyco Integrated Fire and Security, Operations Director Matthew Battle, UK Property Forums, Managing Director Rachel Hunt, Unicol, Marketing Director Ravi Soni, United Business Xpress (UBX), Director Sir David Bell, University of Reading, Vice-Chancellor Ash Mistry, University of West London, Course Leader, Airline and Airport Management Lorraine Collins, Uxbridge College, Executive Director, Enterprise and Development Nick Porter, Vanderlande Industries UK Ltd, General Manager Gintas Vilkelis, Vilkelis & Associates, Director Milan Shah, Virani Food Products Limited, Owner Sandra Doherty, Visit Harrogate, Chair Ruth Wallace, Wallace School of Transport, Founder Mark Goldstone, West and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, Head of Business Representation and Policy Colin Brew, West Cheshire and North Wales Chamber of Commerce, Executive Director Frank Wingate, West London Business, Chief Executive Mr Wharton, Wharton Electronics Ltd, Owner Amanda Magagnin, Wilkins Kennedy LLP, Partner Stephen Gibson, Wilsham Consulting Ltd, Director Stephen Scott, Wilson and Scott, Managing Director Paul Winter, Wire Belt Company Limited, UK Managing Director Phil Walker, WTT Results Ltd, Director Source Article - http://your.heathrow.com/takingbritainfurther/250-uk-business-leaders-call-on-pm-to-support-heathrow-expansion-2/