{"id":800223,"date":"2026-10-12T14:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T14:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/800223\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T14:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T14:02:09","slug":"firm-announces-57m-boost-for-prestwick-aircraft-repair-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/800223\/","title":{"rendered":"Firm announces \u00a357m boost for Prestwick aircraft repair facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said: &#8220;It is also a vote of confidence in Scotland&#8217;s workforce, and our support for this expansion clearly demonstrates our commitment to build on the strengths of our advanced manufacturing and engineering sectors, as well as stressing the importance of the aerospace sector.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">UK minister Melanie Ward said the UK government has also invested \u00a332m in the Ayrshire growth deal to deliver a long-term future for Prestwick Airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Reuben Aitken from Scottish Enterprise said the investment builds on &#8220;decades of engineering expertise at Prestwick and the site&#8217;s role within its global operations&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">GE Aerospace designs and builds engines and technology for passenger, military and private aircraft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The US company also has bases in Cardiff and Hounslow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In 2025, GE Aerospace also announced a \u00a314.2m investment at its Wales site over three years, to improve infrastructure there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She said: &#8220;It is also a vote of confidence in Scotland&#8217;s workforce, and our support for this expansion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-800223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}