“We can’t ignore Heathrow’s importance” say London Assembly election candidates
Over 60 Back Heathrow supporters turned out on Tuesday night to urge London Assembly and Parliamentary candidates from across the political spectrum, to support the introduction of sustainable aviation fuels, and work more closely with London’s biggest single site employer – Heathrow Airport.
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“Work With Heathrow for prosperity, sustainability and more jobs”, say local residents
Over 60 Back Heathrow supporters turned out on Wednesday night to urge GLA candidates across the political spectrum to work with Heathrow
The mood of the meeting was very supportive of the need for greater prosperity, sustainability and more Heathrow jobs for the Ealing & Hillingdon constituency of the London Assembly.
Read moreHeathrow’s return to profit brings a smile to local businesses
Speaking at the Festival of Business held in Brentford last week, Parmjit Dhanda, Executive Director of Back Heathrow welcomed the news that Heathrow Airport had made a small profit last year.
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Residents want better Heathrow rail links
Residents are demanding more investment for new rail links to Heathrow - following the good news that six million people travelled through the airport last month.
Read moreCampaign groups, Unions and industry call on government to back sustainable aviation fuels
“The UK government should urgently invest in a home grown ‘sustainable aviation fuel’ (SAF) industry and create 60,000 new jobs,” said Parmjit Dhanda, Executive Director of Back Heathrow at a at a high-profile event in Parliament on the 27th November - the day before Virgin Atlantic’s first 100% SAF powered transatlantic flight.
Read moreBack Heathrow celebrates airport’s rich multi-cultural heritage
Back Heathrow had the pleasure of visiting the Retired Members Association (Asian Elders) at the Heston & District Community Association in Hounslow on the 26th September.
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Big Turnout for Back Heathrow Event!
On one of the warmest evenings of the year over 200 local residents came together to support Back Heathrow – the community organisation that campaigns for a new runway.
Parmjit Dhanda, Executive Director of Back Heathrow welcomed guests at the Indian Gymkhana Club in Hounslow last Tuesday, saying that the event was the largest gathering of supporters since Covid struck in 2020. With guests from the Chambers of Commerce, trade unions, local councillors and residents from areas around Heathrow; the strength and depth of its 100,000 supporters was clear to see.
Read moreMP for Spelthorne urges progress on Heathrow expansion
Back Heathrow supporters from Spelthorne had the pleasure of being joined by their MP, former Chancellor, the Right Honourable Kwasi Kwarteng MP at the local council chambers in Staines on 30th June, where he reiterated the importance of a new runway at Heathrow.
Read moreRoyal Borough’s anti-Heathrow spending laid bare
From a Freedom of Information Request, Back Heathrow can reveal the previous Conservative-led Windsor and Maidenhead council spent a whopping £43,531.93 on anti-Heathrow expansion campaigning from April 2020.
Read moreLocal Residents Need Heathrow Jobs
Ealing Southall MP - Virendra Sharma, local councillors, trade unionists and over 100 local residents joined together to call for the creation of thousands more jobs through sustainable growth at Heathrow Airport at a meeting in Southall last Friday.
Virendra Sharma MP said: “It was a pleasure to see so many local people, I know the importance of Heathrow as a local employer. So I will continue to work with trade unions and others to press for more unionised jobs and sustainable growth at the airport.”
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