Cut-throat airport competition forces Go Ahead to exit aviation, claims Unite

The increasingly cut-throat nature of ground-handling contracts has forced the Go Ahead Group PLC to dispose of its airport services company, Unite, the biggest union in aviation, claimed today (Thursday). The company announced to the City this morning that it is to dispose of its air servicing company, Aviance, sending a wave of uncertainty through the UK airport sector.

Government support for nuclear industry will create skilled manufacturing jobs, says Unite

Responding to the Government's announcement on new support for the civil nuclear industry outlined today (Thursday 3rd December), Dougie Rooney, Unite national officer for energy said: "Unite believes that up to 10,000 skilled UK manufacturing jobs can be created in the engineering supply chain for the next generation of nuclear power stations.