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Caroline Dinenage - CETC Apprentices - Daedalus
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Caroline Dinenage - CETC Apprentices - Daedalus

Caroline has worked tirelessly to fulfil her election pledge to secure the best future for the Daedalus site, a former disused Military Airfield, to increase jobs and skills in our area.

In  October 2010, Caroline organised and chaired a mini summit with all the key stakeholders which formed the Daedalus Strategy Group. She continued to chair the group until October 2015. It was instrumental in Daedalus’ successful bid to become an Enterprise Zone and successive funding bids which have seen over £50 million invested in the site by various bodies.

She continues to work closely with the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership, Homes England and other stakeholders and has welcomed a number of key Government Ministers to the site. The Solent Enterprise Zone has created and/or safeguarded around 950 full time and construction jobs at Daedalus.

  • In September 2014, CEMAST opened on the site, training over 1100 annually with students specialising in engineering and manufacturing.
  • In March 2015, The Innovation Centre was opened supporting new businesses by providing office space, workshop facilities and financial advice.
  • In 2017 the Civil Engineering Training Centre opened, offering intensive 20 week construction and groundwork apprenticeships. Over 1,665 apprentices will be trained at this centre between 2018 and 2023.
  • In July 2018 a £6.6m extension to the Innovation Centre was completed, doubling the size, creating 33 new office units, five new workshops and new parking spaces as well as 300 new jobs.
  • Caroline worked hard to retain coastguard facilities and jobs at the site after the closure of the Lee-on-the-Solent Maritime and Coastguard Agency and campaigned to see the new Maritime Operations Centre based locally at Titchfield.
  • The second phase of Daedalus Park is now complete and nearly all of the units were snapped up whilst they were under construction. Britten Norman, the only independent civil aircraft manufacturer in the UK, are already based at Daedalus and have announced that they are creating a further 50 jobs.

Caroline is a keen supporter of apprenticeship schemes and even completed her own mini-apprenticeship as a barista at Costa Coffee on Gosport High Street. She also ran a campaign to shine a light on the diversity of apprenticeships in the Gosport Constituency, which culminated in the learners being invited to Parliament and greeted by the then Apprenticeships and Skills Minister, the Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP.

In the early weeks as an MP, Caroline successfully campaigned against the Defence Training Review which would have seen the Royal Navy School of Engineering at HMS Sultan moved to South Wales. However, in November 2016, the Defence Estate Review announced that HMS Sultan would be disposed of by 2026. Caroline urged the Government to reconsider its decision and in February 2019 it was announced that the closure of HMS Sultan would be indefinitely delayed. Caroline will continue to lobby the Government to ensure that HMS Sultan remains open.

Caroline has frequently met with the owners of the Haslar Hospital estate and lobbied them to secure a positive future and local jobs on this much loved site, which was sold off by the previous Labour Government. She hopes that the widely stated plans for the site will come to fruition.

Caroline has also welcomed the Governments Start-Up Loan initiative which has helped 37 local businesses.

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Caroline crowns Gosport’s Best Shop!

Friday, 7 January, 2022

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, has visited Alverstoke Village Hardware to present them with their prize for being voted Gosport’s Best Independent Shop by residents of Gosport, Lee on the Solent, Stubbington and Hill Head.

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Caroline announces Gosport’s Best Independent Shop 2021!

Tuesday, 7 December, 2021

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, has revealed the name of Gosport’s Best Independent Shop as noted for by residents of Gosport, Lee on the Solent, Stubbington and Hill Head!

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Caroline supports Small Business Saturday

Monday, 29 November, 2021

Local MP Caroline Dinenage will be supporting 'Small Business Saturday' as she urges shoppers to support local independent retailers on 4th December.

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100 jobs kickstarted in Gosport!

Thursday, 18 November, 2021

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, has welcomed the progress of the Conservative Government’s Kickstart Scheme – which has helped 100 young people across the Gosport constituency into work since its launch in September 2020.

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Caroline searches for Gosport Constituency’s Best Independent Shop

Wednesday, 17 November, 2021

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, has launched her second annual “Best Independent Shop Competition” to celebrate our wonderful local small independent businesses.

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Caroline asks “Who is your favourite South Asian Restaurant?”

Friday, 12 November, 2021

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, looking for the best South Asian Restaurant in the Gosport Constituency to nominate for the 2022 Tiffin Cup

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Caroline visits Eco-Homes Priddy’s Hard!

Tuesday, 26 October, 2021

Gosport MP, Caroline Dinenage, recently visited the exciting redevelopment of historic Ramparts at Priddy’s Hard.

Elite Offsite are building low-energy, eco homes in the disused MOD munitions site while preserving the listed elements of the heritage site.

Long live the local

Caroline supports our locals!

Monday, 25 October, 2021

Gosport MP, Caroline Dinenage, has pledged her support for the ‘Long Live the Local’ campaign to help pubs and breweries in the Gosport constituency recover and thrive.

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Caroline’s Community Champions tour continues!

Friday, 18 June, 2021

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, has today continued the visits to her Community Business Champions across the Gosport Constituency.

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Caroline kickstarts Business Champion visits!

Friday, 11 June, 2021

Gosport MP, Caroline Dinenage, has kickstarted her visits to those put forward for her Community Business Champion campaign.

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