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Caroline Dinenage - CETC Apprentices - Daedalus
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 Calls for Constituents to Join National Numeracy Day

Tuesday, 18 May, 2021

Gosport MP, Caroline Dinenage, is encouraging constituents across Gosport, Hill Head, Stubbington and Lee-on-the-Solent to take part in the National Numeracy Challenge this National Numeracy Day (19th May).

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Caroline Welcomes Apprenticeship Consultation

Monday, 26 April, 2021

Last week, a new consultation on future flexi-job apprenticeships was welcomed by Gosport MP, Caroline Dinenage, who is encouraging constituents to take part.

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Pay Rise for 283,000 in South East

Thursday, 1 April, 2021

Gosport MP, Caroline Dinenage, has welcomed the news that today 283,000 people in the South East - including those in the Gosport Constituency - will receive a pay rise as the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage increase.

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Caroline closes NAW21 with local FE roundtable

Thursday, 25 February, 2021

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, has ended Gosport’s National Apprenticeship Week campaign by hosting a roundtable for local apprentices and providers.

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Apprentices take over MPs social media!

Thursday, 25 February, 2021

Gosport MP, Caroline Dinenage, has today launched her National Apprenticeship Week 2021 campaign across her social media platforms.  The campaign will see apprentices & their employers taking over Caroline’s social media platforms to talk about their experiences. 

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Caroline kickstarts Gosport’s National Apprenticeship Week

Sunday, 7 February, 2021

Gosport MP, Caroline Dinenage, has kickstarted National Apprenticeship Week 2021 with a campaign that celebrates our local apprentices and their providers.

National Apprenticeship Week 2021 will run from 8th-14th February.

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Scheme Eligibility Expanded For Young Residents To Jump On The Job Ladder

Wednesday, 27 January, 2021

This week, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey has announced that the eligibility for the Kickstarter Scheme has expanded so employers of all sizes can offer young residents placements. From February 3rd the threshold of 30 job placements will be removed.

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Certainty For Gosport Constituents As Furlough Scheme Is Extended To March

Thursday, 5 November, 2020

Gosport MP, Caroline Dinenage, has commended the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, on the decision to extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) – commonly known as the furlough scheme – until the end of March 2021.

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Gosport MP Joins Forces To Mentor This Week

Tuesday, 27 October, 2020

Gosport MP, Caroline Dinenage, has joined over 100 MP’s and Peer’s across the UK to mark National Mentoring Week 2020, taking part in the Diana Award’s ‘One Hour, One Young Person, One Parliamentarian’ mentoring campaign.

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Caroline hosts free eBay Webinars

Wednesday, 21 October, 2020

 Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, is hosting two free Online Digital Skills Workshops, one for businesses looking to set up and grow their digital retail business on eBay and one for existing eBay users.

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