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Hundreds of charities and community groups benefited from £312,726 worth of donations from Stansted Airport’s three community funds last year.

These donations demonstrate how Stansted supports its local communities, providing funding to projects, groups and organisations in neighbouring areas.  A village green project, youth employment schemes, hospices and disability groups are just some of the 220 organisations that benefited in 2011. Highlights include:

The Hatfield Broad Oak Village Green – Hatfield Broad Oak - £50,000 towards a project to transform grazing land into sporting and recreational facilities in the centre of the village.

Keith Artus, District Councillor for Hatfield Broad Oak and the Hallingburys, said: “The Parish Council's belief in its plan to turn 12.5 acres of land in the heart of the village into a country park has been rewarded with this wonderful offer of support from the Stansted Community Fund.”

Birchanger Church of England Primary School - £1000 towards an upgrade to its computer suite.

Shirley Warbrick, Head teacher of Birchanger C of E Primary School, said: “School funding for computer hardware has been cut by 80% so we are particularly grateful for the donation of £1000 from the Stansted Community Fund.  Having access to a netbook when children need one will have a real impact on learning.”

Braintree Foyer’s Look Up To Yourself - Braintree - £1,500 towards an innovative basketball project designed to raise the aspirations of young homeless people in Essex.

Mark Watson, Braintree Foyer Manager, said: “We are extremely grateful to Stansted Airport for their donation which will allow us to deliver an exciting project with a proven track record of motivating and developing talent to benefit the young people of Braintree.”

The Young Concern Trust – Harlow - £1,500 towards a new support and development programme for primary school children across Harlow.

Robert Locke, Director of the Young Concern Trust in Harlow, said:  “All of us at Young Concern Trust really appreciate the support that the Stansted Community Fund has given us through this donation. It will enable us to provide resources to support our new work with primary school children in Harlow.”

Saffron Walden County High School – Saffron Walden - £3,000 towards an outdoor classroom that includes a pond, teaching area and wildlife garden.

Huw Leyshon, Saffron Walden County High School Trustee, said: “The fantastic financial contribution enabled us to develop an overgrown expanse into a functioning ‘outdoor classroom’ incorporating a pond, teaching area and insect attracting wildlife garden.”

Marcella M’Rabety, Stansted Airport's Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, said:

"I'd like to offer my congratulations to all the local charities and community groups who have benefited from the hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of donations from Stansted Airport’s three community funds in 2011.

“We are all aware these are very difficult economic times, and that the aviation sector continues to be affected by the downturn, so we are delighted to be able to support so many organisations and continue our commitment to the local communities surrounding the airport.”

The airport has three funding streams where local people can apply for support, these are; the Stansted Community Fund, the Stansted Airport Passenger Community Fund and the Stansted Airport Community Trust. Most of Stansted's community activity and support is channelled through grants to help local schools; funding of youth development projects; supporting staff with fundraising and voluntary activities; supporting educational initiatives and local charitable events.

To check whether your group qualifies for a grant, please visit www.stanstedairport.com/community or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

London Stansted is the third most punctual airport for departing flights in the world according to the latest figures.

FlightStats, an online flight tracking and airport information service, found that over 88 percent of scheduled flights departed on time from London’s third busiest airport during November, outperforming all other European airports for punctuality. Tokyo’s Haneda Airport topped the global table, with US airport Minneapolis-St Paul in second.

Stansted Airport’s Managing Director, Nick Barton, said:

"This is excellent news for the airport and more importantly our passengers.  It’s thanks to the help and support of our airlines, handling agents and business partners that passengers flying from Stansted are most likely to take off on-time than any other European airport.

“Stansted is firmly established as a world leader at serving the low-cost airline sector that has transformed air travel. We have a route network that stretches to around 150 destinations with Stansted offering more direct scheduled European flights than any other airport in the world.”

The airport has won several notable international awards this year, including the Skytrax ‘world’s best low-cost airport’ award, the ‘Air Cargo Award of Excellence’ in April, and the UK’s best cleaned transport premises at the Golden Service Awards in November.

Stansted Airport will be open with flights operating as scheduled but, due to public sector strikes affecting immigration staff working for the UK Border Agency (UKBA), passengers arriving into the UK may experience delays at passport control.

We are working with UKBA and the airlines to ensure any disruption is kept to a minimum.

All passengers are advised to check with their individual airlines website before travelling.

The state-of-art jet, which flew in direct from Boeing’s factory in Seattle, will be the first of three to be based at the airport by IAG Cargo, the parent company of British Airways and Iberia. The fleet will operate scheduled cargo flights to destinations such as Hong Kong, Atlanta, Houston and Shanghai.

Stansted Airport’s managing director, Nick Barton, said:

“We're delighted IAG Cargo, through its brand British Airways World Cargo, has selected Stansted as their UK base from where its three new generation 747-8F will operate. Stansted is already London’s second busiest cargo airport and third overall in the UK and the introduction of these planes will increase our operational capabilities and provide a boost to businesses in the region looking to expand and exploit new markets and opportunities.

“We have invested millions in upgrading our infrastructure to accommodate the new generation of super jets, and last year we gained official approval to operate the world’s largest aircraft. Today is a major milestone in the history of the airport as we welcome the first 747-8F.

“The arrival of these fantastic new jets not only increases our operational and business capabilities but they also bring significant environmental benefits as they are 30% quieter and produce 16% less emission than the aircraft they replace. This is also very welcome news as we continue to drive down our operational effects on the communities around the airport.”

A water cannon salute performed by the airport’s fire service showered the arrival, and airport staff gathered and welcomed the plane to its new home just before 7.30am Friday morning.

London Stansted’s latest ‘Meet the Buyers’ event has been hailed a resounding success by businesses from across the East of England.

Now in its 10th year, this highly acclaimed business networking event saw over 600 face to face meetings take place between various businesses from the creative sector to civil engineering, from small and medium size enterprises employing just a few staff to those with 200 or more.

John Richardson, from Stansted based Anglia Business Energy, was one of over 100 suppliers attending the event, he said the day was a great success:

“This is the first ‘Meet the Buyers’ event I have attended. The ability to speak to the buyer direct rather than trying get through the gate keepers is of immeasurable worth. It was far more effective than any business Breakfast or lunch event I have ever attended. A well organised event at which I met decision makers.”

Also attending the event as a buyer was Mark Tavener, from Landscaping firm Hasmead PLC, he said:

“’Meet the Buyers’ was a great way of integrating with local businesses to ensure that we are supporting them in every way we can. I found it very useful and will definitely attend next time - well done to everyone involved for a well organised day.”

Mike Allen, Chairman Bishop's Stortford Chamber of Commerce, said:

"We are very grateful to London Stansted for putting on the ‘Meet the Buyers’ event.  Actions such as this which help to stimulate the local economy are to be welcomed; I attended all day and saw at first-hand how effective this event was."

Launching the day’s proceedings at the airport’s Radisson Hotel was London Stansted’s Managing Director, Nick Barton:

“I appreciate that times are tough for everybody. The global economic crisis has taken its toll on business growth and productivity, but I think the sheer volume of businesses here

today demonstrates that ‘Meet the Buyers’ is an essential business procurement and networking event, not only for the local and regional economy but for UK plc.”

Hosted by London Stansted, and organised by Business to Business and Bishop’s Stortford based Marketing Kinetics, the day enabled local firms and suppliers the chance to introduce their products and services to buyers from nearly 30 major organisations based in and around Stansted.

Stansted Airport – Commercial Property

Airport property is essential to the effective operation of the airport itself. We provide over 300,000 sq.m. (3,230,000 sq.ft.) of commercial accommodation at Stansted Airport, from offices to fuel facilities, airline lounges to aircraft hangars. We work with more than 200 businesses that are heavily reliant on the availability of accommodation, the quality of our property management and our commitment to providing choice, quality, hospitality and value for money.Locating your business at our airport provides many benefits:

• Lease flexibility
• Published rental guidelines
• On-site customer-focused property and services management
• Dedicated on-site support, emergency and security services
• Audited standards of performance for property products and services
• On-site development teams providing flexible and bespoke building solutions
• An address that's instantly recognisable worldwide
• Comprehensive transport links with easy access to London and the East of England. 
• 24 hour access to:
      - customer and business partners        

      - key operations 

      - banking, fast food, high street shops, 24 hours a day

      - utilities and services designed to keep a major airport running    

Available property:

Property                    Available space

Enterprise House           Office suites available from 262 sq.ft. to 7,500 sq.ft.

Stansted House             Office suites available from 140 sq.ft. to 3,800 sq.ft.   

Airside Ramp Building    Ramp Units available from 900 sq.ft. to 1,500 sq.ft.

In addition to the above we have hangars, CIP lounges, terminal desks and other terminal-based accommodation available.

Please contact Matthew Brazier, Property Leasing Manager on 07920 537592 for all your accommodation requirements.

Alternatively, if you would like further information about the Property Department, our services, or to know what airport property is currently available, please contact the Stansted Property Department on 01279 662735.

Thursday 22nd September
9.00am - 5.00pm
Radisson Blue,
London Stansted Airport

The event will be attended by over 30 major local buyers who are looking to procure a wide range of products and services.

To find out more about London Stansted 'Meet the Buyers' please visit www.stanstedmtb.co.uk

Please quote ref SACC

This event is organised by Business to Business Ltd and Marketing Kinetics

Female Security Officer Closing Date - 31st August 2011

Hours: Part-time contracts with rostered working hours.

Days: shift work covering our 24-hour operation, seven days a week.

Full training will be given in accordance with DfT and BAA guidelines, but experience of working in a customer-service role is desirable.

Salary approx £9.70p.h.

For more information and to apply please click here

Stansted Airport Chamber of Commerce (SACC) and Essex Chambers of Commerce (ECC) are pleased to announce the launch of the Stansted Breakfast Club.

The Breakfast Events will be held quarterly, make a note in your diary now:

7th July 2011 - 13th October 2011 - 12th January 2012 - 19th April 2012.

Whether you are new to business networking, or an "old timer", whether your business is a new start-up, or been established for a hundred years, it matters not. As long as you are based within travelling distance we would look forward to welcoming you.

London Stansted’s Managing Director, Nick Barton (below left), welcomes the President of the United States of America, President Barack Obama, and Mrs Michelle Obama to the airport last night at the beginning of the their State Visit to the UK.