Heathrow has unveiled a shortlist of 65 potential Logistic Hub sites across the UK to help deliver its new multi-billion pound expansion plan.

The off-site centres for construction and manufacturing will help ensure that businesses across the UK can form part of the airport's supply chain for its major infrastructure project.

The potential sites have been selected from an initial 121 applications. Once finalised, four final locations will pre-assemble components of the expanded airport before transporting them in consolidated loads to Heathrow.

Later today, 08 November, Heathrow will also announce 10 new locations that will host Business Summits next year, providing SMEs the opportunity to connect and trade face-to-face with Heathrow's supply chain.

Speaking ahead of the Supplier Awards this evening, Heathrow Chairman Lord Deighton said: "As the UK leaves the EU, Heathrow is an essential infrastructure project that will ensure Britain remains an open trading nation.

"As part of that, Heathrow's third runway will rely on talent from all over Britain helping to create a national asset for generations to come. This means new procurement opportunities for businesses in every region, helping drive growth and investment into local communities in all corners of this country. Our aim, to harness the skills we need through long-term projects such as the Logistics Hubs and Business Summits, will drive jobs and investment leaving a legacy of increased productivity for the construction sector.

"The third runway is not a London centric project – it is one we are opening up to the whole of the UK, asking for its skills and expertise to help build an asset this country so desperately needs to safeguard its future prosperity."

Civil Engineering Contractors Association chief executive Alasdair Reisner added: "We are keen that the whole of the UK benefits from the expansion of Heathrow. We see huge potential for the logistics hubs to stimulate the growth of new industrial heartlands across the country, manufacturing and assembling the high-quality components used by contractors to build world class new facilities for Heathrow."

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The full long-list is as follows;

East Midlands

Corby Land and Development Ltd, Midlands Logistics Park

Laing O'Rourke, Explore Industrial Park

Prologis UK Ltd,Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal

SEGRO Plc, SEGRO Logistics Park  

Tarmac Trading Ltd, Tarmac Hindlow Quarry

East of England

Opportunity Peterborough, Roxhill Scheme At Gateway

Peel Ports Investments Ltd, Port of Great Yarmouth

London

London Borough of Havering, Beam Reach 6

Wincanton, Wincanton Greenford

North East

Tarmac Trading Ltd, Tarmac Thrislington Works  

Tees Valley Combined Authority, South Tees Development Corporation

North West

Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders Ltd, Cammell Laird, Campbeltown Road  

Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders Ltd, MEA Park Wirral Waters, Beaufort Road

MIDAS, Airport City

MIDAS, Kingsway Rochdale

MIDAS, Logistics North Bolton

MIDAS, Port Salford

Peel Ports Investments Ltd, Port of Liverpool

Sellafield Ltd, Lillyhall Industrial Estate

Northern Ireland

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, North Foreshore

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, Silverwood Business Park

Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, Belfast International Airport

Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, Global Point Business Park  

Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, Michelin Tyre 

MJM Marine ltd, Shackleton Barracks 

Scotland

Babcock Marine Rosyth Limited, Rosyth Business Park

Forth Ports Limited, Forth Ports Rosyth

Glasgow Prestwick Airport

Renfrewshire Council, Eurocentral / Mossend

Renfrewshire Council, Glasgow Airport Investment Area (GAIA)/Westway site

Renfrewshire Council, Queenslie Industrial Estate

Scottish Enterprise, Hunterston

Scottish Enterprise, Longannet

Scottish Enterprise, Mossend

Scottish Enterprise, Westfield

South East

Amalga Limited, Ridgeway Distribution Centre 

Peel Ports Investments Ltd, London Medway

South West

Invest Bristol Bath/The West of England Combined Authority, Avonmouth

Invest Bristol Bath/The West of England Combined Authority, Severnside

Sedgemoor District Council, Royal Ordnance Factory

Tarmac Trading Ltd, Tarmac Westbury Works 

Wales

Welsh Government, ABP Port Site, Cardiff

Welsh Government, ABP Port Site, Newport

Welsh Government, The Airfields - Northern Gateway, Deeside

Welsh Government, Brocastle, Bridgend

Welsh Government, Rhyd Y Blew, Ebbw Vale

Welsh Government, Llanwern Newport

Welsh Government, TATA Shotton Deeside

West Midlands

Amalga Limited, Palletforce SuperHub

Balfour Beatty, Birch Coppice Industrial Estate

Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Chatterley Valley West

Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Highgate Ravensdale

Telford & Wrekin Council, Land at Hortonwood

Telford & Wrekin Council, Property at Railfreight Terminal

Yorkshire and the Humber

Bishopdyke Enterprises Limited, JCT 42 A1(M) - Sherburn in Elmet

British Steel, British Steel - Brigg Road

Doncaster Sheffield Airport Ltd, Aero Centre Yorkshire 

Leeds Bradford Airport Ltd, Leeds Bradford Airport / Logic Leeds 

Severfield UK Ltd, Dalton Airfield Industrial Estate  

Sheffield City Region, 31 East  

Sheffield City Region, Ashroyd Business Park

Sheffield City Region, Enterprise 36  

Sheffield City Region, Former Maltby Colliery  

Sheffield City Region, iPort

Sheffield City Region, J5M16Unity

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