Daniel Zeichner MP comments: “This is a very important decision by one of Cambridge’s key employers. I am assured that a Marshall presence will be retained in the City which I welcome, as they have played a central role in the city’s economic and civic life for over a century. I appreciate that the company is excited by the prospects both for their aerospace and defence business on a new site; and their plans for jobs and homes on the existing airfield. I am concerned, however, about the impact on existing staff and the loss of highly-skilled engineering jobs in our city, and we will need guarantees that homes will be affordable and built to high environmental standards, with genuinely sustainable transport solutions in place up-front.“
Marshall is considering three locations for the move: Cranfield, Duxford and Wyton. The company has emphasised its priority of ‘Supporting and retaining our existing valued and highly skilled workforce‘ through the move. It also believes that the Cambridge Airport site could deliver 12,000 homes plus around five million square feet of business and commercial space.