http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: “Brompton Bikes plans £100m wetland factory on stilts” en Sun, 17 May 2026 19:49:07 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20861#post-358727 Fri, 25 Feb 2022 12:32:10 +0000 Arellcat 358727@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I visited the current Brompton factory a few years ago, on a rather unsatisfying and, as it turned out, entirely unannounced jaunt. The place is quite modern, all glass and brise soleil, and inside, kind of a cross between a F1 garage and yer putative "Google" office. But it's all very square and very carcentric in location.</p> <p>Relocating to Ashford is no doubt good for business but will be a pain for much of the workforce. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20861#post-358724 Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:00:24 +0000 Morningsider 358724@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>Brompton is sitting on an £11m cash pile, and it has not raised external capital in the 20 years Butler-Adams has been with the business....The council will provide undisclosed financial support for the new factory.</blockquote></p> <p>Why would the lovely new factory for a cash rich company need a bung from a distinctly cash strapped local authority? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20861#post-358721 Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:44:10 +0000 SRD 358721@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Those workers who do drive will have to use existing parking around Ashford, possibly in the nearby shopping centres." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20861#post-358719 Fri, 25 Feb 2022 09:52:52 +0000 chdot 358719@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>The folding bike maker plans for the new site at Ashford in Kent to be open by 2027, on a 40 hectare (100 acre) floodplain. The stilts will be needed to prevent the factory being regularly inundated. It will also have no new car parking, instead relying on new pedestrian and cycle paths from the train station.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/feb/25/brompton-bikes-plans-100m-wetland-factory-on-stilts" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/feb/25/brompton-bikes-plans-100m-wetland-factory-on-stilts</a> </p>