17.06.2015 - ‘QIA keen on investing’ in Cardiff Airport transport, logistics hub
The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has expressed keen interest in the proposed development of a logistics and transport hub around Cardiff Airport in South Wales, UK Trade & Investment chief executive Dominic Jeremy told Gulf Times. Jeremy, who met with the QIA, Qatari Diar, and other investors in Doha, said the meeting revolved around the development of Cardiff Airport, which is part of the “northern powerhouse,” a proposal to drive economic growth in the north of England by the 2010-15 coalition government and the 2015-20 Conservative government in the UK. “We were talking about an investment proposition around Cardiff Airport that the Welsh government owns, including both the land and infrastructure around the airport. They’re pulling together quite a powerful proposition for a combined logistics, business, and transport hub based around Cardiff Airport...............................................Full Article: Source
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