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Gisela Stuart MP for Edgbaston in Birmingham is formulating a package too good for Pinewood shepperton PLC to refuse to relocate the expansion, bigger and bolder, to Longbridge in The West Midlands which has 400 acres suitable for this. This South Bucks appeal, which is political lobbying now, is dead in the water but will lead to more Pinewood Studio sites across the UK so is good news for the domestic filmworkers. Many other West Midland and Black Country MPs are championing the move to Birmingham at Longbridge and sister sites. Pinewood can have their houses, theme park a la Universal Studios Tour, more houses, film sets on a scale not envisioned in the original 100 acre plan, more houses, more public finance, more houses and yes more houses. The houses and the revenue were the key to this plan in the first place. Now they can have them and also ensure workers their jobs in Iver Heath as the finances for the expansion and PLC just got much sounder.
As you know Save the British Film Industry wants a minimum 15 acre film factory facility in EVERY county in the UK, preferably all part of The Pinewood Studios brandname until it is as loved and public finance guaranteed as the NHS across The UK.
Jonathan Stuart-Brown
www.savethebritishfilmindustry.com