On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:10:51 +0100, Paul Terry
wrote:

According to figures published last year, direct employment at
Heathrow is about 68,000. For every person directly employed at
the airport, it is estimated that there are three in the supply
chain.

A bit more than earlier figures, indeed!

If this is indeed true (perhaps the 6-8K is those directly employed by
BAA at Heathrow rather than all the retail outlets etc?) that probably
changes things. However, it still puts Trafford Park in a broadly
similar league.

Neil

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