Fareham Borough Council became the owner of the airport in 2015, and has invested £30m in the airport and business parks. The Fareham Innovation Centre was extended to include more office and workshop space. 11 new hangars and several industrial units for business and general aviation use were created, and new roads were added to optimise the area. 

 

The entire Solent Enterprise Zone is targeted to provide 3,500 new jobs. 600 of these are already filled.

 

Paul Andrews, managing director of Phoenix Helicopters, said: "We are pleased to be part of the early expansion of Solent Airport and to be the first ever helicopter flying school located here. The great location and facilities will enable us to continue to grow and we have many exciting plans for the future.”

 

Councillor Seán Woodward, council leader, added: "We are delighted to welcome Phoenix Helicopters to Daedalus and see it as a marker of what a success Daedalus has become. The airport continues to go from strength to strength."

 

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A large complex used by many different businesses and industries needs to have a great visitor monitoring system. This would minimise accidental disruptions from people ending up in the wrong place, and would also help to ensure safety during fire alarms. 

 

Time and Attendance South East offers the Management of Contractors and Visitors Software (MCVS) to help everyone from staff to visitors to the postman be in the right place at the right time. 

 

This network-based application allows you to advance book visitor appointments and pre-book on site contractors, using either the PC based application or a user’s Internet browser. Unlike the typical “sign-in” book, this complies with GDPR because visitors can’t see each other’s data and it is only kept for as long as it is required. 

 

If there is no reception area in your particular workspace, or if there is not a designated receptionist, we can also offer you the MCVS Unmanned Reception Console, which enables visitors to check themselves in for appointments using a touchscreen. This can send an email directly to the person who will be hosting them, and logs them in on the central system. 

 

With all visitors and contractors safely logged into the system, you can take advantage of our fire roll call system. This automatically prints off a list of who is logged/clocked into the zone covered by our system when the alarm goes off.