| 1860 |
John Thornycroft founds shipyard |
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| 1871 |
Herbert Vosper founds shipyard |
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| 1966 |
Vosper and Thornycroft merge |
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| 1977 |
Vosper Thornycroft nationalised |
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| 1985 |
Vosper Thornycroft privatised |
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| 1988 |
Vosper Thornycroft floated on London Stock Exchange |
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| 1995 |
VT establishes VT Southern Careers and VT West Sussex Careers |
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| 1996 |
Creation of Flagship Training – a joint venture to provide training and related services to the Royal Navy |
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| 1997 |
Vosper Mantech win contract to provide engineering and logistics to government agency |
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| 1998 |
Fleet Support Ltd established at Portsmouth Naval Base |
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VT wins contracts to provide training and associated services for the British Army at REME Bordon and SEME Arborfield |
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| 1999 |
Careers Management acquired |
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| 2000 |
VT Aerospace created following acquisition from Bombardier |
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| 2001 |
Hospitality Plus acquired, moving VT into commercial vocational training sector |
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| 8 Aug 2001 |
VT acquires Westminster Education Consultants, providing inspection and consultancy services into schools |
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| 2 Nov 2001 |
Griffin Services acquired, establishing presence in US market |
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| 14 Nov 2001 |
VT acquires Merlin Communications - originally the engineering division of the BBC’s World Service. |
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| 2002 |
Name changed to VT Group plc |
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| 5 Jun 2002 |
HMS Tyne, the first of the three River Class offshore patrol vessels is launched. The ships were funded by VT and provided to the Royal Navy on an availability basis. |
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| 8 Jul 2003 |
VT Communications wins £220m contract to operate the UK MOD’s High Frequency Communication Service |
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| 12 Aug 2003 |
VT sells VT Controls and VT Brisco |
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| 9 Sep 2003 |
VT wins contract with Agusta Westland to provide training to British Army on Bowman Radio system |
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| 4 Nov 2003 |
Severn Park, VT’s training facility for the Somerset, Avon and Gloucester fire and rescue services opens in Bristol. |
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| 2 Feb 2004 |
VT expands services in US following purchase of several key contracts from JA Services Group |
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| 31 Mar 2004 |
VT wins £100m contract to partner Surrey County Council to provide educational and support services to Surrey’s schools |
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| 8 Jul 2004 |
VT wins £100m contract to manage the Royal New Zealand Navy’s main dockyard |
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| 25 Oct 2004 |
VT strengthens position in education sector through the joint-venture acquisition of the Guidance Enterprises Group. |
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| 1 Apr 2005 |
North American business strengthened following acquisition of HCTC |
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| 2 Jun 2005 |
VT sells equipment manufacturer VT TSS to management team. |
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| 9 Jan 2005 |
Vocational training business strengthened following acquisition of HCTC |
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| 6 Feb 2005 |
Training business strengthened further by purchase of Touchstone Learning and Skills |
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| 28 Apr 2005 |
Equipment Support business enhanced by £85m acquisition of defence and critical services businesses from Aviva plc (VT is leading the way in availability based contracting – see diary for more information) |
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| 6 Jun 2006 |
Cardiff Gate, VT’s training centre for South Wales Fire and Rescue service opens |
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| 23 Nov 2006 |
VT selected as Strategic Partnering Organisation for Greenwich’s £290m Building Schools for the Future programme |
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| 30 Nov 2006 |
VT’s joint venture with Lockheed Martin chosen as preferred bidder on UK’s £6bn military flying training programme |
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| 7 Sep 2007 |
HMS Clyde launched at Portsmouth. |
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| 16 Jan 2007 |
VT Shipbuilding signs £400m contract to provide three offshore patrol vessels to the Royal Navy of Oman |
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| 12 Feb 2007 |
VT broadens US-based capabilities following acquisition of Milcom Systems Corporation |
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| 21 Mar 2007 |
VT Aerospace selected as preferred bidder by Agusta Westland for £40m contract to support UK’s Search and Rescue Sea King fleet |
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| 10 Apr 2007 |
VT wins £150m contract to build and support three Offshore Patrol Vessels for Trinidad and Tobago |
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| 29 Nov 2007 |
VT named preferred bidder for £700m Wakefield waste recycling programme |
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| 14 Dec 2007 |
Lewisham creates partnership with VT joint venture Learning 21 for £400m Building Schools for the Future project |
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| 2 Jan 2008 |
VT further broadens US-based capabilities with acquisition of Advanced Engineering and Planning Corp (AEPCO) |
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| 18 Jan 2008 |
VT enters nuclear decommissioning and consultancy sector with acquisition of Project Services from British Nuclear Fuels plc. |
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| 1 Feb 2008 |
VT Education and Skills selected as education partner for London Borough of Waltham Forest |
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| 26 Mar 2008 |
UK’s Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft project signed with Airtanker. |
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| 2 June 2008 |
UK Military Flying Training System project signed with Ascent |
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| 1 July 2008 |
VT and BAE SYSTEMS merge shipbuilding and naval support businesses to create BVT Surface Fleet. Flagship becomes 100% VT-owned |
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| 2009 |
VT announces that it has signed a legally binding agreement with BAE Systems plc to dispose of its 45% shareholding in BVT Surface Fleet Limited, becoming a pure support services business. |
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VT achieves Carbon Trust Standard after action on climate change |
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