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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
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Hannah Baker

Rolls-Royce partner Electroflight appoints administrators days after being acquired

A Gloucestershire aerospace company that developed the battery for Rolls-Royce’s high-tech all-electric plane has collapsed into administration.

Staverton-based Electroflight appointed Simon Ashley Rowe and Rachel Hotham of accountancy firm Milstead Langdon as joint administrators on Monday (July 11). The administration was announced on public record site The Gazette .

Last year, Electroflight was heavily involved in Rolls-Royce's Spirit of Innovation project to break the fastest all-electric flight world record - and it achieved its goal in November.

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