The letter from Cable and Hammond emerged as Derby's political and business leaders visited Bombardier's president in Berlin to make the case for maintaining a presence in train manufacturing in Britain.
Speaking by phone from his engineering business in Derby, he said: "We are relieved, but we don't want to say too much because we want to protect Ellie.
Steel is a fundamental part of manufacturing, so that the closure of a handful of steelworks in Scotland and the north endangers businesses in Derby and Walsall.
The group has announced that its three businesses in Derby, Cambridge and Exeter will be "fast-track" centres that will spearhead what it has named its "transformation project" as it looks to overhaul content.
Local councils are organising all kinds of exciting things for the occasion, such as Christmas fairs, free parking, and even a small business conga in Derby.
In the 1970s and 80s football was plagued by hooliganism, with gangs such as the Chelsea Head Hunters, the Blades Business Crew and Derby Lunatic Fringe.
The purpose of the study was exploratory in nature, and therefore, it was important to encourage participation from as many different types of businesses in the Derby County/Derby City geographic area so that the findings would be meaningful.
Their firms merged in 1906 as Rolls-Royce Ltd.; the motor section of the business was moved to Derby in 1908.
The excitement of Derbies and Arcs seemed a genteel business by comparison.
This December's glut of movies constitutes a special kind of mad, high-end show-business stunt, a demolition derby of Bugattis and Ferraris.
