1,775 jobs to go across BAE shipyards

Posted on 6 Nov 2013 by The Manufacturer

BAE Systems has confirmed it is to axe 1,775 jobs from three of its UK shipyards at Govan and Scotstoun in Glasgow and at Portsmouth.

The firm said 940 staff posts and 170 agency workers will go at the Portsmouth site, which will retain repairs and maintenance work. Some 835 jobs will be lost at the Scottish yards in Govan and Scotstoun, and Rosyth in Fife and at the firm’s Filton office, near Bristol, following a drop in work after…

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