BAE Systems has announced it will close its plant in Leicester at the end of next year, losing 260 jobs in the process.
Bosses blamed the company’s failure to win a £4bn MoD contract to manufacture 1,300 armoured vehicles for the British Army — the order was instead given to US firm General Dynamics. The Scudamore Road site has spent five years developing electrical, navigational and weapons systems for the new tank, known as Future Rapid Effect System…
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