Boeing investment in the UK soars

Posted on 18 Feb 2016 by Jonny Williamson

Boeing’s direct employment in the UK grew by 17% between 2012 and 2014, while indirect supply chain employment grew by 38%, according to new research from Oxford Economics.

The UK is Boeing’s largest source of supply in Europe, third globally after the US and Japan, with approximately half of Boeing’s European employees based in the UK. Boeing also confirmed that its direct employment has now surpassed 2,000 – the company hired, on average, a new employee every day in 2015 – and that…

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