It has been reported by the the Bristol Evening Post that hundreds of jobs wil be created in Bristol after an aircraft company announced it had secured new orders.
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus UK will need up to 400 new people at its plants in Filton and Easter Compton following a deal with GKN to produce new airplane parts.
Car company Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is to create up to 600 jobs under a £700m investment plan. This expansion comes not long after the company was bought by Tata Motors from Ford for £1.7bn.
The recruitment drive aims to attract engineers to work on new technology and product devlopment programmes, althoguht there will also be jobs in purchasing, finance and human resources. Also a new programme for more than 80 graduates to join the business in Spetember is being launched.
Most of the jobs will be at the firm’s devlopment centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire. JLR currently employs some 16,000 people at plants in Solihull and Liverpool, as well as the devlopment centres at Gaydon and Coventry.
The Ministry of Defence has finally approved the construction of two new Royal Navy aircraft carriers. It is news that the shipping industry was waiting to desperately to hear. The contracts will secure over 10,000 jobs in the UK and will create even more with initial estimates at around 1,000. Great news for the shipyards.
The Ministry of Defence has finally approved the £4 billion construction of two aircraft carries for the Royal Navy, securing about 10,000 jobs in British shipyards. This will also create another 1000 jobs. The signing of the these contracts for the construction of HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales also gives the go-ahead to the merger of the marine interests of BAE Systems and VT.
Volkswagen plans to create some 8,500 new jobs worldwide in 2008 after several lean years at the biggest European car maker.
They currently employ about 329,000 worldwide. Of the 8,500 new jobs about 5,500 will primarily go to graduates and apprentices. The remaining positions will go to people currently working for the company on a temporary basis in its new plants.
