Defence contractor BAE Systems plans to lay off 1,775 ship workers across the UK as the biggest warships Britain has ever built near completion with no similar-sized orders on the horizon. The cuts signal the end of more than 500 years of shipbuilding in Portsmouth on England's south coast, with the company consolidating operations at the Govan and Scotstoun yards in Glasgow, Scotland. The ...
Defence contractor BAE Systems plans to lay off 1,775 ship workers across the UK as the biggest warships Britain has ever built near completion with no similar-sized orders on the horizon. The cuts signal the end of more than 500 years of shipbuilding in Portsmouth on England's south coast, with the company consolidating operations at the Govan and Scotstoun yards in Glasgow, Scotland. The ...