News Source: Times Online
| 2 months ago
BAE said on Tuesday that it would consult staff on up to 1,116 redundancies because of reduced workload on some projects. The biggest share of the cuts will come from the closure of Woodford, which was the home of the Avro aircraft company from 1924.
News Source: Guardian Unlimited
| 2 months ago
BAE in talks with unions over cutting 1,100 jobs Defence contractor BAE to close Cheshire factory in 2012 as MoD contract to make Nimrod ends A pair of BAE Nimrods. BAE's Woodford, Cheshire factory will close in 2012 at the end of the current RAF...
News Source: Fox News
| 2 months ago
BAE Systems, the U.K. defense contractor, will cut 1,100 jobs at a number of facilities and close the site at Woodford, U.K., Sky News reported, citing reports from unions. "This is bitterly disappointing news for the staff and for the local...
News Source: Times Online
| 2 months ago
The group said the cuts, which account for over 7 per cent of its UK military air solutions workforce, follow a "detailed review of its current and future business levels" and after the end of the Nimrod contract, lower upgrade orders for the ageing...
News Source: The Irish Times
| 2 months ago
The company confirmed it had started consultation on the potential closure of Woodford and cuts at another three sites, with the loss of 1,116 jobs. The firm is planning to close the Woodford site at the end of 2012, on completion of the Nimrod MRA4...
News Source: The Independent
| 2 months ago
The cuts will affect a number of sites, including Woodford in Cheshire, which will close, said the union. Hugh Scullion, said: "This is bitterly disappointing news for the staff and for the local communities which rely on these jobs. "This is...