Rolls-Royce’s investment great news for UK manufacturing, says
Unite
28th July 2009
Rolls-Royce’s announcement today (Tuesday) that it is to invest
in four new factories and two advanced research programmes in the
UK is great news for manufacturing in this country, say Unite the
union.
Substantial investment by Rolls-Royce and the government is
expected to create or secure over 800 jobs in the high-value
manufacturing programmes in Rolls-Royce’s aerospace and civil
nuclear markets. Rolls-Royce will invest over £300 million in four
factories in the UK, with £45 million of support to be provided by
the UK government.
Bernie Hamilton, Unite national officer for aerospace and
committee chair of the Confederation of Shipbuilding Engineering
Unions (CSEU), said: “These announcements by Rolls Royce and the
government are a ringing endorsement to the skills and abilities of
the current and future UK aerospace workforce.
“This is a welcome investment for the UK manufacturing base
including new sites for aerospace and civil nuclear which will
secure and create jobs in communities badly hit by losses of
employment in the UK manufacturing base and in other sectors of the
UK economy.
“Unite and the CSEU stand ready to make these investments a
success. We recognise the challenge of building world class
manufacturing facilities but we will reach this goal and with it
secure the future for Rolls-Royce workers for decades to come.
“Of course, we would have liked to have seen all the investments
Rolls-Royce has announced today made in the UK, but the significant
money announced today for UK projects is nonetheless an excellent
indicator to all of its UK employees that this country is still at
the heart of the company.”
ENDS
For further information contact Bernie Hamilton on 07958 624664
or Ashraf Choudhury in the Unite Press Office on 020 7420 8914 or
07980 224761.
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