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Unite refuses to rule out industrial action over pensions at GE

28 July 2011

Unite, Britain's biggest union, has demanded that GE (General Electric), the world's largest aircraft engine manufacturer, does not close its final salary pension scheme. The union is refusing to rule out industrial action if the company ploughs ahead with planned changes.

Union dismay at Kinloss cuts

15 January 2010

Unite has reacted with dismay over the impending redundancies of 108 skilled aerospace jobs at RAF Kinloss, Scotland.

CSEU's response to BAE's plans to cut jobs across four sites including the closure of its Woodford site

15 September 2009

Bitterly disappointing news for the staff and for the local communities which rely on these jobs.

UK government launch aid investment for Airbus A350 - vote of confidence in UK manufacturing, says Unite

14 August 2009

Announcement will safeguard thousands of jobs across the UK.

Rolls-Royce’s investment great news for UK manufacturing, says Unite

28 July 2009

Rolls-Royce’s announcement 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.

Jodrell Bank saved from spending cuts

04 July 2008

The observatory at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire had been threatened with spending cuts by the present government.

£103 million wing investment in Airbus

22 May 2008

The Welsh Assembly has agreed a £7.5 million contribution to a £103 million Airbus led programme to revolutionise aircraft wing technology.

Unite expresses concern about proposed defence budget cuts

14 April 2008

Just four years after introducing a system that gave industry greater planning certainty by setting out how the Ministry of Defence would spend its money over two years, the government is looking at reverting to its former one-year budget cycle.

£18 billion Pentagon contract for UK aerospace

03 March 2008

British aerospace companies are celebrating the second-largest contract for UK aerospace after BAE Systems 1989 agreement to supply combat aircraft to Saudi Arabia.

GKN to complete acquisition of Filton site

29 February 2008

GKN expects to complete the acquisition of a large part of the Airbus manufacturing site at Filton near Bristol. The acquisition is expected to increase the company’s aerospace business by over a third. GKN is expected to spend around £200 million on the takeover, and the site at Filton will be its biggest aerospace plant worldwide. Aerospace sales accounted for 21% of group turnover in 2007.