BAE shipyard job losses: Hundreds of posts shed in Scotland

Name: BAE shipyard job losses: Hundreds of posts shed in Scotland
Uploaded: 2013-11-06T14:15:54.000Z
Duration: 1 min 33 s
Description: Hundreds of jobs will be lost at yards in Govan and Scotstoun on the River Clyde in Glasgow, and Rosyth in Fife.

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BAE Systems is to cut 1,775 jobs at its yards in Scotland and England, and end shipbuilding altogether at Portsmouth.

Shipbuilding will continue in Scotland but hundreds of jobs will be lost at yards in Govan and Scotstoun on the River Clyde in Glasgow, and Rosyth in Fife.

James Cook reports.

6 November 2013