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Apprentices are helping to build Type 26 frigates at BAE Systems' yards on the Clyde (Picture: Andy Buchanan/WPA pool)

Attitudes towards apprenticeships are overdue a rethink Richard Hamer

Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines, at HM Naval Base Clyde

Navy signs £135 million deal with BAE Systems to maintain torpedoes

Shipyard worker strikes ‘will risk delays to Clyde warships’

Logistics giant extends partnership with BAE Systems at Clyde shipyards

Leonardo will upgrade Typhoon radar systems

Scottish jobs boost as £473m contract for 'more potent' Typhoons

Exclusive Ferguson Marine shipyard in running for more contracts

Union and European Union flags. PIC: PA

UK 'more at risk' after rejecting EU demand to join defence fund

Work is carried out on HMS Venturer and HMS Active in the Venturer building, in the Babcock manufacturing and shipbuilding facility in Rosyth, Fife, in March

Defence bosses hire hundreds of Filipino workers due to skill shortage

The Glen Rosa during an inspection at Dales Marine, Greenock. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Ferguson Marine 'fears new threat to shipyard' amid search for work

Letters: Edinburgh City Council could solve Swinney's cash problems

Defence Secretary John Healey during a visit to open the new BAE Systems artillery factory in Sheffield in June

Norwegian warships to be built in Glasgow in £10bn deal

Helena says her role at BAE Systems is hands-on and about tackling real-world challenges (Picture: John Linton)

Apprenticeships break down barriers to employment

Gregor Poynton MP has accused the SNP of 'Selling Scotland Short' on Defence Jobs

Political opinion: Gregor Poynton MP - SNP 'selling Scotland short' on defence j...

Ferguson Marine have signed the deal with BAE Systems.

Ferguson Marine secures work on HMS Birmingham with BAE Systems

Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines, at HM Naval Base Clyde

Exclusive SNP told to rethink 'mad' defence strategy as internal pressure grows

A dramatic revival in shipbuilding in Glasgow is under way Jeremy Grant

BAE Systems has yards at Govan and Scotstoun.

BAE Systems funding provides 300 jobs boost for Scottish shipyards

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer criticises SNP opposition to Trident nuclear deterrent

Hull sections and jigs on route to Glasgow and BAE Systems for assembly, produced to be part of the Type 26 frigate HMS Birmingham.

Huge propulsion block and other parts built new Type 26 ships

BAE Systems to launch new returners programme in Scotland

BAE Systems to launch new returners programme in Scotland

Leonardo provides technology for the Typhoons used every day by the RAF from their Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) air bases, including RAF Lossiemouth in Moray in the North East of Scotland and RAF High Wycombe and RAF Coningsby in England.

Leonardo hires veterans for engineering roles to bolster national security

The MV Glen Sannox, recently built at Feguson Marine shipyard.

Breaking Ferguson Marine misses out on vital £175m CalMac ferry contract

Exclusive Ferguson Marine yard chasing new ferries order - that's not for CalMac

BAE Systems, which has a number of operations in Scotland, is a key backer of apprenticeships. Picture: James Robinson

Scottish Apprenticeship Week: Study reveals ‘huge appetite’ for on-job training

A Babcock International apprentice metal cutting.

The defence giants taking on thousands of apprentices - including in Scotland

Construction has started to build a new Type 26 frigate HMS Sheffield, with the shipbuilding programme supporting thousands of jobs in Scotland.

Landmark moment as construction begins to build HMS Sheffield

David Madden (inset) was interviewed for a new documentary about the Freckleton Air Disaster, where he watched most of his classmates get killed 80 years ago.

'I ran through a burning doorway as my classmates got killed'

Dargavel Primary

Scottish council leaders 'need training' after £60m school blunder

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes (left) visited Ferguson Marine's Port Glasgow shipyard on Thursday

Ferguson Marine boss vows 'aggressive' ferries bid

Concept design for the first seven electric ferries for CalMac. (Photo by Transport Scotland/naValue)

Exclusive The electric ferry orders Ferguson Marine is expected to lose and win

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack welcome the increase in defence spending.

Scotland to play 'growing role in Britain's defence', Alister Jack says

Analysis After licensing arms worth nearly half a billion to Israel, UK is under pressure

Kirk grew up in Cumbernauld, and states: 'The only thing I had going for me was I was quite good at maths, because I wasn't very good at football, and I wasn't very good at fighting.' Picture: contributed.

Interview: tech entrepreneur Ewan Kirk on a philanthropic portfolio career

HMS Glasgow enters the water for first time. Pic John Devlin

Warship construction paused while ‘sabotage’ at Scottish shipyard investigated

Ferguson Marine is looking forward after the bruising impact of the contract to build hulls 801 and 802.

Ferguson Marine boss confident of bright future for yard

Hazel McGarth, first year project management apprentice in BAE Systems’ naval ships business. Picture: John Linton

BAE Systems to take on more than 300 Scottish trainees in new year

The firm was found to have supported 6,300 jobs in Scotland, including more than 3,500 directly employed, in the year. Picture: Peter Devlin.

Defence group Babcock boosted Scottish economy by £370m in year to March

BAE announced the construction of five more British warships, as he declined to commit to boosting defence spending to 3 per cent

Sunak announces construction of five more warships on the Clyde

Ross Wilson of Leonardo has green ambitions.

Edinburgh experts help RAF cut Typhoon fighter's carbon footprint

BAE Systems says it currently has nearly 3,300 apprentices and graduates in training across its UK businesses (file image). Picture: contributed.

Scotland in sights of defence giant BAE Systems' major recruitment push for 2022

Heather Trodden, Dave Hughes, Derek Mathieson and Emma Loedel of Novosound. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Glasgow remote sensor innovator cheers business wins with global giants

Engineering giant BAE Systems, which has shipyards at Govan and Scotstoun, has partnered up with environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful (KSB) to support its award-winning Upstream Battle initiative to tackle marine litter “from source to sea”

All hands on deck: how a Clyde shipbuilder is keeping Scotland beautiful
A Clyde shipbuilder has signed up to a national campaign to stop man-made debris ending up in the sea, where it can harm the environment and kill wildlife.

The bow of HMS Glasgow has been rolled out at a shipyard on the River Clyde. Pic: John Linton

New Royal Navy warship emerges at Clyde shipyard

The group is one of the world's top defence and aerospace companies, behind key naval projects. Picture: BAE Systems

BAE Systems hiring 100 trainees in Scotland amid record UK intake

BAE has supplied systems for the first 100 buses and will supply an additional 180 systems for buses next year.

BAE Systems green tech to power up new Alexander Dennis buses

Pictured: Mark Stead, SVR Radar and Advanced Targeting at Leonardo’s Edinburgh site where cutting edge radar technology is being produced.

Edinburgh engineers develop groundbreaking technology for UK armed forces

The BAE shipyard at Govan, where construction work has temporarily halted. Picture: John Devlin

Clyde shipyards fall silent as coronavirus halts manual work on naval contracts

Stretched versions of these Alexander Dennis Volvo buses are now a familiar sight in Edinburgh. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Scottish bus firm Alexander Dennis to build up to 600 buses for Irish operator

Mental health pioneers will take part in a conference this week. Picture: TSPL

There’s a mental health crisis going on out there, warns Govan veteran

Students at the University of Glasgow are to protest against arms trade representatives being at a jobs fair at the student union.

Arms trade recruitment fair at Glasgow University set to attract protesters

Two Rivers Recruitment founder Eddie Finnigan spent several years working in the UK and abroad,primarily Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Picture: Contributed

Glasgow recruitment start-up Two Rivers heads for a million

The Leonardo Innovation Hub deal marks the latest property investment by Asian groups in Scotland. Picture: Contributed

Edinburgh aerospace site sells for £100m to Korean investor

Tesco was among the private sector firms dominating the top ten. Picture by Lindsay Addison

Tesco top hirer of ex-Army personnel

Construction of the ship began in 2011, with some of the blocks built in Portsmouth and then sent up to Rosyth on a barge for assembly.

HMS Prince of Wales in pictures: Royal Navy's second Scottish-built carrier take...

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson will say the investment in UK nuclear submarines shows the Government's 'unwavering commitment to keeping the UK safe and secure from intensifying threats'. Picture: David Mirzoeff/PA Wire

UK government to invest Â£2.5bn in nuclear submarines

HMS Dragon, the fourth of the Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyers, is launched at Govan in November 2008. Picture: Donald Macleod/TSPL

Clyde shipyard workers '˜betrayed' over frigate order

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