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Article: United Kingdom: Defence contract guarantees Clyde work for 15 years.
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- TendersInfo
- Article date:
- July 3, 2009
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Byline: Mamta03
CLYDE shipbuilders will have some defence work for the next 15 years, according to an agreement set to be signed in the next fortnight.
And this could include work on a new generation of frigates, it has emerged.
Jim Murphy said the "terms of business agreement" between the Ministry of Defence and warship builder BVT would offer "real assurance" for future jobs.
He was speaking after a visit to BVT's Scotstoun yard in Glasgow, the day after a leaked memo suggested that two of BVT's three yards could close after a contract for two giant aircraft carriers is completed in 2014.
The author of the memo, BVT surface ...