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Workers in the hall during a visit by Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar to the Harland & Wolff construction yard in Methil, east Scotland, July 1, 2024
MORE than 1,000 jobs and Harland and Wolff’s (H&W) four shipyards have been saved by Spain’s state shipbuilder in a deal with the British government.
H&W was put into administration in September for the second time in five years, despite being a subcontractor in a £1.6 billion Royal Navy contract for new fleet support ships, plunging its Belfast yard in jeopardy, along with its Methil and Arnish sites in Scotland and Appledore in Devon.
Now Labour Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has announced a deal which will see the lead player in that contract, Navantia, step in to buy the yards as a “huge vote of confidence in the UK.”
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