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Rolls Royce confirms 350 new jobs in Derby

Rolls Royce has confirmed it is creating 350 new jobs in Derby after taking on £30billion worth of orders.

It currently employs around 8,000 people in the city​. Credit: Rui Vieira / PA Archive/Press Association Images

As we ramp-up production of the Trent XWB to deliver on £30bn worth of orders, we are working with employee representatives to increase the size of the workforce involved in assembling the engine.

Rolls-Royce is committed to the UK and we have announced well in excess of £400m of investment in new facilities here in the last couple of years alone, including £30m on the extension of our Trent XWB production facility in Derby.

– Rolls-Royce spokesperson

The company has said it is currently creating a new campus in Derby.