BAE Systems to invest £300m in site at Barrow
BAE Systems has announced it will invest £300m in its submarine yard in Barrow, in Cumbria, over the next eight years.
Full report: Hundreds of jobs created at BAE in Barrow
850 new jobs are being created at BAE in Barrow as the site gets ready to build Britain's next generation of nuclear submarines.
The £300 million investment could mean a thousand more jobs from 2016 too - if the government goes ahead with plans to replace the Trident nuclear deterrent.
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