the UK, a lot of them in the North West.” Tempest, he added, was “about dominance of the air”.
The UK’s combat air industry is a £6bn-a-year sector which its supporters say also delivers substantial economic and social value.
In its statement announcing the international partnership, the UK government said GCAP could secure or create thousands of UK jobs while keeping irreplaceable combat air engineering skills onshore for another generation.
A report published in 2021 by analysts at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) concluded
that should the UK take a core role in a next generation fighter jet programme it could expect to support an average of 21,000 jobs a year and contribute an estimated £26.2bn to the economy by 2050.
The rival Franco-German-Spanish-led Future Combat Air System (FCAS) next generation fighter programme will not be following the same approach and opening up partner nation and industrial collaborations to non- European parties, according to reports.
FCAS will continue as a fully European initiative, according to Airbus officials, at least for the foreseeable future.
Miranda Barker Chief executive
@elancschamber
chamberelancs.co.uk
GLOBAL EYES ON COUNTY’S LOW
INVESTING IN THE NEXT GENERATION
CARBON CLUSTER A thought from COP27: what role can a global climate summit have in supporting Lancashire’s economy? A really serious one.
Our ten days at COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh proved to be both fascinating but also beneficial for our Lancashire low carbon sector.
Speaking to global businesses, funders of green technology, UK ministers and even the World Trade Organisation, they all have one thing in common: they are interested in the technologies we are developing here in Lancashire, the way we support their accelerated development and our ideas for getting them to the world’s emerging economies.
BAE Systems has announced its largest ever intake of apprentices and graduates with more than 500 set to be recruited by its Lancashire operations.
Across the UK, the defence giant will take on 2,600 new apprentices and graduates this year, representing a 43 per cent increase on 2022’s early careers intake.
That figure includes 201 apprentices, 60 undergraduates and 238 graduates within the air division across its plants in Samlesbury and Warton, as well as 57 apprentices, one undergraduate and seven graduates within the group’s shared services division at Preston.
Including digital intelligence in Manchester and its work in Barrow, the total intake across the North West will be 1,416, representing a significant majority of the UK total.
BAE Systems invests approximately £100m in education, skills and early careers activities in the UK annually and currently has almost 4,300 apprentices and graduates in training across its UK businesses, equivalent to more than 10 per cent of its 35,000 strong UK workforce.
Around 95 per cent of apprentice trainees complete their apprenticeship
with BAE Systems and go on to secure full time employment with the company.
Tania Gandamihardja, group director of human resources at BAE Systems, said: “Faced with economic challenges not seen in a generation, it’s essential for businesses like ours to invest in the next generation to equip young people with the skills they need to achieve their full potential and support social mobility.
“Providing high-quality early careers programmes gives young people a route into long-term employment and helps recruit the talent we need to deliver on vital national defence and security programmes, such as the Tempest next-generation combat aircraft and Dreadnought nuclear submarines.”
Robert Halfon, minister for skills, apprenticeships and higher education, said: “Apprenticeships are the catalyst to boosting the economy, building a skills nation and extending the ladder of opportunity to all.
“It’s extraordinary to see leading apprentice employer BAE Systems plan to recruit over 2,600 apprentices and graduates this year across key industries including cyber security, aerospace engineering and software development.”
Apprenticeships Report: page 52
LANCASHIREBUSINESSVIEW.CO.UK
Lancashire’s low carbon innovation agency, RedCAT, led by East Lancashire Chamber will soon be welcoming the British Business Bank’s managing director for sustainability, Julia Groves, keen to introduce funders to our Lancashire innovators.
The planning starts now for COP28 for RedCAT to take Lancashire’s low carbon tech developers not only to the UAE next autumn for the next round of COP, but to Copenhagen next spring to the UN Procurement Seminar.
And the appeal of Lancashire’s burgeoning low carbon cluster and specialist suite of sector support provided by RedCAT, the Chamber and partners, is attracting inward investment from across the north, with low carbon tech manufacturers now planning to set up their new operations right here in Pennine Lancashire.
Watch this space!
To speak to the team about RedCAT fill in the contact for at
www.red-cat.uk
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